I can't speak for the OP, but I will add the same 2cents I've offered to the forum in the past - and on more than one occasion to House Subcommittee on Aviation and their deaf ears.

In an abbreviated nutshell:

1) disband the TSA screening force completely

2) reduce the TSA to an information/intelligence/reporting clearinghouse which acts an interface between the intelligence side of the government and the various transportation agencies sitting under the DOT umbrella - like the FAA

3) require the FAA to set training and licensing standards for screeners and screening companies in the same way they license and audit flight and maintenance crews

4) grant operation auditing rights for these companies to the GAO and FAA - with the understanding that the FAA is to give out and enforce on civil penalties against screeners, managers and screening companies who fail audits and other licensing requirements

5) put security policy and procedures for aviation back under the FAA's control

6) put the FAM program back under the FAA's control (less law enforcement and more tactical response when needed)

7) leverage the FAA's tech center in Atlantic City as a design hotbed for new screening technologies and equipment

8) while licensed by the FAA, permit screeners and screening companies to be accountable to the airports that hire them (airlines will not have say or financial interest in which screening companies are hired - but they can escalate grievances through both the airport managers and local FAA ACDO)

9) move the passenger security fee into a pooled account which will be alloted to somewhat to the FAA tech center, but primarily as grant capital to airports "in need" to ensure they can hire screening companies and procure the necessary equipment

10) expect uniform screening standards which make sense, contain universal rules, are effective and properly communicated to passengers, airports and airlines

11) expect a hands-off approach to GA - as it should be

12) put the Ombudsman office for passenger/airline security grievances which cannot be handled locally, into the hands of the GAO or other third-party agency

I don't think anyone has ever suggested just rolling the dice and not doing security screening - DB Cooper, the Cubans and Palestinians took care of that option a long, long time ago.

What I don't see the TSA meeting is any reasonable cost/benefit test in its current iteration. It was a mistake and it just has to go.

The TSA screeners are failing their tests miserably with limited repercussions - make no mistake; if private screeners failed their tests and audits at the same rate, they would either have their licenses suspended, revoked and/or face real-dollar financial fines, like any FAA licensed professional does when they screw up. Accountability and repercussions are key components for the success of the new model.