Originally Posted by
HawaiiTrvlr
Really, $8 billion a year and their new program named Managed Inclusion is what we get? Currently being tested at Tampa and Indianapolis. So if you aren't eligible for PreCheck, you can still use the line if you want to walk past a explosive detection dog (which I wouldn't mind) but then have to answer questions by a minimally trained BDO (though the TSA claims they are specially trained. Yeah, right). Or you can take your chance in the regular line and either go through the MMWV or get groped. No wonder I don't fly anymore.
http://www.latimes.com/business/mone...,2191521.story
Years ago, the TSA framed the debate as one of speeding one's transit through the checkpoint. They effectively took the Constitution, sexual assault, radiation poisioning, etc. completely off the table. The American People, through the media and the TSA's manipulation of it, swallowed this spin hook, line, and sinker. ...Just think about how many times we have pushed back against a clerk for one reason or another only to be scolded by our fellow passengers because we are "slowing down the line."
This "new procedure" does two things:
1. It further reinforces that the TSA's sole desire is to get us through the checkpoint quickly as a means of perpetuating their existence; and,
2. To fully employ SPOTNiks without having to admit that this program was a joke based on non-existent peer-reviewed science.
Please don't give into this, as many have been already seduced by PreCheck. Make them feel like a pervert every time they grope you.
It was not lost on me that Pissy announced this during the Christmas holiday season when Congress is focused on going home themselves and it would get very little media scrutiny. This also ensures that we don't forget about the TSA during the holiday season.