Originally Posted by damorgan
That's a pretty inflamatory post. I believe the vast majority of TSA staff are honest and diligent and, to arbitrarily search their belongings on the assumption that they could have acted criminally is absurd. Why not search all bank tellers as they leave work? Why not search all baggage handlers as they leave work? Why not check up on all internet chat-room posters that you employ on the basis they must be using the firm's time inappropriately?
Ask a bank teller what happens if there's money missing from the funds that he/she is responsible for. Even as little as a dollar.
They are expected to find it, even if it means staying late. And if it happens more than extremely rarely, guess what happens to the bank teller?
There's accountability (pun!) at the bank. There's no accountability at the TSA, unless perhaps, one is caught red-handed. Then maybe there is some accountability but not always.