jailer1...welcome to FT!! I agree with you that no airline is going to want to touch this bloated bureaucracy with a 10' pole.
What I fear is that if and when terrorism progresses beyond airports, does TSA create new bureaucratic divisions?
First time there's terrorism at a shopping mall, we get a 40,000 strong Mall Security Agency ( MSA). Then someone takes out a stadium and we get the Stadium Security Agency (SSA). There is no end to where this could go. TSA could eventually be the largest employer in the US. Will we be any safer?? I doubt it. We'll just lose more and more of the daily freedom we used to enjoy.