Re:TSA acknowledges financial stress of shutdown is forcing ...
by eeeeeeeeeeeee on Thursday January 17, 2019 @04:39PM
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Right, but police and army have an actual risk. It’s not really the same comparison.
I never hear people talk about how the postal service mail carriers “put their lives on the line” although they are probably at an increased over TSA because of dog attacks.
People in the police, army, and similar forces (whether TSA officers are considered as such is a political point) are often spoken about in similar terms regardless of how dangerous their jobs actually are (e.g. an Army chef based in the US may be revered just as much for putting their 'life on the line' as someone running into Helmand because it's about their service to the country rather than the absolute risk).