Originally Posted by da_guy
What does one have to do with the other? You are talking about DOB to get on a plane, not to walk in front of the embassy.
Amazing to me how much hatred of the TSA there is on FT. You all ***** and whine but never offer alternatives. Exactly what should they do? You don't like showing ID. You don't like giving DOB. You don;t like pat-downs. You don't like taking off your shoes. You don't like that they make you wait in line to go through.
So what is the alternative? Do we all just get on a plane like we do on a bus and hope for the best?
I'm one of those FTers who complains the least about the TSA....just ask anybody!
That said, the TSA is a joke. Let's have the kind of security available in Frankfurt. You have to go through security when you walk into the airport and again later on toward the gate. You don't have to be strip searched and fondled because the equipment is excellent.
I'm sick of the long TSA lines and when you can have two bombs go off in the middle of the night 3 blocks from my building, I have to wonder why we are tinkering with halfwits who want to fondle breasts at the airport or strip search grandma because you can't focus on those who might fit the category of terrorist better because it's not PC.