Originally Posted by ender83
Are you kidding me? Analise, do you really think that the TSA confiscating pointy objects and examining tennis shoes really makes us safer? I'm not asking if it makes you feel better (illusory). I'm asking if you rationally think that civil aviation in this country is objectively safer than it was pre 9/11.
Safer than September 10, 2001? Yes. The TSA's approach is more than just checking at the Xray machine. Your opinions that what you see are that of an illusion probably match my assertion that there is more to the TSA operation than what happens at the gate.