Originally Posted by WillCAD

I'm sure you're right, Ink, but I also firmly believe that the opt-out assault is also the ultimate retaliation for "contempt of TSO authoritah!"

Many folks have reported belligerent attitudes from TSOs when they declare an opt-out. Additionally, opt-outs still routinely wait 10 minutes or more for a designated groper to arrive, while scads of TSOs stand around c/ps in plain sight doing absolutely nothing; yet we have not heard of any special certification needed to perform an opt-out assault. So what makes the opt-out gropers so special? Why do we have to wait for them? Is a TSO assigned to be the groper at multiple c/ps and opt-outs have to wait till he makes the rounds? Why can't any available personnel perform this task?

I think it's because TSA upper management still wants to make opt-outs as unpleasant as possible to discourage them as much as possible and force as many people through the AIT as possible.