Obviously, airline investors feel that they have too much business and would like to take a break from their hard work. And apparently, folks who are paid by the government feel that they’re getting too much in revenues from airlines.
Anyway, those are the sacrifices for being safe while not having the will to properly fight and finish a foreign war that would end with many more civilian casualties. For police work to be effective as a substitute for war, passengers and everyone else must give up a few rights.
Israel nd El Al manage to screen passengers in a much more dangerous milieu with a fraction of the disruption and groping. El Al has not had any incident since they began screening. The principle of arbitrary power over people is much more important to our government than to that of Israel.