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VMI77 wrote:

jimlongley wrote:

VMI77 wrote:

cb1000rider wrote:

VMI77 wrote: personable (unlike me)

That's funny...

VMI77 wrote: I refuse to be treated like a criminal. Fortunately, my position gives me a great deal of discretion, so in those instances where flying is an option I choose to drive instead, and so far, I haven't been put in a position where flying is a necessity. Now, you should find this highly ironic: my oldest son finally got a full time position and he is going to be a TSA agent. He's a smart kid (has been tutoring math part time), personable (unlike me), married, and this is his first full time job offer in the 3 years since he completed college, so it's the first real opportunity he's had.

Yea, we definitely gave up a ton of personal freedom in exchange for an appearance of safety. Of course, the "safety" per dollar spent makes no sense.
I'm with you, I really don't like what goes on there - mainly the stupidity, arbitrary rules that have zero safety difference, and tax dollar spend. Never mind the fact that if you want an aircraft, you can simply walk onto one of the thousands of general aviation airports and end up in something quite capable.

Congrats on your son getting a job. Hopefully, he'll really shine and get moved up to something appropriate quickly. Or this job will lead to something else...

The idea is for it to lead to something else. After a year he gets priority consideration for other Federal positions, and apparently, many who start with TSA transfer into Customs, Treasure, Border Patrol, etc.

I saw TSA as a gateway myself, and took the ICE test passing with a super high grade according to the person that interviewed me. No age limitation was a good thing, but I was warned that I was going to have to pass a physical, which was not that bad and if passed was pretty much a sure thing for hiring. The week I got called for the physical I tore my shoulder on the job, lifting a very overweight bag, goodbye ICE job.

I did feel somewhat misused when people talked about TSA hiring "the dregs" and "wannabes" and such as well as being accused of violating rights (we did not). I am a retired telecomm engineer with pretty high standing (at the time) in the telecomm industry and laid off when the industry imploded, and I was surrounded by others in similar circumstances

Well, the media has made it sound like it's pretty easy to get in, but it wasn't quite so easy as people might think. The biggest issue for him is that most of the starting positions are part time. He was fortunate to find a full time position at a small airport in a pro-gun state.