April 16, 2016
JUST REDUCE SECURITY:
Long lines predicted at airport security checkpoints this summer because of TSA cutbacks (Hugo Martin, 4/16/16, LA Times)
The wait times at airport security checkpoints, always a source of grief for air passengers, have gotten so lengthy that airlines and airport operators are protesting and predicting gridlock during the upcoming summer travel season.At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the head administrator suggested hiring private contractors to help speed the lines.Airline officials say the delays have kept hundreds of passengers from catching their flights. They fear that the problems will only grow worse if the Transportation Security Administration doesn't hire more agents before the peak summer travel season and are advising passengers to arrive extra early for their flights.
Admittedly, it's Marathon weekend, but getting two fifty-something-year old adults and a 14-year old boy out of Logan last night was ridiculous. Nothing quite says welcome to America like reducing you to a piece of meat for an hour. On the Freedom/Security scale we've tipped way too far to one side. If there were any evidence that it was stopping terriorists the process might be tolerable--and the government's use of it to try and protect us understandable--but it really just exists to provide psychological comfort, not physical safety.
Posted by Orrin Judd at April 16, 2016 8:02 AM