Some of the the country's largest airports are thinking about hiring private firms to replace the Transportation Security Administration's front-line screeners. Sixteen airports, including San Francisco and Kansas City, have switched since 2002, says The Washington Post. Charlotte, N.C., Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., are all considering converting to private contractors, says MSNBC.

Republican Rep. John Mica of Florida, the new chairman of the House Transportation Committee, recently contacted about 200 airports to ask them to switch, reports NPR.
Congressman Mica explained his reasoning in a recent editorial:
TSA has grown from 16,500 screeners to an army approaching 67,000 personnel.... Rather than operate a huge screening force and human-resources operation, TSA must refocus and direct its mission to develop and implement the best security protocols and procedures.
TSA officials respond that the agency is allowed to fire underperforming workers on the spot, in an exception to ordinary rules for federal employees. So there is no advantage on that score to hiring private contractors. Plus, no one has also shown that the government would save money by outsourcing the TSA's screening work to private contractors.
TSA Chief John Pistole told ABC News that undercover tests have shown too many weapons getting through airport security. He said that is partly why, last November, he ordered screenings to be beefed up with enhanced pat-downs and full-body scanning machines that can see beneath a traveler's clothing. Even if airports switch to private screening, these enhanced procedures won't go away.
What do you think? Should airports fire TSA screeners and hire private contractors?
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Another horrendously misleading article from Budget Travel's Blog. The repeated use of words such as "ditch" and "fire" to describe why the the U.S Government(the "Parent Company" of the TSA) has ASKED that Airports begin using Private Security Firms that will operate under the same (I imagine objectionable to Budget Travel) TSA rules and regulations, in an effort to increase and strengthen our airport security. Well done as usual!
Posted By Dan on January 12, 2011, 12:55 PM
I don't believe it will matter. This Mica character from Florida just wants to pad his pockets. It is SO transparent! From what I read, he has strong ties to one of the major contractors looking to take over screening at the airports. It would be trading one outfit for the other. Nothing changes!
Posted By Cody Brown on January 12, 2011, 12:58 PM
Tired of seeing yet another government agency bloated.
This should be paid for by each airport's profit and not the American taxpayer. The TSA can provide guidelines and oversight but we do not need an army of people on the federal payroll.
Posted By JustMe on January 12, 2011, 1:16 PM
TSA officer pay starts at $25,000 per year. I'm sure things will get much better if we hire a private company to pay screeners $20,000 and pocket the remaining $5,000.
Posted By DanDan on January 12, 2011, 3:18 PM
Stupid! I wouldn't trust no private company to do such a job. How do you know what's up there sleeves. I rather the government take care of TSA that they created and do the job right the first time.
Posted By Sunkist on January 12, 2011, 3:27 PM
Oh by all means let the government do the job. They have been so successful at all their past endeavors.
Posted By Ron Welch on January 13, 2011, 9:24 AM
The TSA has become a bloated over-staffed agency infested with perverts and pedophiles who refuse to use the Intelligence Community information to do worthwhile screening. The TSA has prevented virtually nothing so far except to provide future fat Government pensions to many who could not get a job elsewhere.
I am not adverse to seeing them replaced with private screeners IF they are of a higher caliber with more realistic compensation. However I do not think that will solve will solve the real problems with the TSA. Until the TSA is challenged and brought under control airline sales will continue to stall.
Posted By NickP on January 13, 2011, 9:51 AM
I don't believe that privitization of the Airport Security is the answer any more than our Military should be privitized.
These critical services need to be directly responsible and overseen by the Federal Government, the Legislature and the President.
If the salaries and benefits are too high, then that needs to be managed like any other Government cost.
Posted By Julianna on January 13, 2011, 10:05 AM
I still won't fly in the United States because of incompetent regulations by our government. Private industry is great if they are allowed to do their job without Washington interference. Washington has never had a successful project unless you consider theft successful
Posted By William Wallace on January 13, 2011, 10:34 AM
The reason the TSA is in place,is due to the problems with the private security co.and their gustapo rent-a-cops.True the TSA are a bunch of a-*&%$.
