TSA - never accused of being mental giants

[OtterFO]

I asked this because the TSA people in rural AK are almost all TDY. They collect both per diem and COLA. The government is putting them up in a hotel, with a kitchenette. One guy I met from Vegas even paid off his house with the COLA pay. This didn't make sense to me, because his per diem paid for his meals and incidentals. As Tom Brokaw would say "The Fleecing of America."

 

[AK737FO]

Here is a good one.

A Captain for a major airline goes through security. He is wearing a tie tack that is in the shape of a handgun and is about the size of a nickle. Granted, this is not allowed by the company FOM, which allows an ALPA pin or a company provided tie tack, but this fellow is into handguns.
TSA says he can't go into the secure are with a handgun. He says it is only a tie tack made out of pot-metel. TSA takes it away from him. True story...

I fly with many pilots who flew fighters and like to wear a little F-16 or the like as their tie tack. So which is more dangerous? A handgun with 6 rounds for a revolver or up to 15+ for semi-auto, or an F-16 with a drum of 20MM and two sidewinders?

Obviously TSA is lacking in common sense. An F-16 tie tack can carry a heck of a lot more ammo! This clearly shows that the TSA training is lacking if they allow a fighter aircraft tie tack into the secure area!