Blaming it on the lay people rather than working to change the mindset and the elected officials that enable this will go nowhere.
I hadn't been to heathrow in years. Liquids, a kid going loose, and a few other incidents started there. They still use metal detectors and you only need to remove your shoes under some cases. They do require that most devices the size of a kindle or larger be out on its own.
Contrast that with SFO which uses private contractors and used to be less inane than the typical TSA. Now, they are in someways worse. Serious attitudes when opting out. TSA, generally consistent in that it is the exception path in the policy.
In order to change things like TSA in the US, it will need to start with voters and electing candidates that have a clue. Unfortunately, in the US, we have two minority voting blocks - the informed voter that votes what they feel; and the idiot voter that votes what they are whipped up by some emotion into doing so -- this category typically caters to the Bush is an idiot, Obama is a Muslim, or Obama wants our guns crowd. The silent, non-voting crowd could help out here.
Deciding to drive or train may work for you, but it changes very little.
I hadn't been to heathrow in years. Liquids, a kid going loose, and a few other incidents started there. They still use metal detectors and you only need to remove your shoes under some cases. They do require that most devices the size of a kindle or larger be out on its own.
Contrast that with SFO which uses private contractors and used to be less inane than the typical TSA. Now, they are in someways worse. Serious attitudes when opting out. TSA, generally consistent in that it is the exception path in the policy.
In order to change things like TSA in the US, it will need to start with voters and electing candidates that have a clue. Unfortunately, in the US, we have two minority voting blocks - the informed voter that votes what they feel; and the idiot voter that votes what they are whipped up by some emotion into doing so -- this category typically caters to the Bush is an idiot, Obama is a Muslim, or Obama wants our guns crowd. The silent, non-voting crowd could help out here.
Deciding to drive or train may work for you, but it changes very little.