Originally Posted by Bart

You know, while I was in the military, all I ever heard was how inefficient it was and how it would never make it in the civilian world. When I retired, I looked at the civilian world with an open mind and found that the opposite is true. Granted, these weren't in-depth studies, but I think I got a good insight into how a couple large corporations did things.

Your anti-military rhetoric aside, there's a lot to learn from the military. It's very mission-oriented and its people are driven towards success. Failure simply isn't an option.

I think TSA behaves very much like a civilian enterprise. That's its problem.