Hilarious TSA Improvement Contest Entry!

If the TSA wants the lines to move faster, stop putting random non-precheck people into the precheck lines - that just screws everyone... since when they have to move back to the ordinary line on their way home, they are even more confused... Ok, Where's my check?

Whatever is suggested better not "lower" their budget cuz that won't be acceptable... only ideas that can raise their budget will count.... lol Seriously, I believe in training, educating and hiring the right people for the job, then pre-screening will work very well. One of ex-manager was returning from the Carribean and the TSA told her to take off her sandals where as the guy in front of her was allowed to go through with his shoes... they called it "random" scanning!!!

@Steven L: "How exactly do you propose to do this without *at minimum* doing the sort of things that the NSA has been doing?" TSA has to defend against 2 sorts of attackers: 1) Organized terrorist cells planning an advanced attack. Intelligent and funded, these sorts of threats spend time planning, plotting, and communicating. We must depend on advanced intelligence to thwart these attacks, because by the time they get to the airport, it's too late. TSA is great at making a show of defending against past threats (see: body scanners, liquids, shoes - all reactionary measures) and terrible at actually preventing them. The key point is that these threats will not be stopped at the airport, regardless of how much money we keep dumping into the TSA. Increased checkpoint technology/screening/delays are not the answer; intelligence is. 2) The lone wolf/renegade/mentally deranged. Operating alone and without much of a plan, this sort of person cannot be predicted, but can be stopped with simple metal detectors and x-rays searching for guns and large knives. There's no middle ground, and thus no need for anything more than x-rays and metal detectors at the checkpoint. Even ID checks aren't necessary. The way to speed up checkpoints is not with a better line, it's by removing the reason for the line in the first place.

@Brian: "Screen for bad people, not bad things. This means most screening should occur long before anyone gets to the airport." How exactly do you propose to do this without *at minimum* doing the sort of things that the NSA has been doing? I guess we're lucky no Timothy McVeigh types have decided an airport is worth attacking.

Entertaining, but Remy peaked years ago with the Arlington Rap.