Posted By Charles Anderson on January 13, 2011, 11:12 AM
Much as I am often frustrated by the TSA and the overall game of security theater, I would hate to see private security firms come back in their place. The _only_ thing that that would guarantee is that more and more low-priced student labor would be doing the screening. bad as the TSA may be at some times they were a huge improvement over the laughable systems that preceded them.
Not everything is better when driven by the for-profit motive.
Posted By Jon Paris on January 13, 2011, 11:15 AM
I wasn't aware that all airports were not using TSA employees for the screening. The only problem that I have experienced was with my husband who flies frequently for work was the other day returning form a pleasure trip out of San Francisco which you are relaying using a different group of people. I won't get into it but it wasn't overly pleasant. We can deal with anything though, I couldn't care less unlike many other people. I just found that airport with the way all of the people around us were being treated to be embarrassing.
Posted By Al on January 13, 2011, 11:21 AM
to the person who said the tsa only gets paid 25k a year, that is for part time, 12 hrs a week.
Posted By dennis on January 13, 2011, 11:44 AM
If memory serves correctly, wasn't it "private firms" who were doing the screening 911? Since TSA was created to prevent another tragedy like that, they have been successful. Why in the world would we want to change something that works to keep us safe?
Posted By Rose on January 13, 2011, 11:44 AM
I believe it should be done by private contractors paid by the individual airports, and not a company that does all the airports. Smaller companies at each airport and city will have a better handle of employees and management to follow the rules and handle any problems locally. As we have seen in the past that saves tax payer money and runs more smoothly. The bigger the company, the more management, and less control over individual workers. I think the TSA should give guidelines and let the private companies run their business. The TSA can check on them to see if they are following procedures.
Posted By Dale on January 13, 2011, 11:49 AM
You can avoid the lines, delays, X-Ray exposure and being groped and fondled by the TSA. There are many small air-taxi services flying out of local General Aviation airports in your neighborhood. Consider chartering a flight through them for short and intermediate travel. By the way, you can see a lot of our beautiful country from five to ten thousand feet up than you can see from 35000 feet. Try it. What do you have to lose?
Posted By Tom - PA on January 13, 2011, 12:00 PM
We are using IAD very frequently to go to Europe and have never had any problems with the TSA screeners
nor at any other airport. I fly 100000 miles pa
Dieter
Posted By Dieter Langendorf on January 13, 2011, 12:05 PM
I do not believe that TSA should be replaced by private firms. As a flight attendant for a major US airline, I go day in and day out thru security at least twice a week. TSA is doing quite well in handling millions of passengers going thru their (TSA) process.I thik the real problem here are the pasengers who continue day after day to make it harder on the TSA people. If you ask me: "full body scanning or extensive body pad down?"..very easy..body scanning. it's fast and it does not invade your privacy.
Posted By paulo on January 13, 2011, 12:19 PM
We can hold government employees accountable, whereas the private sector has shown itself to be more interested in profits than in safety.
Posted By Janis on January 13, 2011, 12:20 PM
Why would a Rent-a-cop staring at your naked body or groping you in public be an improvement?
So many people who take those jobs are just power-hungry. The chances of those people being less abusive and rude -- or more skilled -- than the TSA workers are really small.
Posted By Beth on January 13, 2011, 12:30 PM
We should be reminded that the liquid (cosmetics) bomber, shoe bomber & the underwear bomber were all caught by passengers & crew, not the billions spent on the bloated bureaucracy. Grandma isn't a terrorist, neither is her 8 yr old granddaughter. TSA needs to study & develop the methods used by Israeli security (no major incidents to date) with a series of quick questions thatcan spot an anomility. This may prove less invasive & more effective than just making us think we have a safer flight
Posted By traveler36 on January 13, 2011, 12:36 PM
You may remember that we had private companies, paid for by the airlines, before TSA took over and it was considerably less satisfactory. I have a hip replacement and go through pat-down every time. Bring on the scanners!
