Originally Posted by
exbayern
And the sad thing is that the non-privileged have been conditioned now to believe that their experience (shoes off, MMW) is 'normal' and 'acceptable'. Look at the comment I posted above; it's just one of pages of people who have no issue with the regular TSA experience.
As more and more flyers move to PreCheck, the voices against the TSA's policies and procedures will become more quiet.
It won't be long before the concept of what
was normal doesn't exist. It's hard to believe it, since the event feels so recent, but we're approaching the 12th anniversary of 9/11 and the 11th or so year of the TSA. I'm 41, and I remember "normal" security pre-9/11. But I don't remember the days when there was no security at all, as many on here surely do. Knowing what I know now, I can't imagine an airport without some sort of security check. My "normal" is pre-9/11.
The point is that, with every year that goes by, we are inculcating the "new normal" on that many more flyers who have no concept of pre-9/11 security. Whether they've been sufficiently scared that there are terrorists hiding behind every rock or just accept the airport the way it is because they've known no differently, time is working against those of us who wish to see a rational airport security policy.
Mike