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I don't see the Republicans raising a ruckus about the TSA. Don't trust them either.Heartland Patriot wrote:Easy fix for this when we get Republican control back. Just allow all of the airports the option of having private security; several airports do that right now. Then, once the airports switch over (and they will), dump the TSA.
Did you notice whether he had one, two, or three strips on his shoulder boards? Three indicates a supervisor and is the highest uniformed TSA personnel. They are the ones who typically act that way, anyone at a lower level would be too scared of administrative revenge to do that, and supervisors are immune to lower level complaints.The Annoyed Man wrote:I'm sure that administration of the department is largely responsible for this. Search my posts for the terms "Janet Napolitano is a toad." There will be a LOT of them. She's an incompetent administrator who gives hiring preferences to her female feminist buddies over better qualified higher seniority males. She was an incompetent governor of Arizona. I could go on, but "she's a toad" says it all.
But that doesn't explain the guy I saw at Phoenix Sky Harbor. I was coming up on next up to go through the metal detector and was rushing to take my shoes and belt off. An elderly gentleman came up to me and very nicely asked if he could butt in front of me because he was about to miss his flight. I said yes. The TSA guy started shouting at this nice old man in an abusive voice to hurry up. The old man was flustered and said "I'm trying to get my shoes off, hang on a second." The TSA guy gets right up in his grill, Marine Corps DI style, and starts berating the old guy, threatening him: "IF YOU DON'T HURRY UP I'M GOING TO RUN YOU THROUGH THAT THING OVER THERE!!!!!" (indicating the brand new full-body scanner which airports were just starting to get into use). And then he made good on the threat, scaring the crap out of this old gentleman as he shoved him toward the machine. I was literally stunned. I've never even seen a real cop talk to a criminal who had it coming that way, let alone the way this absolute thug of a wannabee brownshirt fed talked to this sweet old guy. His coworkers glanced over at the ruckus, and then went right back to their own tasks without a single one of them intervening with this psychotic. Ever since then, I don't take TSA professionalism for granted anymore.
From now on, every one of them, no matter how well intentioned, will have to prove their professionalism to me, because you never know when one of them will be a psychotic who can make you late to your destination, or even get you put on the no-fly list.