Originally Posted by
bbc1969
Just jokingTSA has a limited presence on the tarmac near hard stands and jetway areas. Not that they don't go there, but their presence is not what it is at the checkpoint and other inside the terminal areas.
Ron already showed us how dangerous an aircraft carrier flight deck is at night, I can only imagine the TSA being on the tarmac is nearly the same...
Originally Posted by
bbc1969
Maybe that is a good thing, as TSA (especially the screening folks) get hammered for "mission creep" very often.
Their mission reep is mission creep to things like airline revenue enforcement, airport vendor revenue enforcement, and local law enforcement. Doing their actual job and securing things like the tarmac and airport edges isn't mission creep, its air travel security as well as common sense.