TSA Sealed $50-Million Sequester-Eve Deal to Buy New Uniforms
Mar 5, 2013, 9:51 am
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TSA Sealed $50-Million Sequester-Eve Deal to Buy New Uniforms
The TSA employs 50,000 security officers, inspectors, air marshals and managers. That means that the uniform contract will pay the equivalent of $1,000 per TSA employee over the course of the year.
TSA's new $50-million one-year uniform contract was announced just two days before the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts, known as the sequester, took effect.
Soon after this new investment in TSA uniforms, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned Americans that the lines are already lengthening at airports due to the sequester.
"uniforms that will be partly manufactured in Mexico."
Mar 5, 2013, 3:09 pm
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Mar 5, 2013, 3:17 pm
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5 Polo shirts and a couple of pairs of Khakis wouldn't cost NEARLY $1,000 per year. Oh, wait, this is government purchasing we're talking about.
Mar 5, 2013, 3:48 pm
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Mar 6, 2013, 5:05 am
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This article is lumping everyone together. TSOs get no where close to 1000.00 dollars for uniforms. We do however get 317.00 for uniform replacement and 3 shirts and 3 pants for a total of 446.00 dollars a year. Law enforcement officers on the other hand probably get that much.
Mar 6, 2013, 5:30 am
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This article is lumping everyone together. TSOs get no where close to 1000.00 dollars for uniforms. We do however get 317.00 for uniform replacement and 3 shirts and 3 pants for a total of 446.00 dollars a year. Law enforcement officers on the other hand probably get that much.
Your last line was most helpful. I fail to see the justification for TSOs to get as much as LEOs. Does the TSO job involve the same uniform-abusing activity as LEO jobs? Running through brush, tackling, etc? TSOs at the checkpoint seem to have a job where the laundry puts the most stress on the fabric.
Additionally, if TSOs only get $446, where does the rest of the money go?
Mar 6, 2013, 5:37 am
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This article is lumping everyone together. TSOs get no where close to 1000.00 dollars for uniforms. We do however get 317.00 for uniform replacement and 3 shirts and 3 pants for a total of 446.00 dollars a year. Law enforcement officers on the other hand probably get that much.
And by the way - don't lump TSOs in with LEOs. TSOs are not LEOs, and the fact that you wear uniforms and badges is the only thing you have in common with LEOs.
Mar 6, 2013, 6:52 am
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Okay, then where does the rest of that money go? Do TSMs, AFSDs and FSDs get a clothing allowance for their suits?
And by the way - don't lump TSOs in with LEOs. TSOs are not LEOs, and the fact that you wear uniforms and badges is the only thing you have in common with LEOs.
And by the way - don't lump TSOs in with LEOs. TSOs are not LEOs, and the fact that you wear uniforms and badges is the only thing you have in common with LEOs.
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Mar 6, 2013, 7:43 am
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Did I lump us in with LEOs? I don't think so. This is why I don't post on here because I try to clear up some misinformation I get attacked for no good reason. As for the rest of the money I have no idea because I'm only a one striper and I don't make policy but I do have access to the collective bargaining agreement and thats where my figures come from.
This article is lumping everyone together. TSOs get no where close to 1000.00 dollars for uniforms. We do however get 317.00 for uniform replacement and 3 shirts and 3 pants for a total of 446.00 dollars a year. Law enforcement officers on the other hand probably get that much.
This article is lumping everyone together. TSOs get no where close to 1000.00 dollars for uniforms. We do however get 317.00 for uniform replacement and 3 shirts and 3 pants for a total of 446.00 dollars a year.
You are right that TSO's that post here need to wear their Nomex underwear. It comes from the actions of your management and things we put up with at the CP. You may be one of the good guys. Hang around and post a bit. We will let you know.
Mar 6, 2013, 8:37 am
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Mar 6, 2013, 9:01 am
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I see this sort of criticism all the time (not just regarding TSA). We want the government to "save money" and to "buy American"; sometimes those goals are contradictory. Can't always have it both ways ...