Originally Posted by KRSW

The pre-9/11 security measures and staff would have done the same.

BUT the TSA is MUCH WORSE than pre-9/11 security in terms of actual security. The 9/11 hijackers were successful only because the security personnel at BOS failed to follow written security procedures (see the 9/11 Commission Report).

As everyone on FlyerTalk will attest, TSA's rules are even more inconsistently applied. Again, let's remember that it was inconsistently-applied rules that allowed 9/11 to happen.