Originally Posted by
chollie
Wrong.
Longer wait times do not equal security.
Longer wait times indicate sloppy, inefficient, careless work and employees engaging in a deliberate work slowdown. Employees focused on a work slowdown are employees who are putting me and all other travelers at risk because they are distracted from the task at hand.
They are distracted by their focus on speed (slow), not by speed (fast).
And yet, you seem to ignore that TSA admits the 95% failure rate was due to focusing on speed (fast).
If TSA HQ can't even come up with a tool to consistently and reliably educate the public on what will take place at the checkpoint (the rest of the world manages this just fine), then it's hardly surprising if there's a 'Wild West' no-rules mess at the checkpoint.
TSA can not do anything consistently, except be inconsistent. It seems entirely useless for the public to be educated on what TSA will or will not permit. As you so often point out, what TSA rules allow can be denied because of "discretion".