The TSA is an absolute disaster. Little more than a taxpayer funded unionized jobs program providing security theatre. They cause more problems then they solve. On the whole, I find them to be arrogant, illiterate, and generally lacking any idea of who it is that actually pays their inflated salaries. Would love to see the airlines and airports re-privatize security - or take the Israeli approach. I'd even support SWA running the TSA - as customer service and efficiency is a regular part of their business model. As a regular business traveler, I'll gladly pay the $85 for 5 years for the opportunity to have as little interaction with the Smurfs as is possible, even when the TSA uses the program as a give-away to passengers who haven't paid the $85 and makes the Precheck line longer than the regular line.
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