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.