A few questions:
1) What kind of training will the new BDOs get? How will it compare to the training that their "equivalents" in Israel get?
2) In Israel, I did not have to remove shoes or liquids. Would that be carried over, as well?
3) What controls will be in place to make sure that there are no retaliatory screenings for those who do not work and play nicely with others?
Originally Posted by
Mats
The staff at Tel Aviv are for more interactive. Although the questions have been the same for years, they tend to work in teams, and have a far more conversational approach.
The female ones that I went through were also smoking hot. No matter how many times I asked, though, I couldn't get them to give me a patdown. My wife was happy to slap me silly, though, after I pointed it out to her.
Originally Posted by
cardiomd
We need a trusted traveler program, body scanning for secondary ONLY with opt-out option, and a massive downsizing of the TSA with focus on intelligence and organized threat detection. Nothing else, no more toys.
You bring up an important issue. In Israel, a lot of the "screening" is done before anyone gets to the airport. It's not "one size fits all," and they don't determine who a terrorist is by asking them a few questions.
Originally Posted by
goalie
I move that goalie-mom and RadioMom co-run the TSA's BDO problem
. Do I have a second?
No, because, as you correctly pointed out, Radio's mom can only detect when Radio is lying, and Goalie's mom can only determine when Goalie is lying. I would, however, be happy to have Goalie's mom join the JMS force (Jewish Mothers for Security) at the airport. As the son of a Jewish mother, I guarantee you that, within a few minutes, they would have the terrorists feeling so guilty that they would confess their plans.
Mike