Posted By Gail Robertson on January 13, 2011, 12:49 PM
The TSA's genesis was a standard, politicized over-reaction to calls from the public for the government to do something to absolutely, unequivocally protect us from all evils associated with air travel. The same underperforming, privately contracted screening personnel we had before the TSA is exactly what we'll get if we revert to pre-9/11 private screeners. The big difference is we'll offload the fiscal overhead associated with another government employee bloating the rolls of tax-payer paid salaries. The public wants absolutes in the realm of security measures and they don't exist--never will. In the long run it won't matter who's screening, the same problems will surface with private screeners as we have with present-day TSA screeners, the hiring pool was the same and will be the same. Paraphrasing Harry Truman, the only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.
Posted By Ken on January 13, 2011, 12:58 PM
I still think that no matter what they're "looking" for in a TSA scan, the terrorists are going to find some new way to perpetrate their deed. All we're doing is shutting the barn door after the cows are all gone. Shoe Bomber = take off our shoes. Underwear bomber = full body scans or invasive pat down. What's next? Are terrorists going to use body cavities? What new procedure will that entail for the peaceful passenger?
Posted By Christie on January 13, 2011, 1:04 PM
For those who think private firms can do it better. Ha! The fact that the employees under the private firms (pre-9/11), got no paid vacations, no health-care coverage, and terrible pay is one reason performance was sloppy. At least the TSA pays a decent, livable wage. Almost. It's time, in the US, to begin to offer what European countries do.
Posted By Jeff on January 13, 2011, 1:32 PM
SFO already uses a private company-- they stole jewelry from a check in bag 2 years ago and will do nothing about it. Their remark was 'that couldn't happen'. Well, it did!
Posted By mofro on January 13, 2011, 1:37 PM
I don't think private firms are the answer for many of the same reasons already posted.
I do think a vast improvement would be to stop referring to TSA agents as "perverts and pedophiles." To the above commenter, who isn't the first on a Budget Travel forum to make such an accusation, do you honestly think they don't screen agents? Or are you just so hateful you'd make a ridiculous statement like that in a public forum without any way to back it up?
Either way, people like you are a bigger problem than having to go through a full body scan.
Posted By Nicole on January 13, 2011, 1:37 PM
If you want to know who REALLY benefits from privatization read the story of Blackwater and be horrified by the facts of privatization! We all know how well the pursuit of profit-at-any-cost has served 98% of American citizens! Public safety does not belong in greedy private hands! Can TSA be improved? Yes. If anyone has the answer to perfect airport security, I challenge you to do the right thing and communicate your ideas to the authorities. I am certain the government will welcome any idea that would guarantee the safety of 300,000,000+ Americans and doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do may just be the first step back to human decency.
Posted By Danielle J- B on January 13, 2011, 1:53 PM
The TSA has become a bloated, unionized monster that we don't need. Private security is utilized at government installations world-wide effectively, economically, and under the direction of government officials and to governmtne standards.
Further, now TSA is demanding the same union pension programs that is sinking government on all levels. We can't afford them.
Several airports already use private security without any deficit. The government can set the standards, but we don't need public employees to xray suitcases and touch our junk.
Posted By Ken Bell on January 13, 2011, 2:02 PM
It doesn´t matter. Just hire more muslims;theye´ll get the job done! The whole thing is a sad joke. Next week, I´m flying from Buenos Aires to Panama via Miami then to San Francisco via Miami and back to Buenos Aires. I´ve always thought that the "charming" security folk at MIA were too mil-itant.Put a uniform on anyone and they think that they have POWER. MIA goes to the extreme. Have them wear their own clothes.
Posted By Jerry on January 13, 2011, 2:09 PM
One premise that appears in some people's post is that the government as a whole and unionized employees in particular are incompentent and/or corrupt. What I don't understand is the that these people have such confidence that they won't find exactly the same in private companies. I think there are just as many hard-working and competent people and their opposite in both the public and private sectors.
