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?
You can't have it both ways - to argue that screeners should be searched without probable cause and yet passengers shouldn't is.....well....inconsistent. To argue that they both should is.....well....bizarre.
I disagree. See:
Goose and Gander.
If searching the TSA staff strikes you as bizarre, well, so does searching 650 million airline pax, if you ask me.
We're government employees and have passed background checks, so nobody is allowed to assume we'd steal from the customers (so we can't be searched arbitrarily) strikes me as, well, bizzare.
The vast majority of pax are honest and diligent, yet the searches and rubdowns continue.
Have a good day.