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Old Dec 1, 2005 | 8:43 pm
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bambi47
 
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Originally Posted by LessO2
It makes perfect sense to me.

Eight out of every 10 people on a plane, on average, are NOT frequent fliers.

And those folks are the TSA's target audience in terms of contraband and public perception. It's THOSE uneducated people who fly once or twice a year are who the TSA thrives on, the ones they cater to when they point out how "valuable" the TSA is.

On the other hand, about eight out of every 10 frequent fliers feel the TSA is unnecessary.
Yeah, I know those frequent flyers. Their the ones that "didn't know that was in my bag". I see them every day.
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