Tourism leaders question possible firing of TSA at Orlando International Airport

[Baitball Blogger]

Central Florida's tourism community is questioning whether Orlando International Airport should fire the federal officers who run the security checkpoints at the main terminal and replace them with private security guards.

"All of the [federal] agents and all of the team have accumulated important knowledge and skills over time. Why would we discard all that trust to the lowest bidder?" said Universal Studios Orlando spokesman Tom Schroeder.

Items discovered during security searches of passengers at Orlando International Airport include heavy objects that can be used to strike someone.

An airport committee headed by board member Dean Asher has been looking at replacing the Transportation Security Administration for two years. The eight-member panel was expected to make a recommendation to the airport board this month but has postponed the decision until March.


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-tourism-keep-tsa-20150216-story.html

[rjsquirrel]

1. Heavy objects?

WTF kind of bs is that? I'm about to go through airport security right now with a 5 pound camera, a laptop, and a very fat book. i could "strike someone" with any of those.

Anyway the cheapest private security could not be worse than the bumbling morons of the TSA.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Privatization is never a good idea in an airport

that flies in and out of a good ole boy controlled city. Too many insiders are too quick to break the rules for their cronies. And many have dark secrets that can easily be molded into black mail. I can think of at least one of them who serves on the Airport Authority board.