Originally Posted by
Wally Bird
August 9, 2006.
Wrong. September 10, 2001. Nothing the TSA has done since they were created has done anything to improve airport security.
9/11 happened for two reasons. Cockpit doors were not secured. Passengers and crews were trained to do what hijackers tell them to.
Both of those have been changed. Airport security had nothing to do with what happened.
Get rid of TSA. Either remove it from existence entirely, or cut it back to no more then 200 or so, and absorb it into DOT as part of the FAA. All 'TSA' should do is provide oversight and guidelines.
Return the checkpoints to the private companies. If needed, hire screeners from Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia to train the US screeners.
Nothing at the checkpoint besides WTMD/hand wands, ETD, baggage xray and the 'old' patdown to resolve alarms. No shoes off, no liquid limits, no feeling up passengers, no ID checks, no requirement to be traveling. Everyone entering the secure area is screened, traveling or not.