Tsa

[Filmmaker]

I am a documentary filmmaker in devleopment of a film on the TSA. The point of the film is probably opposite from much of what you have seen in the press. It will not tout the organization as the one that keeps us "secure," rather, it is meant to expose the TSA as ridiculous, ineffective, a waste of money, and power-hungry.

I have witnessed too many innocent people be harassed by the TSA and am looking for pilots willing to speak on camera about their personal experiences. I am not looking for embellishments or exagerrations to make the TSA look bad...they do this well enough on their own. I am in search of real stories told by real people.

If you have a story to tell, reply here (privately if you prefer) You do not need to go into every detail at this time...just advise me of your interest and we can go from there.

 

[Q200_FO]

I'm sure there are a lot of pilots out there who are very eager to speak out against the TSA. BUT, on the flipside of that coin, we don't want to get on their bad side because they can still take our licenses away on a whim and a pilot on TV talking about how bad the TSA is may be perceived as a threat. Anybody agree, disagree?

And by the way, when you finish your documentary, let me know. I'll definitely watch.

 

[WrightAvia]

I would think that a documentary on the pilot shortage and the upcoming Vietnam vet retirements causing a crisis in the aviation industry, would be more interesting.

Plus, you could probably get the big flight schools to invest in your project. Maybe you could even get that fat democrat that did "bowling for columbine" to direct it for you.

 

[Filmmaker]

TSA

If everyone only wants to watch but no one wants to act, then everyone is going to get the treatment they deserve from the TSA.

The reason behind this film is to finally get them the public humiliation THEY deserve.

BTW I'm a pilot, too.

 

[Timebuilder]

I'll give you my two cents, and you can take it or leave it.

The TSA is in a lose-lose situation. The ease of the 9-11 hijackers' access to our aircraft made clear a demand for better security. That's the problem. We are unwilling as a society to actually engage the kind of security measures that make our airplanes truly safe. You can call that level "El-Al Safe".

Instead, we are using a kind of "politically correct" security. It isn't the fault of the TSA employees, and it isn't the fault of the government. It's clearly OUR fault, because we have become so over sensitive to the cries of the "victims of discrimination" that we are wholly unwilling to take the correct measures to ensure real safety.

So if you want to make a film that is a true reflection of the problem of airline security, then you must focus your lens on the problem: the softened, sensitive, daytime television watching underbelly of the American people and the liberal media that caters to them.

Just don't blame the TSA as they try to navigate an intractable wilderness of politicaly correct "security". Instead, try and inform the public about who the terrorists are, what they have in common, and how the identification an implementation of the common factors could restore a sensible atmosphere to our airports while providing an unheard-of level of security to our aircraft.

You could then be hailed as the independent filmaker who looked beyond the easy target of the TSA, and took on the problem of airline security "head on".

 

[Flydaplane]

Why don't you try and compare TSA to the mess it was before. Granted TSA does cause a lot of grief to many people, however the security is a lot better than what it was before. Remember much of what the TSA does was mandated by congress. I think it is ridiculous to screen NBA basketball teams on private charters, however Congress mandates it and TSA must comply with the law. If TSA didn't screen the old ladies (and pilots), the seemingly innocent people who wouldn't need to be screened, sure enough, sooner or later one would be used to carry something through the checkpoint. Don't believe me, talk to Customs about the older people being used to mule drugs across the border. The point is, it's all or nothing. TSA can't screen people up to the age of 65 and then quit. Until there is a way to verify a pilot's ID (coming soon) pilots must be screened as well. Which means just because you have the pilots hat on and bars on your shoulders, if your shoes alarm the metal detector they till have to come off. If you alarm you get searched, if you don't, off you go.
I agree that TSA has some problems and spends way too much money on contractors such of Lockheed, Boeing, Seimens, ect., however, without TSA and the huge sums of money that have been spent, we would still have been waiting another 5-10 years to have checked baggage screened and the FAM program would still have about 60 agents.
TSA has its problems, but it is better than the alternative...for now.