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It says that the level of service at all Wendy's and McDonald's drive thrus should be awesome since the idiots were all hired away by the TSA....

And what do you base this statement on? Have you flown recently? I have. And let me tell you something. The competence, training and professionalism of airport screeners would be the envy of many companies who have employees in public service. The level of professionalism is tremendous. The training is evident and the quality of screener is vastly improved.

Yes. And my summary of TSA employees:

Orlando - Better to have Micky and Minnie than the clowns they have there.
Miami - Good; an improvement over before.
Tampa - Scarey as hell. Since the TSA take over, 1 person with a firearm got by, one "alleged" explosives incident got by, and several screeners performing groping acts on women which would get your or I 3-5 years in the pokey.
Atlanta - Worse than Tampa. It makes me glad that I rarely have to fly Delta.
Dallas/Ft. Worth - Excellent.
Las Vegas - Excellent.
Cincinnati - Fair, but an improvement over before.
Newark - God help us all.

So yes, I have flown. But the hiring process at some airports reflects the quality of the screeners who somehow got the TSA job after being rent a cops. I have cancelled all of my planned trips since mid January because I'm sick and tired of the rude airline employees (Southwest being the notable exception) and the absurd prices out of Miami on top of it. If you honestly think the TSA is the cure all go for it. But tell me, do you honestly think the TSA is the cure for the problem? All that happened is the liability went from the now bankrupting airlines and over to you and I, the taxpayer. After the next incident, which sadly I think there will be one, we'll all get stuck with the tab. And we'll all remind each other how unionized government employees are not the solution.