Pilot exposes security at SFO
A 50 year old anonymous airline pilot decided to video what passes for security at SFO airport and post it on YouTube. He (rightly) pointed out that what passes for security for ground personnel at the airport (and not just this airport) isn’t what you might expect it to be. See the video below (and I apologize for the commercial):
In response to this, federal air marshals and sheriffs showed up at his home to confiscate his federally authorized handgun (the pilot is a deputized federal air marshal). The pilot believes this was done as retribution. The pilot videotaped this visit as well but I can find no copy of it so far on the internet.
To anyone who understands airports, this comes as no surprise and its one great reason why I call the security done by the TSA theater. It is very much a weak spot and very much a hole that people are, at best, cursorily screened can bypass security with evil intent.
As if there was any doubt before this that the DHS and TSA are petty, vindictive, and largely irrelevant. They must be scrapped, and a new, efficent security model built, with *ZERO* ties to this sick joke of a “security” apparatus we endure today.
-R
Thought #2: Who issues firearms to the pilots? The TSA? I doubt it, and if they do, it’s a good thing his was confiscated before it blew his hand off. Do Air Marshalls enjoy the ability to carry their own personal sidearms? If so, the confiscation of same is illegal.
I dearly hope this pilot gets his day in court, and that the TSA gets anally raped. It’s the least that could happen to them, having the favor returned.
-R