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And the award for most creative imagery goes to Glockster. We want to suggest a temporary ban for Glockster for the mind numbing image of the insanely overweight agent at the urinal.



LOL. J/K.... I only fly United, so at least as the anchor airline they have five extra agents

JALLEN wrote:If that is so, why are we griping about the TSA? Each state does not handle security; that's what TSA does, exceptionally poorly.

Please see my post above so I don't waste forum bandwidth. Be happy to answer from that point.

Pawpaw wrote:The TSA does not need to be abolished, but they need to be forced to change their ways.

I would love to see congress mandate that they send a team to Israel to study and then implement their protocols. No country on the planet faces the number of threats the Israelis do and they have airport security down to a science. Their methods are about 1,000 times better than what we have and the passengers are not put through the wringer and treated like dirt.

I have to dIsagree with you on this one Pawpaw. The DHS was given basically unlimited funds and powers after 9/11 to set up and run the TSA, and it has been a miserable failure at every turn. And no thank, I won't ever vote for the Big Brother version they have in Israel.

The airports have Always had the power to refuse them and use private contractors. However it was easier to go along with the Fed desire and allow TSA to goose step in than pay for and establish their own. The requirement are clearly set forth to qualify a security program, and until the Cities that own the airports are forced to pay for it, they will always choose to let the Fed pick up the tab. The airlines are not the ones who should be paying, they already pay money to the city for gate access contracts.

All of DHS needs to be defunded and abolished. The Fed is not capable of running anything efficiently. This entire department is nothing but yet another way to funnel money into pet projects

Private security companies who have to compete and are regularly audited are a far superior option. PSC's are not just a better solution but they are proven overseas in Iraq and A-Stan.