Posted By Susan on January 13, 2011, 2:10 PM
No, I do not believe they should get rid of TSA. If they get rid of TSA then the country has all those people out of work. Also the airport would have to train the new people. That will cost the airports money. Who do you think will be paying for the training in the long run. Us, the passengers. TSA is already trained and they are constantly training. They have to stay current on their training. When I fly I want to know, that I know it is safe. The more TSA checks the passengers and their luggage the better it is for the honest flyer.
Posted By Deborah on January 13, 2011, 2:19 PM
It doesn't matter who is fondling and groping you -- it's still a violation of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. (Yes, I know that I have no Constitutional right to board an airplane.)
I'm wondering about the consistency of people's opinions. People who are in favor of a smaller government, in favor of reduced taxes, and opposed to spending increases should be in favor of replacing the TSA with private companies.
Posted By LeftCoastBlue on January 13, 2011, 2:20 PM
Well said Nicole. I;m sure most of the complainers here have never had any real problem with TSA and have no facts to back up their claims of impropriety and incompetence.
Posted By Dan on January 13, 2011, 2:20 PM
Unless the private firms will actually cost less in total, to say it will save the government money is disingenuous at best. Private Medicare companies actually receive a higher level of payment than the Government was initially paying under the federal Medicare program. As another commenter said, we lost tons of money privatizing security in Iraq and Afghanistan. If it's not cost, but quality and the behavior of the TSA agents that is the problem, then the Government should acknowledge that and then do something to improve those aspects. As you can guess, I'm not in favor of privatizing such an important aspect of our safety.
Posted By LindaO on January 13, 2011, 2:21 PM
Cut back on the ridiculous amount of TSA employees, and train them to properly do their job! When flying out of Boston last year I was body-scanned and groped (because of a receipt in my pocket) by no less than 4 different people. Four employees for ONE passenger with a tiny piece of paper?!? In the meantime, my husband's CPAP machine went through without any employee conducting the required explosives test on it, even though he had it open and ready for them to check.
An absolute waste of our money and my time. Typical government waste with no benefit to the public.
Posted By Jen on January 13, 2011, 2:26 PM
I thought they started out with private contractors and there were problems so that's why
TSA took over.
Posted By Lh on January 13, 2011, 3:11 PM
My only direct with the TSA recently has been in Atlanta. Departing, they are civil and helpful. Arriving, especially internationally, they are rude and insulting, even to documented American citizens, barking commands and screaming admonitions to those who misunderstood their commands. An absolute embarrassment to Atlanta and the US.
Posted By Michael Long on January 13, 2011, 3:25 PM
My home airport is San Francisco (SFO). For as long as I can remember (since 9/11), we have had a private screening company take care of security. Compared to all the other airports I have flown in and out of, our security is the most professional, least aggravating, and quickest. I don't know about salary comparisons, but these people are the best. If all private companies were this good, this would be a good business for the government to get out of.
Posted By Elizabeth on January 13, 2011, 3:27 PM
I'm sure that Obumbler can find a way to force airports to the use more expensive government pornographers for searches. That is exactly why I pay for expensive gas to power my car as I travel the country in it.
Posted By Cindy on January 13, 2011, 3:52 PM
There isn't a person traveling in the US that likes the way airport screening is currently performed. We must remember prior to 9-11 we had little or no screening, unlike other countries.
Imagine different companies being in charge at different airports. What might have been ok somewhere might not be ok in another location, even if the screener followed a unified written guideline (i.e. Homeland Security).
I would like to think that the process would improve if those traveling would comply with the preboarding rules, and not make it a game to hide items, or "beat" the system. Many Americans can't even obey common traffic laws. How can we expect to streamline the screening process?
Yes, I travel both domestic and internationally, and don't have a problem.
