Jess👾Lukewarm take: TSA and Air Traffic Controllers need to be simply funded by an excise tax on airlines, and not subject to annual appropriations bills.
At the very least, put TSA under a lower controversy department like DOT so airports aren't subjected to being a political football as often.
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@JessTheUnstill that would be a good first step to dismantling the department of homeland security entirely
creating TSA was one of the only reasonable things that happened in the response to 9/11 (even tho a lot of their practices are security theater)
creating TSA was one of the only reasonable things that happened in the response to 9/11 (even tho a lot of their practices are security theater)
wyatt@jiub @JessTheUnstill disagree, tsa is evil shit that exists to make people miserable
@[email protected] @JessTheUnstill yeah i mean i know they suck, but the idea of having airport security handled by the federal government seems like a basically good one. it would just be nice to have less security theater bullshit like taking off your shoes or ridicuously low liquid limits
@jiub @JessTheUnstill disagree, it's a violation of privacy and now they can take away your passport if you have pronouns
@jiub @JessTheUnstill like, we operated for years without them but some planes get hijacked one time and now we've succeeded in making the flight experience even more miserable
@[email protected] @JessTheUnstill yeah, true