Summary
On September 11, 2001 nearly 3,000 people died in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia from an organized terrorist attack. This traumatic event, triggered the creation of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to prevent future attacks. TSA is a branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, they monitor all security for traveling public in the United States. In response to the September 11 attacks, many citizens applied to work for TSA in a short amount of time. This created a need to train new employees efficiently and quickly (Issa, 2016).
Before the United States decided to nationalize airport security, most U.S. airports were privately contracted. Currently, there are 21 airports that are privately contracted under …show more content…
Undercover agents exposed the faults in the agency’s checkpoints by successfully sneaking mock explosives or banned weapons through the checkpoints, 95% of the time (Issa, 2016).
Significance of the Problem
The significance of the problem is that security gaps can lead to potential threats, an increase risk in national security and unprecedented death and destruction. TSA has suffered more than 25,000 security breaches since 2001, where passengers were able to gain access to restricted areas of an airport (Ferran, 2011).
Alternate Action 1: Increase in Training
Advantages
One advantage in an increase in training is more consistency. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires 12 hours of classroom training before screeners can work. However, France requires screeners 60 hours of training. Belgium on the other hand, requires at least 40 hours of training with an additional 16-24 hours for each task, such as X-ray machine operations (Minter, 2016). A House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee report exhibited that private screeners in San Francisco processed 65 percent more passengers. With the increase in training, private screeners showed more efficiency rather than the TSA screeners in Los Angeles, while receiving the same wages and benefits (Minter, …show more content…
Unlike in TSA, Western European countries consider airport security as a career path (Fish, 2016). With privatized security, individual airports gain flexibility to schedule man hours, and also save time in acquiring appropriate tools without going through an inconvenient government procedure (Peterson, 2016). With TSA being unionized, it is harder to fire workers. Since it is harder to fire workers, there is no incentive to work efficiently, resulting in mediocre work. Privatized workers can be replaced as needed, increasing
On September 11, 2001 nearly 3,000 people died in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia from an organized terrorist attack. This traumatic event, triggered the creation of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to prevent future attacks. TSA is a branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, they monitor all security for traveling public in the United States. In response to the September 11 attacks, many citizens applied to work for TSA in a short amount of time. This created a need to train new employees efficiently and quickly (Issa, 2016).
Before the United States decided to nationalize airport security, most U.S. airports were privately contracted. Currently, there are 21 airports that are privately contracted under …show more content…
Undercover agents exposed the faults in the agency’s checkpoints by successfully sneaking mock explosives or banned weapons through the checkpoints, 95% of the time (Issa, 2016).
Significance of the Problem
The significance of the problem is that security gaps can lead to potential threats, an increase risk in national security and unprecedented death and destruction. TSA has suffered more than 25,000 security breaches since 2001, where passengers were able to gain access to restricted areas of an airport (Ferran, 2011).
Alternate Action 1: Increase in Training
Advantages
One advantage in an increase in training is more consistency. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires 12 hours of classroom training before screeners can work. However, France requires screeners 60 hours of training. Belgium on the other hand, requires at least 40 hours of training with an additional 16-24 hours for each task, such as X-ray machine operations (Minter, 2016). A House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee report exhibited that private screeners in San Francisco processed 65 percent more passengers. With the increase in training, private screeners showed more efficiency rather than the TSA screeners in Los Angeles, while receiving the same wages and benefits (Minter, …show more content…
Unlike in TSA, Western European countries consider airport security as a career path (Fish, 2016). With privatized security, individual airports gain flexibility to schedule man hours, and also save time in acquiring appropriate tools without going through an inconvenient government procedure (Peterson, 2016). With TSA being unionized, it is harder to fire workers. Since it is harder to fire workers, there is no incentive to work efficiently, resulting in mediocre work. Privatized workers can be replaced as needed, increasing