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Originally Posted by Platapus
Some good points have been raised.
However tools can only do so much. It is the operator who has to interpret the data and the security officer that has to analyze the data that is the weak link.
Perhaps if we paid TSA screeners a decent wage, it would be easier to attract better people.
My friend was one of the first batch of TSA screeners. They were lied to by the government, not paid any wages for over 9 weeks. Not paid for working overtime (which was mandatory). She said that TSA had almost a 100% turn over rate at her airport the first six months. That does not bode well for security.
She left TSA after almost three years and by that time she was the senior female screener and one of the senior screeners at her airport.
She took her job very seriously but she told me that many of the TSA screeners were there only for the paycheck (such as it was).
I hope it has gotten better but not keeping my hopes up.
If there are any TSA screeners on this forum: Thank you for the job you do. It is not an easy job and your successes are often hidden and your failures are often exposed. Thank you for trying to keep us just a little bit safer.  |
I think the point is that this should have been picked up way before it came down to screening.
Lets review shall we?
* On watch list
* Bought ticket with cash
* One way ticket
* No luggage
* US embasy notified by a freakin former Economic Minister (His father BTW)
and not one alarm went off
