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Major US Airport To Evict TSA Screeners
One of America’s busiest airports, Orlando Sanford International, has announced it will opt out of using TSA workers to screen passengers, a move which threatens the highly unpopular federal agency’s role in other airports across the nation. (www.infowars.com) さらに...
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Even if TSA screeners are "evicted" from the airports, TSA as an agency will still exist in an oversight capacity, the equipment and procedures will remain the same, and any contractors will be required to offer the now displaced screeners their jobs back. Every position above the Screening Manager, including the regulatory inspectors at each airport, will still be TSA employees, not contractors. In short, nothing will change.
Has anyone ever counted the number of TSA "agents" it takes to operate a single line at a multi-line check point. The magic number seems to be 7. That doesn't include the person who checks ID's or the supervisors standing off in the distance. One of those government employees does nothing but collect containers from the secure side and place them back on non-secure side. A conveyor belt would replace at least 3 government employees.
What everyone is missing here is that government can not shrink. It doesn't know how.
If a private company were to take over security, they would choose to do efficiently, to maximize profit. (I know, that's a dirty word) The government sees the same task as a jobs program that keeps people employed. If a private company were to devise a method of operating a checkpoint with less manpower the government would see less people employed, and private business would see it an increase in efficiency.
It's the mindset that says only government to the job that has created this monster.
If jeremy is correct, we would need a government regulator in every cockpit, in every train engine, in every bus, truck and taxi. Give the American worker the guidelines, Mr. Government bureaucrat, then stand back and let the job get done.
What everyone is missing here is that government can not shrink. It doesn't know how.
If a private company were to take over security, they would choose to do efficiently, to maximize profit. (I know, that's a dirty word) The government sees the same task as a jobs program that keeps people employed. If a private company were to devise a method of operating a checkpoint with less manpower the government would see less people employed, and private business would see it an increase in efficiency.
It's the mindset that says only government to the job that has created this monster.
If jeremy is correct, we would need a government regulator in every cockpit, in every train engine, in every bus, truck and taxi. Give the American worker the guidelines, Mr. Government bureaucrat, then stand back and let the job get done.
Interesting, but Sanford is not a "major" airport. The "top 30 busiest airports in the world" ranking mentioned in the article actually applies only to flight movements, as it is used extensively for training flights and GA which do not use TSA services. The 1.1 million passengers Sanford handled in 2010 placed it only 112th in North America, right between Quebec City (YQC) and Fresno, Calif (FAT). For comparison, Orlando International (MCO) was ranked 13th with just under 35 million passengers.
When I read the article, I couldn't tell if the author meant to refer to MCO but got the name wrong or if it's actually a story about Sanford and the author didn't realize that Sanford isn't the major airport in Orlando.
That's why we need to be lobbying for the disbanding of the TSA in its entirety. Just another example of a bloated progam of government pork and waste.
Orlando Sanford is not that busy of an airport. They pretty much only get service from Allegiant and a few British charters. The author got Sanford SFB mixed up with Orlando International MCO.
However, the board at MCO also had a meeting Wednesday to consider getting rid of the TSA. I believe that will be decided in the April board meeting.
However, the board at MCO also had a meeting Wednesday to consider getting rid of the TSA. I believe that will be decided in the April board meeting.
