Yeah, like I said, it's my perspective, but I certainly think it's true! Thanks for your feeback.

To add some balance to my own experience, I had a TSA in PDX last week give me a second chance to go through after I did alarm (belt). I took the belt off and made it through okay the second time, which was great because I was in a big hurry. It was nice to see some common-sense exercised for once. I don't know why, but it seems that the majority of TSA employees that I encounter are the power-hungry type who will not stand to be challenged (and no, I don't make it a habit of challenging every one). It is the people who belong to this culture in the TSA who must be rooted out. Failing that, I say shut the whole thing down.