Originally Posted by
IrishDoesntFlyNow
Yes; as far as TSA is concerned, people should be allowed to fly anonymously if they so desire.
If TSA does its job to prevent passengers from bringing WEI aboard, what does it matter who you are?
Originally Posted by
knotyeagle
I fly anonymously several times/week. So far the US government has not fallen. And I dare say no one else at the TSA knows who are the passengers onboard those flights either.
Originally Posted by
jtodd
Yes, I do. As far as the government is concerned, absolutely. Keep in mind that just because you deny the government the right to track your movement using id's, iris scanners, fingerprints, etc., the pax on the aircraft are not anonymous. The airline knows who you are, and has already matched your name against the NFL(something that needs an overhaul, but that's another topic) through the TSA.
How exactly is a terrorist without a gun or explosive device going to bring down an airplane anyways?
Ok, but then realize that what you're saying is that you WANT the AIT/patdowns/whatever. EVERYONE gets treated as a potential terrorist. You don't get to complain when they pat down the baby or the nun or the 80 year old guy in a wheelchair or YOU. Make everyone anonymous is fine, but then everyone has to be screened as if they were OBL himself. And since we don't have the "Total Recall" type scanners yet that means you're saying you want the the continued level of TSA screening we currently have.
Which seems to be NOT what folks say in other threats. They complain about how they're not a terrorist, why do they have to go through it, etc.
It's like you're saying you want MORE screening, not less. Which makes me go
