Originally Posted by
nachtnebel
Excellent post. What you say makes a lot of sense. If the TSA would take those simple steps, it would reduce at least 90% of the friction caused by the security process. It's incomprehensible to me that these things are not being done already. It's a fair question to ask that given the mental defectives running the show now, who have designed the current clusterf***, is there any hope at all of your suggestions ever being tried?
i think the Pre-check thing thats getting rolled out is a start. its pretty limited now, but i think once its rolled out large-scale, most frequent fliers, and in turn, most the people posting here, are going to experience a much different screening checkpoint. You might spent 20 seconds longer answering a few seemingly silly questions, and your ticket might get scanned. But in turn, your going to go through alot less hassle as far as phsyical screening. shoes on, coats on, laptops in bags, etc...
the changes made in the screening of children is another example...
By easing up on groups of people we know alot about, and who have demonstrated that they can at least be trusted to some extent, we can isntead focus the little resources we have on the people we know nothing about or who are on the radar for whatever reason.
Of course theres the argument that "even someone who flies a million miles a year with a background check can still do something bad"...but lets face it, this is about REDUCING risk. not eliminating it. There simply isnt enough time or resources to completely eliminate risk, and short of making everyone fly naked and empty handed, there is no way to completely eliminate risk.