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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 12:18 pm
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lmirante
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
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Question Do self opt outs HELP the TSA?

I have a question.

By carefully scoping out and avoiding WBI scanners, by going to airports and security lanes that don't have them installed BUT continuing to fly, are we merely inconveniencing ourselves and aiding the TSA? The more time that goes by before Congress or the Airlines act, the more scanners will be in place. The more people will have become inured to the pat-downs (we need to find a better word for that - pat-down is too innocuous). The longer the current status quo is in existence, the harder it will be to change.

I have stopped flying. That's relatively easy for me since I travel for pleasure, not business. I know there are many here who CANNOT stop flying. But the longer the current situation lasts, the deeper entrenched it will be.

I personally believe the airlines have the most power here. But they won't care if you're flying out of smaller airports or otherwise inconvenienced as long as you keep flying. I know this is impossible, but imagine 1 day where nobody flies. Just 1. How cool would that be?

So, that's my question. By delaying our pain, are we lessening the chance it can be beaten?
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