My first flight on an airplane was a few weeks after 9/11, so I watched with interest as Congress quickly threw together the Transportation Safety Authority to centralize the security functions surrounding airports. I remember the brouhaha when people began actually scrutinizing the backgrounds of airport screeners and found many were ex-cons or known drug dealers. I remember clearly the efforts to ensure every suitcase and carryon for airplanes were scanned, and searched as needeed. All of these went a long way toward reassuring the nation that air travel could be safe again. Well, now it appears the TSA is being phased out altogether!
Most of the important functions are being taken over by the Department of Homeland Security, so the travelers experience should not change all that much. The real concern now is that it appears airport screeners will soon again be hired by private comanies instead of the Feds. In theory, there is nothing wrong with this. But the last time around, the private sector did a singularly poor job of this, hiring unqualified or even illegal workers. After all, who really wants a low-paying job where you have to put up with customer complaints ALL DAY LONG, if you don't have the pensions and job security of the Federal system?
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