I have zero sympathy for this TSO and many of his co-workers.

Change a few words in his complaint, and he has described the experience he and his co-workers push on pax every single day.

"they are constantly looking at the cameras (which are for recording everything from when a passengers bag is open until its closed. They tell us that in case someone claims you stole from them we can have proof of exactly what happened during the search of their bag)"

So? What do you have to hide?


"find any reason to reprimand, discipline, punish us so they can show the bigger boss that they are handling the situation"

Yup, just try politely asking a TSO if he/she is sure that NEXUS is not a valid ID.


"They are good people who are going to be screwed"

Innocent pax whose BP/ID are copied and recorded for a 'report', often just for asking for a supervisor, information that will probably end up on Nappy's 'domestic extremist' database. People who are deliberately delayed to cause them to miss their flights. People who face retaliatory secondaries. People who are threatened with the very real threat: DY...T or worse, the 'watch list'. Good people are being 'screwed' at the checkpoint everyday and they aren't all wearing blue uniforms.


"who wants to hire someone who was terminated from the federal government?"

Given the reasons many TSO's have been fired, is it any wonder an employer would be reluctant to hire them?