Originally Posted by cur
CATSA agents are outsourced to either globe ground north america or aeroguard and are paid a lot less than the TSA which does not outsource and is run like a military operation. nothing too suprising, you likely caught them during a training shift.
The TSA are allowing the airports to contract out the work done at the metal detectors, but they will be in the TSA uniform. SFO have them if I recall correctly. There is a small logo of the contracted company on the arm or chest.
As for CATSA they are truly a bunch of idiots.
The entire system is created to make the one flight per year customer feel like they are protected, those of us who fly often know better.
