Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
With respect ... what evidence do we have that they care about this issue? They haven't cared enough to lobby TSA about the current state of screening.
As others have pointed out here frequently, it's in the best interest of the airlines for the government to perform screening duties; that way, the airlines get all of the benefits of screening without any of the costs or risks or liabilities.
When the airlines had to help reschedule a significant number of customers due to TSA delays is the point they would care. Just like with the TSA work slow down last year, the airlines got involved.