Originally Posted by
CDKing
Why would you care if there is no added security? ... If i don't have to waste my time opting out, practically stripping myself and the contents of my bag for the x-ray, playing the stupid say your name, or answering 20 questions irrelevant to aviation security, why is this a bad thing?
Because TSA desperately wants to scope-and-grope all air travelers, and we oppose it not just on personal privacy grounds (no genital touching, please), but also on the grounds of freedom. (I am old enough to remember being taught that one of the ways we were better than the Commie Russkies is that we didn't restrict the right of people to travel in their own country.)
If the TSA had insisted on scope-and-grope for everybody, it wouldn't have lasted more than a week. So, first they exempted pilots. Then, they exempted flight attendants. Next, they stopped feeling up children and the 75-plus crowd, because nobody (except for maybe the occasional pedophile) believes that feeling up children is a good idea.
What's left? The frequent traveler. Once Precheck is done, then they'll still have the NoS everywhere, and insist on the right to use it in a dire emergency. I want the NoS gone, not just to get a personal exemption.