An airline pilot is being disciplined by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for posting video on YouTube pointing out what he believes are serious flaws in airport security.
Turns out pilots (who fly large bombs and have axes in the cockpit) need to go through security screens to maintain the TSA's security theatre farce, but others don't.
The YouTube videos, posted Nov. 28, show what the pilot calls the irony of flight crews being forced to go through TSA screening while ground crew who service the aircraft are able to access secure areas simply by swiping a card.
The TSA's response...Send 6 law enforcement officers to his home to show him who is boss.
Three days after he posted a series of six video clips recorded with a cell phone camera at San Francisco International Airport, four federal air marshals and two sheriff's deputies arrived at his house ...
That'll teach him not to point out that the emperor has no clothes.
It amazes me that this farce is allowed to continue.
Besides being idiotic and a colossal waste of money, I can't believe it could withstand a constitutional challenge in court.