Kibison

Think of all the lives that have been saved by the TSA. They are the sole reason that not one American airline has been hi-jacked or attacked.

If it wasn't for the TSA, every air plane in America would have been destroyed by now.

Superguy

Ford's products have discouraged me from buying Ford.

magiciansampras

Irrelevant.

stupidhead

Assume you'd love to buy american. Too bad nothing's made in America anymore. Why should I buy a ford when I'll get a subpar and unattractive product and service by buying one, and by buying a toyota or honda, I'll get an above average product and service?

Nationalism or globalization. Pick one, you can't have both. You can't invoke patriotism when you're outsourcing all manufacturing. You can't invoke your right to outsource your products to China or (insert third world country here) when you're invoking patriotism in your marketing campaign. If you do, that's deceitful, fraudulent, and in bad faith.

Bart

Cute thread.

Fact is that there are more people flying today than ever before. Passenger demands on airlines, in terms of destinations, flight times, etc. have increased not decreased. Airlines are finding that they have to adjust their way of conducting business.

The challenge airlines face has nothing to do with TSA or the way passengers are screened. It has everything to do with the airline hub concept. Flying in and out of hubs contributes to overall travel delays. This is why more and more airlines are changing their routes to direct connections: it is what the flying public demands. Nobody wants to go through Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, etc. when a direct flight is possible.

Still, it's cute to think that people are so intimidated by someone wearing a uniform with an embroidered badge to the point that a person would cancel flight reservations and opt to drive instead. I had no idea TSOs had so much power and influence.

whirledtraveler

So they say. Airline routes form scale-free networks. Scale-free networks arise naturally and they have distinct economic advantages. Arguing against them is a bit like arguing against the rain but that doesn't stop people from trying.

Superguy

And interestingly enough, those so called foreign cars are made in the US. Think Honda claimed 5 in 7 Hondas in the US were built in Ohio. Hyundai's building a lot in Alabama and I believe Toyota has a big plant in California. Yet companies like Ford are having their stuff built in Mexico.

Superguy

It's cute to see that some TSO's think that a uniform and a sewn on badge "give" them so much power.

ND Sol

This was the analysis used when the FAA determined not to mandate that children under the age of two had to have their own seat. If it was mandated, then more families would drive instead of fly, which would subject the children to greater overall risk than flying as a lap child.

Hvr

Just because there is a shortage of people to fill dangerous jobs doesn't mean that these jobs no longer exist or that they still don't need to be filled.


Indeed it may even be argued because the organisations that hire people to do these dangerous jobs have to hire people even less capable of doing them than if they had hired people who are now working for the TSA.

Therefore the danger to people now filling these dangerous jobs may well have increased because people who would normally work at them have been diverted into other roles.