01-05-2024, 08:05 AM
I have a close friend (former military buddy) who worked with TSA in a management position from its inception after the 2001 terrorist hijackings until he retired for a second time in 2022. He descibes the airport passenger screening process as a "pageant" to make the public feel safe when the real threats are elsewhere. He favors simplified, very barebones screening with a more modern version of profiling, that politically incorrect, but useful, practice the politicians did away with. Also, he says that the shoe removal requirement is "the most ridiculous thing ever," given that there was a single very unsuccessful attempt at a shoe bomb.