Originally Posted by
Cloudship
So you implement random policies. None of them are really going to stop anything, and you know that. But they are random, so they are not in your face enough to get travelers really riled up. And it makes it look like you are doing something really serious, even though it really is just a bunch of smoke.
Perhaps, but I have to bring up the fact that there are plenty of TSOs that believe that these random policies are the only thing keeping planes from falling out of the sky. The intrepid TSO warrior shtick is old and tired and the resulting power trip is vile.
You only have to go back and read the threads on Steve Bierfeldt's detainment over $4700 in cash to see what I mean.