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Pay the TSA $100 and Bypass Airport Security

Posted by samzenpus on from the front-of-the-line dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Catching a flight in the U.S. isn't a great experience anymore due to the security checks involved. You have to remove your shoes, your belt, get your laptop out, be scanned and subjected to radiation in the process. Hundreds of other people are doing the same thing, meaning it takes 40 minutes instead of four. Now, the TSA has come up with a clever, money-making alternative. Instead of scaling back security or speeding it up, you can instead pay $100 and bypass it completely!"

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  1. Re:Great! by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Even better! Now the somewhere-just-above-middle-of-bottom sheep get to feel more important than the sheep who weren't invited to enjoy shorter lines in Citizen+ class!

    Nothing destroys somebody's motivation to deal with the torrent of shit flowing down the hill quite like the knowledge that there is somebody just a bit further down than he is. With any luck, we will soon be rolling the program out to cover traffic offenses, modest drug possession, and suspicion of tax fraud, making dealing with the justice system easier and more comfortable for the people who count.

  2. Something people may not have caught... by Rone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The article mentioned a couple things that have profoundly disturbing implications when considered together:

    1) This expedited screening program is by invitation only.

    2) The TSA agents staffing the expedited checkpoints are smiling and extra-friendly.

    So now, air travel has a caste system. VIPs (everybody who might possibly have a chance to successfully reform/dismantle the TSA) get kid glove treatment, and the filthy plebes get the rude assholes who steal stuff from your luggage and molest your children with complete impunity.

    Joy.