Originally Posted by GUWonder
Unfortunately I have no faith that this security nonsense will come to an end merely because of a change in holder of the Office of the POTUS. CYA by government/political actors and public demands for risk avoidance (as opposed to risk management) in this arena will mean that a lot of this stuff will stick for far longer than it should.
Agreed. I don't see things changing until maybe, possibly one or more of the following happens:
1. Ma & Pa Kettle realize the TSA's nonsensical requirements aren't doing anything to ensure Billy comes home safely from his third tour in Iraq
2. Airline ridership falls forcing another round of BK.
3. There's the emergence of clear and incontrovertable evidence of illegal contracting
4. Some pax dies as a result of TSA screening/detention procedures
5. There is a terrorist incident which exploits TSA incompetence/malfeasance
Until then, there's no bureaucratic upside for taking on the risk of being perceived as the one who "made it possible" for some sort of incident to take place. And, unfortunately, no political downside for piling on additional layers of non-sensical, but visibly dramatic inanity.