I have often considered the ideas expressed here.
The airport security experts have had 15 years since 9/11 to start treating people with respect again. People were willing to put up with airport tyrants in 2002,2003, etc
due to the emergency nature of 911 but for God's sake, with a locked cockpit and the people knowing to fight back (because hijackings nowadays might result in crashes, as opposed to landing in Cuba circa 1960s), 911 would never work nowadays.
Certain behaviors have been scaled back after public outcry (such as the bizarre TSA inspections of passengers getting off a train in Savannah), but for the most part I feel like a suspect or inmate in America's airports these days. And the great irony is that airport security overreach and confusion make us less safe, not more. Time for some real changes.