Todos
← Back to Squawk list
TSA Creator Says Dismantle, Privatize the Agency
“It mushroomed into an army,” Mica said. “It’s gone from a couple-billion-dollar enterprise to close to $9 billion.” As for keeping the American public safe, Mica says, “They’ve failed to actually detect any threat in 10 years.” “Everything they have done has been reactive. They take shoes off because of [shoe-bomber] Richard Reid, passengers are patted down because of the diaper bomber, and you can’t pack liquids because the British uncovered a plot using liquids,” Mica said. “It’s an agency… (www.humanevents.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Regardlesss of what is thought about Mica, there is a whole lot wrong with the agency. That being said, since it is a high profile agency that is pretty much hated by the traveling public, any problem that comes along will be totally blown out of proportion and a few bad apples will cast shame and doubt over all the good working people out there that are just trying to do a good job. There needs to be a cleanup of some kind and a redirection. Maybe it is to big for that and time just to scrap it and start over. I personally don't think there is a simple, single, solution no more than 1 individual will fix it.
I have no problem with privatizing the screeners. A lot of them were the same people that did the lousy job of screening BEFORE 9/11 anyway.
But it'll never happen. "You don't professionalize unless you Federalize" became the rallying cry to create this monstrosity of a government agency. Why is anyone surprised? And, with the current administration's pure love of everything union, we'll be putting up with these mouth-breathers for years to come.
But it'll never happen. "You don't professionalize unless you Federalize" became the rallying cry to create this monstrosity of a government agency. Why is anyone surprised? And, with the current administration's pure love of everything union, we'll be putting up with these mouth-breathers for years to come.
IMO privitization of the TSA will fail in much the same way that privitzation fails on so many ex-gov't projects; the bottom line. Sad as it is, the US Gov't is clearly not concerned with the bottom line, red ink or black ink...damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Private operation of the TSA may shrink the size, scope and red tape now plaguing the agency, but I doubt highly it will make flying any safer. Private companies have no obligation to maintain their level of service in the face of sliding revenues, they will instead continue providing the service at a cheaper price. When it comes to the job performed by the TSA, that could be disasterous.
Just yank the TSA, put security back the way it was and take the savings on operating the agency and put it towards more strident intelligence-gathering efforts.
Private operation of the TSA may shrink the size, scope and red tape now plaguing the agency, but I doubt highly it will make flying any safer. Private companies have no obligation to maintain their level of service in the face of sliding revenues, they will instead continue providing the service at a cheaper price. When it comes to the job performed by the TSA, that could be disasterous.
Just yank the TSA, put security back the way it was and take the savings on operating the agency and put it towards more strident intelligence-gathering efforts.
Canada has proven that privatization for security (and ATC functions) works perfectly well in private hands. The big advantage is local accountability at the individual airports who actually do the hiring of either a company or bureau to run it or do it themselves. The feds are left to provide oversight of standards which they set.
Yes there will be cost savings, but there should be no loss in quality which should actually improve dramatically. The current program will end up as a unionized money laundering scheme to collect union dues and filter them through to the politicians.
Yes there will be cost savings, but there should be no loss in quality which should actually improve dramatically. The current program will end up as a unionized money laundering scheme to collect union dues and filter them through to the politicians.
He was for it, before he was against it ;)
TSA not working for ya there John? Well get this, Congress isn't working for me. The whole hill has been "hijacked by bureaucrats" and "is always one step out of step."
So how about let's privatize your job, and while we're at it, let's just go ahead and completely abolish the TSA. It sucks, you suck. End of story.