Originally Posted by
trvlr64
Even someone with a GED can work for the TSA. That's promising for anyone with no goals or skills.
Not to mention the perks of free consumer electronics that can be gleaned from the sheeple... er, ah, "passengers" who've been bludgeoned into compliance.
Add in the complete lack of accountability, and you've got a recipe for thuggery on a massive scale.
Why can't the BDOs detect the thieves and molesters in the TSAs ranks?
(Yes, that's a rhetorical question.)
Originally Posted by
srilm
It depends largely on how bad the working conditions are. If it's as bad as many of the officers I have spoken with say it is, the improvement in morale and a feeling of control over working conditions could greatly improve our experience as passengers. Having been a union worker for 21 years, I feel much better about my job knowing it is there, and do better work because of it.
I wouldn't bet on it.
It's been my experience that unions exist to insure that the shop steward's lazy brother-in-law remains employed.
If the unions proactively culled their ranks of those wastrels, I'd probably have a better opinion of the unions.