Originally Posted by
Santander
If I'm not mistaken (not an expert on these matters east of YWG), Garda currently has a contract directly with CATSA, not the GTAA and if that isn't the case, it will definitely be the case come November 1. The federal legislation that regulates this (CATSA Act) lists contracting private companies and delegating to airport authorities to contract private companies among the options to implement airport security in Canada. The former option is the predominant one currently, and will become the only one on November 1 as far as I know.
So...we are creating more bureaucracy....more chains in the command.
Originally Posted by
Santander
CATSA is too messed up to be fixed. It needs to be abolished and the leadership's heads placed on stakes to make an example of them.
We don't put "leadership's heads ... on stakes", and we will most certainly not "make an example of them" in this country. Not only are senior bureaucrats in this country un-fireable, we are better than that; we do not want any hurt feelings. Not that it matters anyways, they could just get another government job somewhere else.
Interestingly, the TSA front liners are government employees, managed directly by the government. I think SFO is the only place that is outsourced. Despite this, the TSA surcharge is about 8-10 times less and TSA checkpoints are run a lot smoother despite the stupid policies. Not only is this a lesson in how outsourcing is not always the best and cheapest, but it demonstrates who we should go after: the government imposing this fee. I'm pretty sure some companies are getting loaded through these contracts.