I do remember reading Pistole's proclamation: "Submit or don't fly." My, what consummate tact, what adroit diplomacy from the head of a government agency whose mission it is to serve the people.

And as for the TSOs, the ones I've encountered (except at ACV--tip of the hat to you good folks) have had a belligerent, adversarial attitude, if not a power-crazed stance of "put it to the rich ......"

If the shoe is pinching, I suggest THEY take it off and put it through the x-ray machine.