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Re:Former TSA screener says the job does little to keep flie... by brown9-2 on Sunday March 10, 2013 @03:39PM (#5353154)
Honestly I'm not sure if I should be surprised at how high the cost is, or how low it is. I can't tell if $11 per passenger is ridiculous or not.

How do we put this cost in context?

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Re:Former TSA screener says the job does little to keep flie... by saraid216 on Sunday March 10, 2013 @04:46PM (#5353385)
$11.09 sounds pretty reasonable to me, but like parent, I don't know what to compare it to.

It doesn't even seem like "cost per screening" is a useful metric. What does it mean? What's the problem with it? The issue with the TSA is that it's spending billions at all to no apparent effect. No one cares about its efficiency at doing nothing.

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Re:Former TSA screener says the job does little to keep flie... by Evbn on Sunday March 10, 2013 @10:46PM (#5354615)
It is 2-10% of a ticket price, for no benefit.
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