But along with the passports came this cute little postcard from our friends, the TSA, announcing a new "passenger pre-screening initiative that allows participants who have volunteered information about themselves to be qualified for screening benefits." What do they want to know about me? Given that they have a predilection for slipping their hands in my pants, I'm not sure I want to know.
(Could not get an unblurry image of this - sorry!)
Not only that, but the benefits of my getting to know the TSA better are dubious at best. Airline flyers who are eligible to participate in TSA Pre √ could receive benefits such as no longer removing the following items:
Shoes
3-1-1 compliant bag from carry-on
Laptop from bag
Light outerwear/jacket
Belt
While I find the sight of a host of strange gentlemen putting their belts on in front of me disconcertingly intimate, I don't see that being able to keep mine on (in exchange for "volunteered information about myself") is much of a benefit, particularly given that they still want to feel me up. And it's small comfort indeed that I can keep my shoes on, while my now 13-year-old son has to remove his, and then get his junk groped by a strange man.
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