Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration officers, who are required to work without paychecks through the partial government shutdown, have called out from work this week from at least four major airports, according to two senior agency officials and three TSA employee union officials.
The mass call outs could inevitably mean air travel is less secure, especially as the shutdown enters its second week with no clear end to the political stalemate in sight. "This will definitely affect the flying public who we (are) sworn to protect," Hydrick Thomas, president of the national TSA employee union, told CNN.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 08 2019, @03:10AM
Private security didn't seem to work real well in the 1900's. Hijacking seemed to be a popular sport, with almost routine hijackings to Cuba, and less routine hijackings to other destinations. The industry standard response was "Meet the hijacker's demands, and we'll recover later."
Another issue, at least somewhat related, is the banking industry's attitude that cameras constitute "security".
As much as I mock the TSA, I think that government had to get involved. I just don't know what would have worked, in that regard. We definitely needed something more imaginative.