Carl: In it’s existence, TSA has screened
7 BILLION passengers and found
ZERO terrorists. And that is by searching and x-raying EVERY bag of EVERY passenger at the checkpoint. (Assume for the sake of argument they are perfect at screening.
)
Two million passengers are flying today in the US. All searched by TSA with nothing allowed into the sterile area.
Take some TSOs and search 1 out of ten boarding an aircraft, or about 20 per flight. Do that for an hour at a time for five flights and 100 get gate searched. Do that four times a day at fifty major airports and 20,000 max can get gate searched in the USA every day. Out of two million, that is one of every 100 that can
possibly get gate searched. On most days far far less. More like one out of 1000 or one out of 10,000.
If ten bad guys at random have contraband slipped to them in the sterile area, by gate searching 1% or less of the passengers the odds are the TSA might luck out and find one item
a few time a month. On most days
ALL the contraband will board the aircrafts undetected. Feel safer yet by seeing those gate searches?
Conclusion: Random gate searches are worthless as a real and effective safety measure. They are just make work and/or Security Theater.
TSA: Not understanding math and/or science since day one.