Posted By Bob Pedersen on January 13, 2011, 4:03 PM
I agree with dandan. Private contractors were the norm pre-9/11. An example is Argenbright, which provided security for United at LAX. They were literally starved by their employers, being paid minimum wage or barely above. Many if not most, had second jobs and were often homeless. I don't want an underpaid, overworked, poorly trained individual being responsible for my safety in the air. I believe this is a government responsibility and that govt employees should be performing it.
Posted By j on January 13, 2011, 4:15 PM
TSA officers do not get paid alot. It is the higher up goverment folks who get the great pay. Going private is a $$$$ issue. Yes Mica is in with Lockheed Martin. They are a private firm who does alot of trainings for TSA now. It is NOT the TSA officers that are the problem. It is the manegement and decision makers.
Do we want security or be nice to the flying public???? REMEMBER the private firms that were in place on 911!!!
Posted By tired on January 13, 2011, 4:21 PM
MICA has always had a bug up his 'YOU KNOW WHAT" over TSA!!!! YUP, pretty sure he has ties with one of the private contractors he wants to take over the job.
Posted By Chunkbird on January 13, 2011, 4:26 PM
I've found that the true problem is the TSA procedures, not the employees. As usual, the federal government is applying Band-Aid measures to make it look like it's fixing a problem (in this case, terrorism) without actually doing anything to solve it. I've flown quite a few times since 9/11 and have never encountered any unprofessional TSA employees. However, I worked at an airport security checkpoint for eight months in 1996, when private companies bid for contracts. The lowest bidders were awarded the contracts, and it showed in the general caliber of employees hired by the companies. Even back in 1996, $6/hour was extremely low pay (lower than many McDonald's locations) for such a responsible and serious job; as a result, there was a serious attendance problem (often causing security checkpoints to be understaffed), lax enforcement of security procedures (contributing to the success of the 9/11 attacks), and a high turnover rate (leading to almost continual training of new employees). The few of us who took the job seriously and put in 100% effort did not stay long because of the low pay and the absence of any kind of benefits (we received no vacation time, no sick time, no insurance, etc.). If airports return to hiring private companies for security, they will probably eventually return to awarding the contracts to the lowest bidders, which in turn will once again lead to the same problems I just mentioned. I believe that everyone (airline employees, passengers, and the world at large) would be better off if security is left in the hands of the TSA employees and the procedures themselves are revised and improved.
Posted By Beth on January 13, 2011, 5:44 PM
Before the advent of TSA, whenever I traveled I had to make a copy of screening regulations in order to get the private screeners to abide by them, and that didn't always work. Complaining and speaking to a supervisor didn't work, either. Their arrogance was intolerable. At least TSA is trained and knows the rules. In this type of position you are always going to find some people who like to push people around. I have had minimal problems with TSA, and I find them in general to be polite and well mammered, considering what they have to put up with. Certainly better than what we had before.
Posted By Ann on January 13, 2011, 6:35 PM
There's no difference between TSA's conducting screening and having private contractors do it. The process is meant for control, not safety. Either you submit, or you won't be allowed to fly. It's that simple. Neither group is responsible to the electorate, and there's no redress.
Posted By Daniel J. Vandeberg on January 13, 2011, 7:52 PM
I haven't flown since they put in the body scans. I have had cancer and don't want to be subjected to the radiation. Who cares about health issues here -- anybody? I don't want to be frisked like a common criminal either. There needs to be a better alternative to these two!
Posted By dee500 on January 13, 2011, 11:21 PM
TSA has become too large a body people...who like most governtment workers are going to require taxes for not only the present employment, but for any future increases reflected in more hirings, or a shrinkage in need NOT reflected in dismissal (foreseeable or not makes no difference) BUT also for pensions (maybe after only 20 years???)!
It is better to more flexibly meet any demand as well as providing competition (as with aircraft and missle systems purchased from contractors).
