Originally Posted by
SNA_Flyer
We all know that is correct, and part of the nonsensical security theater. This is bureaucracy in it's finest. Realizing that something they created policy for was wrong, but instead of admitting it and backing it out, they just double down on the stupidity.
I think there's more to it than that. They could simply spin it, as so many politicians and bureaucrats do, by saying that the threat has passed, and it's now safe to lift the LGA restrictions. But they haven't done so; they've kept the LGA restrictions pretty much the same for a decade and a half.
But the larger issue at play with LGAs is the same one that's at play with the agency in general - nothing can ever be allowed to get better, because if it does, then there is less need for the agency, and it will lose funding and be downsized. Threats must always escalate and increase, to justify increased the agency's size, influence, and funding levels from year to year.
This, ultimately, is why you can bring a 12oz bottle of flammable alcohol-based hand sanitizer through the c/p, but not a 12oz bottle of any other liquid.