They were aware they are subject to audit...but it gets worse...alot worse. The TSA decided to create its own audit system which displayed fake images of prohibited items (usually weapons) on the monitor to see if the screener could catch it. The result of this 'test' was the passenger's bag was sent for secondary hand search to 'resolve' the test image IF it was caught - so the result of a successful audit ended with the passenger being inconvenienced. I found that totally unacceptable and a monstrosity of bad judgement - a certainty the TSA doesn't give a rat's behind about the passenger.

Now it gets even worse - there have been instances where the 'test' image was not caught in time, and the passenger (victim) was sent on their merry way...but then the image was seen later, after the passenger left the screening area. The result? An evacuation of the terminal and a re-screening of all the passengers. Yes, a terminal evacuation caused by the mishandling of a test which should never have been inflicted on one passenger in the first place, let alone hundreds. This agency and its wasteful anti-passenger management needs to get the boot, and fast.

I challenge anyone to provide a true, quantifiable argument that supports any cost-benefit the TSA has provided our aviation security infrastructure.