We got what we asked for...
 

You Can’t Professionalize Unless You Federalize - Tom Daschle (D-SD)

There is no incentive to provide a better or more efficient service to the "customers" as there is no competition.

SFO has private security and they're just as bad, if not worse than the TSA.

Yes but they operate under full TSA direction and policy.

SFO, was not bad on Saturday
 

Went through SFO Terminal 1 and was expecting the worst, but got a painless experience. I was prepared for the aggressive pat-down, but did not receive one. Thought this would occur since I went to the line without the body scanner. Nothing happened just breezed through.

At SFO, I like to say we do our job well, and nice as well. Though obviously some FT'ers have proved me wrong, but we can't all be great. I strive to make things as painless as I can ^_^

We are contractors, and as such, we are still bound to the rules of the TSA, as TXagogo said.