Originally Posted by
Lehava
Is there ANY chance you guys will ever put away your tunnel vision blind hate for TSA and see the good in ANYTHING? Amber alerts aren't supposed to require a PhD in Child Psych as one poster put it. They are to allow the average citizen to help find a missing child. I think showing them to airport security makes PERFECT sense, as would bus drivers, taxi cab drivers and other people at places where a kidnapper would go with the child to get away. This seems like a logical plan. And if they stop one kid from being murdered it will have been worth it! Amber alerts only work effectively if they are seen! But why would I expect this group to think about the people it is meant to save when they can use it as another excuse to rip on TSA.....please return to your spewing!!!1
With all due respect, as noble as the Amber Alert system is - the TSA screeners are there to secure the sterile area and our aircraft from items and persons germaine to aviation security. Let's put aside the issue of liberties for a moment.
As of now, the TSA screening force has demonstrated a threat detection failure rate well in excess of 50% - as high as 80%. This means they are not even coming close to fulfilling their mission. One of the myriad number of reasons they are not screening effectively is the number of different things they are looking for - many of which were never threats to aviation security in the first place or whose current threat risk has been reduced.
We need these people to focus 100% on their mission and not get sidetracked by other attentions. Meanwhile, the mission itself needs a total and drastic overhaul.
How about we make Amber Alerts available to everyone at airports, bus and train stations as well as the electronic signs on many urban highways and give everyone the option of paying attention and looking out for a missing child - and not add this action to the list of duties and tasks being performed by a group that has yet to pass muster on its most basic responsibilities.