How Israel handles airport security

Re:How Israel handles airport security by msbarnett on Monday November 15, 2010 @05:40PM (#1908176)

The upkeep on soldiers is almost certainly more than the upkeep on these minimum wage TSA contractors.

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Re:How Israel handles airport security by yummyfajitas on Monday November 15, 2010 @05:54PM (#1908226)

TSA screeners are federal employees, not contractors, and they are paid considerably more than minimum wage (not to mention generous federal benefits and locality pay).

http://www.tsa.gov/join/careers/pay_scales.shtm

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Re:How Israel handles airport security by chc on Monday November 15, 2010 @06:23PM (#1908340)

For anyone wondering, the low end of the lowest range listed there is $1/hour above federal minimum wage, and roughly equal to the highest state minimum wages in the country.

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Re:How Israel handles airport security by ojbyrne on Monday November 15, 2010 @10:37PM (#1908921)

Perusing the jobs on that page, it's pretty clear that airport inspectors don't start at the lowest range.

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