Originally Posted by Boggie Dog

I'm not sure if I fully understand your position. I have read the definition of "confirmation bias", I admit that I have issues with TSA, and I will give benefit of the doubt to travelers who report a bad experience with TSA.

I didn't arrive at my position for no reason. Having a TSA employee attempt to steal from my spouse while the FSD of that airport covered up the event was the start on a long road of forming an opinion of TSA. Had that been the only incident I experienced I would have chalked if off to bad apples but that is not my experience. Add in the many verified reports of passenger abuse by TSA that has accumulated over the years and I find myself firmly in the camp of doubting TSA.

I didn't create TSA's reputation. TSA employees did that all by themselves. Right on the front page of Flyertalk we find an article stating that TSA employees are demoralized, feel that they are paid to little and so on. Not a one of them was conscripted to work for TSA, are free to seek employment elsewhere, and each and everyone of them had knowledge of the pay scales for airport screeners before accepting employment with TSA.

I strongly feel that TSA employees would not be happy regardless of pay levels. The TSA problem is more systemic than just a pay check.