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Old Dec 10, 2012, 7:28 pm
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Originally Posted by mahohmei
I've mentioned before that two factors are at play here:

- Cost savings of having a TSA: not having to pay for security plus not having to reimburse passengers for theft.

- Costs of having a TSA: loss of customers who won't fly (or won't fly as much) because of the TSA.

Put simply, which is greater? My guess would be the latter.
It's simple economics 101 - if the latter were true, the airlines would be up in arms about the TSA causing them to lose customers. They're not. TSA wins.
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