Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
I can't fully agree with your statement. TSA's responsibilities are restricted to keeping Weapons, Explosives, and Incendiaries off of commercial airplanes. TSA has no responsibilities to the conduct of flight operations excepting the work of Federal Air Marshal's. Let us not give these people more status than they deserve.
I don't think Chollie meant that TSA should be conducting flight operations, I think he meant that their mandate is to keep aircraft operating safe and intact from acts of terrorism. I.E. that they can take off and land without blowing up, crashing, or being hijacked to another destination.