Bingo. Before the TSA, airline employees had custody of your checked baggage from check-in to claim, and any theft was on them. Now, they can just engage in circular finger-pointing with the TSA.
I'm still flabbergasted at how airlines love the TSA. If the TSA ever decides to start providing "security" at shopping malls, will mall managers be happy that they can point the finger at the TSA, since they no longer have the authority to kick them out as they did with in-house or contracted security?
Originally Posted by
cottonmather0
Not to hijack too much, but this is the reason we have TSA in the first place. The airlines don't want to take responsibility for anything that they can feasibly pass off to government (and blame if something goes wrong). I agree that it would solve the problem but it would never happen. The airlines love TSA, because TSA lets them cover their butts if anything ever did (does) go wrong.