Originally Posted by Mats
If Chertoff and committee members are thinking clearly, they'll decide that someone who chooses to wear flip-flops, who doesn't alarm the WTMD, probably doesn't need a full secondary.
That decision was made some time ago and is SOP and public knowledge (see the TSA website).
The problem is individual FSDs/managers/supervisors and
screeners who refuse to follow SOP. Why this should be so is the subject of heated debate here and elsewhere, but until TSA comes up with a way to implement consistent application of its policy nothing is going to 'change'.
If they really are concerned with the length of line-ups then train the workforce properly and put some effective oversight in place.