Back when I was doing a lot of flying to/fro DFW, I would always declare a pistol, mags, and ammo in my checked suitcase.
After a few flights I noticed it was always the same TSA agent checking my firearm.
We'd stand there and chat a bit about firearms. The guy was actually pretty cool and former military combat arms like myself.
One of his co-workers later on tried to steal my pistol (a Kimber SIS 1911 Full-Size 'cause it's fuckin' Texas, people!) and he loved that because it gave his department a good excuse to finally fire the guy.
"Sir, I apologize for that. He's gonna be fired. I never liked that evil motherfucker."
So while the TSA as a whole is pretty useless, there are some good folks trying to survive working for the TSA.
A month later I went through DFW again and that evil motherfucker was gone.
Back when I was doing a lot of flying to/fro DFW, I would always declare a pistol, mags, and ammo in my checked suitcase.
After a few flights I noticed it was always the same TSA agent checking my firearm.
We'd stand there and chat a bit about firearms. The guy was actually pretty cool and former military combat arms like myself.
One of his co-workers later on tried to steal my pistol (a Kimber SIS 1911 Full-Size 'cause it's fuckin' Texas, people!) and he loved that because it gave his department a good excuse to finally fire the guy.
"Sir, I apologize for that. He's gonna be fired. I never liked that evil motherfucker."
So while the TSA as a whole is pretty useless, there are some good folks trying to survive working for the TSA.
A month later I went through DFW again and that evil motherfucker was gone.
Yes, there ARE "some good folks trying to survive working for the TSA". Unfortunately, it is hard to get the bad ones fired.