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Congressional report slams TSA as bloated, ineffective

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The Transportation Security Administration is plagued by significant problems, a congressional report said Wednesday on the 10th anniversary of Congress creating the agency. According to the report "A Decade Later: A Call for TSA Reform," the problems include: A bloated bureaucracy with 65,000 workers. An ineffective agency with 25,000 security breaches in the last decade. A buyer of inadequate technology, including 500 advanced-imaging technology machines that are "easily… (travel.usatoday.com) 기타...

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preacher1
preacher1 0
Well, there is common sense in that Mica had it drafted in the first place, but then Rockefeller says it's a testament to the them there has not been a major attack here since 911. I just don't think that the TSA is rsponsible for that. I think lucky is the more descriptive term. And then somebody says give the director more power. Read the comment string on the Article itself. There is no better opinion ther than here about the TSA
davysims
David Sims 0
The TSA seems to forget, there hadn't been any terror attacks before 9/11 and their creation either. I get really tired of hearing the TSA gloat that they have prevented any more terror attacks.
hjfischer1
Like being Alligator Control Officer at Thule- no alligator problems proves that you're doing a helluva good job.....
hjfischer1
Another puzzler.....

At most major Airport Airline Terminals the Sheeple are shuffling along obediently in their stocking feet with their laptops in the little plastic bins, getting their genitals groped and photographed, etc.

And over at the Gold Plated Seat Buckle branch of aviation at the FBO on the other side of the same Airport, Daddy Warbucks is whisked through the gate and driven right up to the door of his G550 in his stretched Town Car. No Security, no frisking.... just hope it ain't Daddy Ben Ali Warbucks. Being rich doesn't make you a good guy- the late unlamented Ben Lauden was a multi billionaire.

A Business Jet isn't as formidable a weapon as a 767? Maybe not, but the DA2000 I flew had a MTOGW of 36,700(you could probably fudge that a little if you planned on crashing it into something- even the FAA can't violate Body Parts). That leaves room for an hour's fuel and a lot of explosives.

I know- I'm beating the s,,t out of a dead horse. The whole Aviation Security system is Kabuki Theater to drug the masses...
preacher1
preacher1 0
I have seen both sides of it as there are a lot of FBO's that couldn't handle our plane and we had to get an Airline to handle it, and that put us thru all the hoopla of the Airline guys, but I am in agreement with you on the FBO's. Walk in the door and go to the plane. If all those $ were available all they had to do was buy a plane and go from there and all the TSA in the world wouldn't stop the. I hope somebody doesn't read this and securitize the FBO's, BUT, if so, it ain't my worry anymore, just more government jobs.
vanbess
vanbess 0
I am with Herb they are useless -- it would be more effective of a security measure to allow permit holders to carry on board the aircraft with a stipulation of the cartridges being mandated to be frangibles to prevent airframe damage. In most if not all cases those will become very polite flights
JReinertsen
Bout freaking time
AgentX
It will never happen....
chiphermes
The only irony is...how much did we spend on this congressional report to figure out the obvious? ;-)
hjfischer1
As a retired Airline and Corporate Jet Captain, my opinion is that the TSA is and always has been totally useless. Reminds me of trying to stop violence by banning guns- the criminal is the problem, not the instrument. The next time you fly, use your imagination and look around you for potential weapons on the airplane.

A pet peeve of mine is that every Airport and every Screener sems to have a different set of rules and procedures. What is allowed at one Airport is forbidden at another. They waste time meticulously checking Crewmwmbers, but never ask to see a Pilot's License to prove that I am what my uniform, provided by a vendor who never checks credentials,makes me look like.

In short, a total farce.
preacher1
preacher1 0
Herb: very well said, BUT, what you just said, to do otherwise, would require using what us old folks call common sense, and there seems to be a real short supply of that these days.
CaptStephanC
Well said, Herb............for me, thirty years Part 121, and five years Part 135, and I know a lot of pilots that feel the same as you and me...........
preacher1
preacher1 0
Damn, you guys make me feel like a youngster with basically 30 years Corporate big iron.LOL
hjfischer1
Adds up all too fast, Wayne! USAF, PAA, UAL, NJA... 50 years and 30,000 hours!

Not exactly TSA, but during the first Gulf War I was flying 76's out of IAD. International Flights had to have a "Security Briefing." The Briefer gave us the usual meaningless drivel about no bomb threats, etc. (like if there were a Bomb Threat we would be going?)

Augmented Crew- one of my FO's mentioned to the Briefer that Security in the Main Terminal had taken the batteries out of his (FAA Required) flashlight, but no problem- he just bought more at the bookshop inside Security. The other FO asked- "BTW- who checks the trucks taking the stuff to the shops and resturants inside the Secure Area?"

The answer- November Sierra- was "We don't have to check them. The drivers have ID's".....

I suspect that like we have Polack Jokes- in Texas, Aggie Jokes- in Montana, NoDak Jokes- the Jihadists have Airport Screener Jokes!
preacher1
preacher1 0
Well, you defintely got me on the hours and years. I'm pushing close to 20,000. I was on crew status as a flight medic in USAF. Long story how tickets came about but it didn't cost me a cent to go thru commercial and I was flying a nightly shuttle in a Navajo for Kennecott while in Tucson(Davis-Monthan). ATP came along when they changed the rules to allow glasses. I think it was called ATR back then. Got back to Arkansas in 72 and after messing around a bit, wound up with a right seat on a private 707 out of KFSM. Got the left seat after a bit and then they upgraded to a 757. I retired about 2 years ago, but still do fill in. Earlier this year they bought a brand new 767-200ER and I went up and checked in it and have made a trip or 2. I have some buddies at KMEM with Pinnacle(DAL) and some with Eagle at KDFW and I pull their tails out of a crack subbing on an RJ or ATR every now and then. I bought into a long haul trucking outfit that I helped start years ago to make my next fortune and with the recession have lost
1/2 my $%^ but that's life. It's starting to come back and I get airborne enough now to keep the urge staisfied.LOL I really haven't had to deal with this security mess that much except as a PAX. It's a little better at the smaller airports but there is inconsistency from one to the next
hjfischer1
Wayne, give me a shout at [email protected]
tcitjh
Tom Hebel 0
And what else would you expect from a government agency?
davysims
David Sims 0
This has to be the first Congressional report to ever have any common sense.
cdierking44
Just last night I went through TSA in Dallas. The TSA worker paying attention to the xray machine wasn't even paying attention. She was busy socializing with another male co-worker. Most of the time they don't pay attention.
clipper759
Talk about the Pot calling the Kettle fat.

But, then again our useless Congress is certainly an expert on ineffectiveness.

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