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Private contractors are still held to the same BS standards as "real" TSA airports - and often they're wors than the real thing because they have to prove their worth. See all the complaints about SFO.
^ Agreed. Some of my worst travel experiences have been at tiny airports who have something to prove. No one wants to be Boston Logan. They're afraid some bad guy will transit through their tiny airport and then be inside security at the next airport. It's brutal at airports on the Hawaiian neighbor Islands, in central Midwestern small town airports and those in the suburbs of major airports (aka, all those around LAX.) As I type this I realize I just need to get more jobs in big cities and stop flying out of those places.
Edit to add: I'm never worried about LE Officers, <redacted by moderator>. I do feel safer with LE officers just observing and paying attention. <redacted by moderator>.