Originally Posted by
chollie
Yes.
If an FSD announced to his crew that if there was a single documented instance of cremains being opened, there would be no annual bonuses for any TSOs present at the time or for the LTSO and STSO of the errant TSO, no one would be opening cremains anymore at that airport.
If Pesky applied the same rule to his FSDs: a single verified instance of cremains being opened means the FSD loses his annual bonus, there would be no more TSOs opening cremains.
Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
I could be malice, laziness, or some other factor but there is no reasonable excuse for the way TSA employees often treat travelers or their property.
I don't need verified reports to realize that there are daily accounts of TSA screeners doing things that should not go unchallenged. It's a sorry state of affairs when TSA leadership stands idle while this is going on.
The simple answer is that there is no accountability at any level of the TSA -- period. The most egregious offenses against the citizenry (dead or alive) result in "reminders" or "retraining."
What is fundamentally different between mishandling cremains and descetrating a grave in a cemetery?
In my home Commonwealth, it's a felony.
§ 18.2-126. Violation of sepulture; defilement of a dead human body; penalties.
A. If a person unlawfully disinters or displaces a dead human body, or any part of a dead human body which has been deposited in any vault, grave or other burial place, he is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
B. If a person willfully and intentionally physically defiles a dead human body he is guilty of a Class 6 felony. For the purposes of this section, the term "defile" shall not include any autopsy or the recovery of organs or tissues for transplantation, or any other lawful purpose.
If you're a TSA clerk, it's a "reminder."
The ultimate lack of accountability is "the screener has the final say." Using that lack of accountability, any of us could be a screening clerk without ever opening a book at the "academy."
Originally Posted by
gsoltso
The over-arching concern for TSA HQ, is to prevent planes from going down - and by any measurable statistic, they have done just that for 15+ years.
On this obfuscating point, the FAA, NTSB and the skills of the air and ground crews have orders of magnitude more to do with "preventing planes from going down" than anyone will ever have in the TSA -- sorry.