Originally Posted by
HSVTSO Dean
It's not powders of any size whatsoever; there is a certain, specific threshold that has to be reached first,
And therein lies the "fly in the ointment." Screeners who have no conceptual idea of what that threshold is either in terms of grams or through visual abilities (or lack thereof) will be calling all sorts of powders out to be tested.
Screeners have been tasked with trying to find every single possible threat to aircraft and it just can't be done. It also means that at some point in time,
if someone wants to harm an aircraft, it's going to happen and TSA is NOT going to stop it.
Actually, I think the TSA is now working in any terrorist's favor because of the vast expanse of "threats" they are charged with finding.