to people complaining about the existence of the TSA, why don't you guys actually give it some thought. Before the TSA, there were differing standards across states/cities/airports concerning airport security. Now, everything has been unified under this single body.
This ends up being a double-edged sword. Easier for some scanner company to lobby one group rather than 50. But for us, we just need to convince one organisation to ease up (plus the FAA sometimes too). "Dismantling" the TSA won't get rid of airport checkpoints no more than dismantling the IRS won't get rid of taxes. Concentrating more on getting the TSA to create laxer policies will go a lot further than efforts to compeltely destroy the agency.
In any case, this is obviously the expected answer to the event, just like every school shooting leads to asking for more armed guards (even armed teachers sometimes).
This ends up being a double-edged sword. Easier for some scanner company to lobby one group rather than 50. But for us, we just need to convince one organisation to ease up (plus the FAA sometimes too). "Dismantling" the TSA won't get rid of airport checkpoints no more than dismantling the IRS won't get rid of taxes. Concentrating more on getting the TSA to create laxer policies will go a lot further than efforts to compeltely destroy the agency.
In any case, this is obviously the expected answer to the event, just like every school shooting leads to asking for more armed guards (even armed teachers sometimes).