Originally Posted by da_guy
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?
Actually, if you read the Travel Saftey/Security forum, there have been plenty of suggestions. Things like, "screen people for bombs and weapons, but don't make people take off their shoes for no reason." And "no secondary screening if you don't set any alarms off."
All of this non-security or security theater stuff they do makes us less safe by diverting resources from looking for bombs and guns to wishing people happy birthday!! and taking away their lighters.