Ways to make money that the public won't complain about.....
1) Artificially create a huge queue.
2) Ask for payment to jump the queue.
Public who have the cash gain an illusion of safety whilst Uncle Sam gains a pocket full of cash. Win-win.
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TSA Implementing New Screening Procedures for All Electronics 'Larger Than a Cell Phone'
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Ways to make money that the public won't complain about.....
1) Artificially create a huge queue.
2) Ask for payment to jump the queue.
Public who have the cash gain an illusion of safety whilst Uncle Sam gains a pocket full of cash. Win-win.
I do not agree with any of the "security measures" put in place after 9/11. it is just a way for the government to put their nose where it don't belong.... in your personal life.
Putting laptops in trays has been the norm in the USA for a very long time unless you have Precheck status. This new "feature", AFAICT, is better automation of the whole process. It's the separation of various electronics thats going to be emphasized going forward.Shoes off? Wow!Is that because they're steel-capped?
You've had to put laptops in a tray in Australia too for as long as I can remember (10-15 years or more) but never understood why. You can at least have other things in the same tray.
My guess is it's to improve detection rates which seem to be quite poor based on the limited anecdotal evidence here. I've been pulled up a few times correctly and only once incorrectly (false positive) for a portable shaver, so the system seems to work ok in Australia.
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Yes, Global Entry is the better deal ($15 more) but I can attest that it's a much more lengthy process to get approved. The real difference is the biometrics (electronic finger prints as of now) required for the electronic immigration process to work.
Same trick can be done with Sublingual GTN spray (what angina patients carry). Spray it on a friends bag to ensure every hole is checked when travelling.
If you get yourself onto some kind of watchlist, I bet your PreCheck status will be revoked in a New York minute.
It used to be the requirement to remove your laptop and power it on at security 20 years ago, in the U.S. of A. Sounds like we're just returning to that scenario.
I agree, since they have been successful in preventing any attacks, we can now sit back and relax. Start with eliminating TSA as you suggest and in the meantime it's crazy to be thinking of new ways terrorists might blow up planes. It's more efficient to wait until they blow something up, then we can more justifiably react to their new tactics. It may require that thousands die, but at least we won't be wasting money on preventing attacks that the terrorists hadn't yet figured out how to carry out.
You seem to think TSA is the sole proprietor of airport security. What world are you living in?
If you look at my other comment in this thread you'll find that I'm also no fan of the TSA in its current form.
I had to do this when I flew in May and June and it made these SOOOOOOOOO slow. I couldn't even go through the detector when it was my turn because I had wait additional time to ensure I was able to personally push my stuff through the xray because most people had 3-4 bins each plus their actual carry-on
Yes, I learned this in France this year. I thought it was a fluke each time the agent found another one of my devices, and he got angrier and angrier at each one. It didn't sink in enough after that every device needs to come out.
I'm an American, if there's stuff I'm supposed to know someone would have told me about it already, right?
How to make easy money?
1. Create a scare for the public
2. Develop a way to inconvenience the public based on no 1
3. Create a for-pay program to bypass no 2
4. ...
5. Profit!
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1. Create a scare for the public
2. Develop a way to inconvenience the public based on no 1
3. Create a for-pay program to bypass no 2
4. ...
5. Profit!
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If you didn't put up those security measures, how are you going to convince the public to be afraid?
So, you thing you can tell who's a terrorist by the color of their skin? What color was Timothy McVeigh?
My girlfriend and I were traveling with a straight up knife.
We had been camping about a month prior and it somehow ended up in her handbag.
She found out days after our flight because she misplaced her phone and emptied her handbag during the search.
Yes, in Minneapolis.
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/6/tsa-failed-detect-95-percent-prohibited-items-minn/
But look at the bright side - at least Boise, Idaho has implemented the process. I feel waaaaay safer now.
I'd take it in a New York minute. TSA is mostly a useless annoyance chasing after ghosts. I used to mostly enjoy flying before 9/11 and all the excess security BS. Fortunately, now that I'm retired, I rarely need to fly anymore. If they'd just have you walk through the x-ray machines without disrobing, taking off shoes, unpacking bags, confiscating fingernail clippers, etc., it would be tolerable and catch about the same number of terrorists they catch now - next to zero.