Originally Posted by
law dawg
ICE.
Ah, a sister agency to TSA under the DHS umbrella. I'd really like to see a non-DHS study of that.
That is a problem of policy, which is mainly driven by the airlines at this point. Believe me, the rank and file FAMs I have spoken to want this to go away as much or more than you do.
This puts us back to the blame game. If you ask TSA, they'll blame the airlines for this. If you ask the airlines, they blame TSA.
There's risk and then there's risk. Obviously some areas are higher risk than others.
I'd be willing to bet there are a lot of "high risk" flights that don't have FAMs on them. And even if there is higher risk, higher risk compared to what? Are we talking like 1 in a million vs. 1 in a billion?
I wish I could see that info, because it runs counter to everything I've learned and seen over the last two decades.
Wish they would have given us literature and notes as it was primarily a lecture. Small class and it was a very good class (interestingly enough, the gov't contracted a Canadian to teach it), but they didn't give us much to take home. A lot of good survival skills taught in that class though.
TBH?
To Be Honest ... sorry gamer lingo coming thru.
Well, we can argue 'till the cows come home about who, what, where or how things are done and effectiveness.
First principles - is it necessary?
Second - if its necessary, what is the best, most efficient way to get it done, given the mission.
And I think the first principle is where you and a lot of us get hung up. You see it as necessary while a lot of us don't. We all have our reasons for thinking why we do.
I agree that the TSA needs better technology and needs to focus its resources. I doubt many of the rank and file would disagree with you on this.
Perhaps, perhaps not. I'm not too confident that many of them care what they have to enforce. It's just a job to a lot of them at this point.