Posted By A. N. on January 14, 2011, 1:51 AM
We should use under utilized goverment personnel who have half a brain and a sense of decency-
how about returning military personnel- many of them get out of the service to a nothing job.
Posted By Ron on January 14, 2011, 6:57 AM
We've had private scanners. Think Argenbreit, at O'Hare before TSA took over. A nightmare, brought to you by a much smaller company. Break the TSA groups into properly supervised and trained managerial sections and leave it alone. The real issue, of whether or not airport passenger screening is an effective deterrent, is never addressed. The American traveler thinks he is safe; the smoke and mirrors continues. Try policing cargo, we'll talk
Posted By Elizabeth K Miller on January 14, 2011, 8:55 AM
Dennis: the TSO only gets paid $15.74 / Hr
Posted By Robert on January 14, 2011, 10:44 AM
I'm fine with TSA but they need better training in proceedures and attitudes
Posted By mack emanuel on January 14, 2011, 1:47 PM
It is not worth the risk in hiring private firms since I am concerned about their hiring practices and who runs the companies. Will the private firms hire someone who has terrorist ties and lets some of his fellow terrorist get through security which could lead to problems. To me it is nor worth trying to save money. In the end how much money would be saved?
Posted By paul caplan on January 14, 2011, 4:14 PM
I have had every kind of search. I think Heathrow is the worst. Sometimes I think that there is something about me that causes security folk to pick on my. Maybe its my desperation to make my plane on time. In any case, the most frustrating thing is the differences in what various airports will allow through security, so that if you exit the secure area between flights and have to re-enter, often what was allowed at the original point of departure is not allowed at the next.
Posted By Noreen Lerch on January 14, 2011, 4:36 PM
rem the VA hospital fiasco-the republicans wont rest untill every job in the usa is a walmart job. while congress should cut their pay in half, very overpaid. over half have records-some cant get a credit card-some are reported to be mafia. watch out for privitizig- who gets rich is the question??
Posted By h gard on January 14, 2011, 10:07 PM
You can't compare pre 9/11 to now. Before 9/11 what regs that were in place were not enforced. A government run,unionized,bureaucratic TSA can not be as efficient as a private company. Compare the Post Office to FedEx or UPS. FedEx & UPS pay their employees well. More government agencies are not the answer.
Posted By Waanee on January 15, 2011, 9:39 AM
The TSA already has BIG problems.
When I've complained about agents, who wear only a first name on their badge, I've been told more than once that "No one by that name works for us".
So who IS working for the TSA, and why are they afraid to show their names in public?
Without valid ID, there is no accountability, and that is why they are not catching any of the weapons that have gotten through security.
The people who are working right now think they're so smart in taking away small children's food, unopened jars of peanut butter, and other items that were not on the "do not fly" list.
I've repeatedly had our lunches stolen from the TSA people, but they only take unopened, orginally sealed items.
To me, this is pure theft, and there is no security issue with something that is still sealed.
Ironically, the last time they confiscated unopened food items from our family, one of my kids opened the item, took a big bite, and suddenly, we were allowed to take the food item with us!
Then we found out that a loaded weapon of some kind made it through on the entire trip with us, concealed by another passenger.
What?
So why exactly do we still have TSA when they quite obviously cannot do their jobs??
Without valid name badges, there is no way to report a TSA agent who is abusing their passengers, and stealing from the flying public.
Posted By Ticked Off on January 16, 2011, 6:58 PM
Yes private screeners should be used in airports. They would do a more thorough job than the TSA and they won't take the better than god attitude that the TSA take. The super cop image at the airport would go away. the private screeners may actually catch the things that get through security now..
Posted By connie on January 16, 2011, 7:19 PM
Yes get the govt. out of the screening and put these enbreds back out on the street because this is the only job they can get.
Posted By Dale on January 17, 2011, 12:45 PM
Isn't the incompetence of private security screeners one of the reasons TSA was created? Before TSA came into being, screening was done by private contractors.
