Originally Posted by
Superguy
Problem is, this is exactly how TSA works. You've said it here yourself a long time ago: if one person craps his pants, everyone wears diapers. And that's how it's always been with TSA. One person tries a shoe bomb, we get the shoe carnival. One person tries an underwear bomb, we all get the NoS or an invasive search.
Trusted travelers aren't going to change this. One person does something and TSA goes crazy. That's just how it's been for years, and I don't see that changing. If this program is implemented, it will probably be short lived.
Then again, given all the Bad ApplesŪ we read about in TSA and TSA still trusts them ... maybe not.
I still see this as more of a divide and conquer technique to shut up FF's and their opposition rather than sensible security.
When I first heard about this innovation, I told my boss that I welcome it. But I also commented that this is going to require changes both internally within management as well as on the floor. It's like playing 3-dimensional chess after being conditioned to play conventional checkers.
I agree with you that this is going to be a bumpy transition. But I disagree that it's going to be an impossible transition.