Originally published at: Airline CEOs Urge Congress To Fund TSA
Industry leaders warn DHS shutdown impacts to TSA could affect travel as spring passenger numbers rise.
Prior to 9/11, the airlines paid for their own security. They were responsible for their own security. Since that time, we are aware of the threats, have fortified cockpit doors, established protocols for essential flight personnel, and armed federal flight deck officers and put presumably armed air marshals on board. Why not let airlines pay for their own transportation security programs as they did before? That will give our congresscritters one less thing to through mud over.
I agree. I’m surprised the current administration doesn’t just take advantage of lack of funding for DHS and just disband DHS altogether. The individual departments can be put back into their original locations before 9/11. Since only airline passengers are the only ones affected by this, that is probably why this funding stalemate has lasted this long. President Bush was pressured into forming DHS after 9/11, which has just become another bloated government agency that wastes more and more money!