“Security guards with minimal training cannot be expected to exercise discretion in critical matters. They are told exactly what or what not to do. The result is that screaming children are being felt up by strangers and the sick and elderly are publicly humiliated.” (Cox) In other words, because of the low hiring standards and lack of effective training, TSA agents are put in a position where they have to respond in a certain way without using any discursion at all. Cox continues to say, “Currently, most training of TSA officers is conducted through online applications of standardized instruction. While such training may be adequate to communicate rule-based procedures to security guards, it is inadequate to teach the more finely nuanced …show more content…
Airport screeners do not need a to bargain collectively because their voices are already heard. Screeners can join a union and the AFGE represents its member in grievance procedures and job safety complaints. In conclusion, airport security has changed forever around the world after the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. Two months after the attacks congress initiated the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Research suggests that the TSA does not adequately provide security against actual threats towards airports, but rather provide a false sense of feeling secure. This is evident in many ways. The TSA’s mindset is toward the wrong things, for example they are overly concerned with nail clippers and hair gel, and loose sight of the real threats at hand such as plastic explosives. The TSA have a very large emphasis of security for people who walk in the front door and go through the security checkpoint however, there is a dangerous oversight of securing the perimeter of the