TSA - What Are They Doing?
So we have multiple British Airways flights from London to Dulles being cancelled due to security concerns, and we find that the head of the agency charged with security at Dulles can't even be trusted with securing himself from the alcohol. Today's Washington Post reported that during an orange alert, New Year's Eve, the head of the agency supposedly responsible for our safety in the skies, was weaving around the road because he couldn't drive properly.
So, what has the TSA actually done to enhance our safety? I was absolutely shocked today to find out that only 20% of the cargo that is placed on board planes loaded with passengers, is actually inspected. And who is inspecting it? People who are absolutely positively UNTRAINED to detect explosives, biological weapons, or chemical weapons. These poor individuals who are charged with making the cargo safe don't have the slightest clue in the world what to do besides open a package and look inside. No bomb sniffing dogs. No x ray machines. No nothing.
Don't you feel safe now that general aviation aircraft are prohibited from getting too close to America's Favorite Shrub, but an aircraft out of Dulles with only 20% of its cargo checked and passengers screened by an agency headed by an alleged drunk driver can go on its merry way and possibly be detonated above DC plunging into who knows what?
Yes, but at least those pesky little Cessna 152s are out of the area...right?