According to USA Today / AP in this story HERE, a resident of Brooklyn, NY recently photographed a TSA agent sleeping on the job at New York City’s La Guardia Airport and posted it online.   You can see the photo at this LINK.

A spokesperson for the TSA said the guard was put on desk duty while the TSA investigated and speculated that she might have been on “break”.    And judging from the photo, that chance exists . . . barely.

This is what I mean about the TSA having no appearance at all of being professional.  It doesn’t matter if that woman sleeping was innocent or not, it does not come off as professional conduct.  Furthermore, if she really is that sleepy, how good is she doing her job being on the alert for suspicious items and people?  Probably not good. 

It takes a long time to repair an image in the public’s eye.   With this latest story as well as the antics I wrote about HERE as well as the poorly organized reaction to events on Christmas and afterwards, this leads to no confidence on the part of passengers.  A lack of confidence makes the passengers rebellious and less willing to cooperate with security needs. 

You know who is professional?  The National Park Service.  The FBI is professional.

The TSA is no more impressive than a knock knock joke.

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