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So instead of government employed goons hassling us, it will be private sector ones?
In many ways this will be a better goal to shoot for. The government has made this whole thing a charade of "security theater."
I firmly believe the private sector with some governmental oversight will do a vastly better job and for far less money.
Let's face it, the government doesn't do anything very well, at all.
Better be careful what you wish for. The privitization of jails & prisons shows what can (& will) happen when you allow the almighty dollar to trump all else.
You think the TSA abuses are bad now? Just wait until the shareholders are running the show.
Last time I checked prisons weren't an "optional destination."
How many people have heard proclaim they will never fly again because of TSA abuses? You think the shareholders want that attitude to prevail?
I don't think you thought your argument through very well.
The TSA will still be in charge of the SOP. The AIT and those pat-downs will be still in place. At the end of the day, it comes down to the individual.
That may be true but, the TSA has no incentive to behave professionally or even with a modicum of decency. Private workers beholden to supervisors who are, in turn, beholden to shareholders do. As it stands now when you have a complaint about airport security the only recourse you have is "don't fly" and the government couldn't care less, it's not their profits shrinking. Private companies, usually, take a much more personal view of the money walking out the door.
Further, the private companies will probably have more incentive to review new security policies for a "intrusuion:safety" cost/benefit analysis instead of just implementing the lastest damn fool and costly idea that someone above them had. They will also be a much louder voice of dissent to the government than the average Joe Six Pack.
So far, it's mostly conjecture. We won't know what it looks like until it's common place again. I, personally, have a tremendous amount more faith in the free market (particularly when it comes to providing their own security) than I do the Fed.gov.
I'll take private thugs over government ones any old day of the week.