Originally Posted by seat17D

This is just the tip of the iceberg.

The more you learn about airport terminal operations, the more you realize the TSA is a farce.

Assuming there is truly an effective background check made pre-employment, pick any number you want for the price of an effective background check and do the math.

And, here's the real kicker, many of these employees never actually resign. The first anyone knows they have quit is when they haven't shown up for work for several days in a row. Even though the TSA will tell you they do background checks on the employees, the employers don't seem to have good phone numbers for them when the employer tries to call and find out what's up.

And what kind of investigation is done into where these employees disappear to? None. Absolutely none.

The TSA is a political solution, not a security solution.