Las Vegas Sun NewsDon’t bother to ask the TSA
Workers with criminal records and thefts from baggage raise plenty of questions
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3 December 2012
1:55 a.m.
A few years ago, a friend told a group of us that she had valuables stolen from her luggage while traveling for business. An experienced traveler, she insisted it had to have happened at our very own McCarran International Airport. While we expressed regret at her losses, I quietly wondered whether she had mistakenly forgotten to pack the items in the first place. As everybody knows, there is so much security at our airports these days. Theft from luggage seems like a long shot. Still, I got involved, making a number of phone calls and sending numerous emails to the ...
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There were 400 TSA workers fired for theft since 2009 and those were only the ones who were caught red-handed, not all the screeners ones who robbed passengers. No doubt that thousands remain employed waiting to steal your property.
If TSA was really concerned about theft, they wouldn't ignore customer complaints and send form letters blaming the passenger when they are robbed. TSA recites same old lies and "highest standards" baloney after every incident and wait for the issue to blow over while allowing the problem to persist.
People who travel once a month, make 24 trips through security. At a one out of ten theft rate, as happened in the ABC iPad sting, they would have their property stolen twice every year.
It is unacceptable for TSA or another other organization to remain unaccountable and treat those who pay for it with contempt.
TSA needs to be replaced with a responsible organization focused on protecting the public instead of preying on them.