Originally Posted by
FliesWay2Much
.... just one of many layers of opt-outers. Let's make a list:
1. People who have opted out by not flying anymore.
2. People who have opted out by taking another form of (as of yet) non-harassed transportation.
3. People who have opted out by flying out of airports without Cancer Machines.
4. People who have opted out by self-selecting a lane a safe lans for various reasons.
5. People who, as a last resort, have failed all of the above steps and are forced to make the "cancer or groping" opt out.
So, opting out is as layered as the TSA's view of security, as Kippie hatched it several years ago. If you add up all of the people executing at least one of the opt out scenarios, it becomes a non-trivial number that the TSA has no interest in calculating.
My point is that the airlines only care about numbers 1 and 2. The TSA doesn't care about any of the numbers no matter how non-trivial. To get the attention of the airlines, we need to affect their bottom line.
I'm not in any way saying don't the other items. I'm not criticizing anyone who's using any of the opt-out options. I'm just wondering what other people might think about the 'harder to fight the AITs as they become more entrenched' idea. I.e., is time of the essence?