Posted By Lorenzo on January 17, 2011, 2:10 PM
a recent experience with TSA- One screener demanded I go thru the xray machine when I told them I had a pacemaker. They saw my pacemaker on the xray then demanded and performed a full body pat down. When they felt the pacemaker the screener proceeded to punch the pacemaker several times which was quite painful! I will be very happy when the TSA folks are gone. This has happened twice - the bodyscan and then a full pat down. This combined with inane questions - when looking at my US passport they asked-are you a US citizen living in the US. Go TSA!!
Posted By Bill Lowder on January 18, 2011, 9:44 PM
I say whether TSA or private, pay the frontline security doublethe current rate, but hire only the best of the best, be they university or college educated, or those with extensive experience working in other fields.
Train them well, teach them how to deal with the public and ensure they get ongoing skills upgrading.
Turn this job into a real profession, and stop thinking technology can replace the need for on-the-ball security experts as opposed to today's moronic mall cops.
Frankly many of the clowns holding these positions today wouldn't make it at Starbucks, though possibly Burger King. Until the positions pay better, we won't see a better calibre of TSA professional.
Posted By Yuki on January 19, 2011, 10:59 AM
Bill Lowder...BS.
Posted By Dan on January 19, 2011, 3:52 PM
privatize screening
hmmmmm...-
why bother-nothing will change
if the govt have 67000 & the priveteers have less dont you know the lines will be just as long - if not longer
the stress level will be the same
we may have to grow more patient
what the hay-
Posted By 72heat on January 19, 2011, 9:04 PM
Privatization is more expensive to the federal government. Why should we pay more for the same thing? To enrich some well connected fat cats? Privatizing TSA screeners will only serve to strengthen the agency. We cant eliminate 60,000 federal jobs, Will it be easier to eliminate 60,000 "private sector" jobs? I don't think so.
Posted By barry on January 22, 2011, 2:11 PM
National security is not supposed to have a profit motive - it is clearly a government function. Perhaps we can privatize the army next or sell ads on the sides of aircraft carriers. The current TSA screeners are only as good as the training they receive and regulations they are asked to enforce. Just like any other work force, most of them do a fine job; others need to be weeded out.
Posted By Basil on January 26, 2011, 9:34 AM
I hope they change the TSA program one way or another. I have never seen such uncouth, unprepared and ill mannered people in my entire life. And yet, while we put up with these under educated clowns, Middle Eastern males have been caught coming over the Mexico/USA border with fake Mexican passports. Too many TSA buffoons and too few armed protectors at our border.
Posted By Karin O'Brien on February 18, 2011, 4:10 AM
I hope they change the TSA program one way or another. I have never seen such uncouth, unprepared and ill mannered people in my entire life. And yet, while we put up with these under educated clowns, Middle Eastern males have been caught coming over the Mexico/USA border with fake Mexican passports. Too many TSA buffoons and too few armed protectors at our border.
Posted By Karin on February 18, 2011, 4:10 AM
I do hope they do something about the present TSA employees. They are too uneducated, too uncouth and too buffoonish. Private and properly trained security employees would be much better.
All the while that we have the wanna be Rambos and Rambettes at TSA, we have captured Middle Eastern males coming over the USA/Mexico border with fake Mexican passports. This is totally unacceptable!
Posted By Karin on February 18, 2011, 4:14 AM
First, the government should get rid of TSA Chief John Pistole and then proceed to reduce his empire of boorish Federal enmployess. What a terrible misuse of of taxpayers' dollars.
Yes, all airports should reduce or eliminate the involvement of TSA.
Posted By Jack Francis on June 2, 2011, 4:26 PM
yes. TSA should be a thing of the past. They have been given too much authority at the airport and they take advantage of all travelers. They just love to push people around.
Posted By Connie on June 3, 2011, 11:22 AM
Why 'ditch' one set of perverts for another set of unemployable cop wannabees??
People at this level of employment are not unlike prison guards. Gravitating to work that gives them authority they will never achieve with skills.
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