This is why it's retarded to have a President hold the government hostage.... :roll:
The TSA is government to force them to work even without pay. What would firing the agents do? Create a more secure Nation??? (Remember tRump is alllll about security)
As a rule of thumb, if you have ANY work experience, is private contractors cost MORE than 'regular' employees....
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It is time to ask what security TSA really provides.
It is possible to manufacture quite lethal weapons, including various types of bombs from stuff you can buy on the secure side of any major airport terminal. It is also quite possible to manufacture the weapons from these materials on the plane in the lav.
It is possible for 911 to happen again, exactly as before, since the weapons didn't go through security (they were delivered by the catering truck).
Why hasn't it?
Terrorists and other hijackers know that they don't stand a chance now. Passengers and crews are now fully aware that a hijacking isn't just a trip to Cuba anymore. A hundred or so people against three or four that are stupid enough and proclaim they are hijacking an airplane is a going to be a pretty predictable result. The hijackers will likely not survive.
Say a gun is smuggled aboard an aircraft. Makes no difference. Only a few passengers will get shot, the rest will roll over the hijacker before anymore shots are fired. The effect of a bullet passing through the window of a jet aircraft at altitude? Nothing. The masks probably won't even drop. The pressurization system is easily capable of compensating for the hole, even if the entire window is blown out. Mostly it's just windy and cold near the open window. Windows have blown out before on pressurized aircraft before, you see. In such an event, the automatic system would quite probably fail to drop the masks. The pilot (actually the copilot) would have to override to drop the masks.
TSA has actually caused accidents with injuries. We had one happen at SeaTac a few years ago.
TSA searches you, your luggage, makes you take your shoes off, accepts bribes to not search you as thoroughly, and despite all this, keep missing people accidentally carrying a concealed gun on board the aircraft. Oops!
They slow people down, they cost money to operate, and they don't provide any real security. They are also a target for terrorism. People are collecting there. They can be terrorized there just as well as on any aircraft. They really are nothing more than security theater.