"The unscreened passengers ... didn’t even have to take off their shoes to get through security"

I had to laugh out loud when I read this. Almost nowhere in the world do you have to take off your shows to get through security... To me the opposite is amazing: all passengers have to take off their shoes to get through security.

This is the best part:

The TSA said it was “confident” the incident represented “no threat to the aviation transportation system.”

“TSA works with a network of security layers both seen and unseen,” the statement said.

Does anyone recall an incident or example of when TSA prevented an attack or serious threat from getting onboard an aircraft? Not including incidents in the terminal that never made it through into the secure area. Just curious if they have stopped an attack? I certainly don't recall any.

TSA stands for Thousands Standing Around. I'm not impressed with them one bit. I've met a handful of TSA staff that seemed on the ball and interested in getting people on their way with a minimum of delay. I had one last week make a stupid joke that wasn't even worth a reaction let alone a laugh.

The TSA was an incredibly bad idea, a knee jerk reaction to a problem that could have been remedied without creating a huge leviathan expensive organization that couldn't catch a cold.

Hopefully some common sense will prevail and McDonalds will get their cooks back.

They were still looking for the passengers? Why? Were they supposed to wait around for TSA and then miss their flights?

TSA.. what a disgrace and disgusting way to secure our airports.. Trump promised to fix such big joke of homeland security. But when ?

If TSA standas for Transportation Security Administration, they just gave us another demonstration of tax payer dollars being wasted, again and again. Most incompetent bunch of people I have ever seen. Amazing.

They let them through but would rough up disabled people.....

when I was working at the airport after the tsa was implemented,if a security lane had no one in attendance, and there was only say,one open with personnel,there was a sign posted and a small barricade put up saying this lane closed,so you had to go to the one with a person or persons..i might add also that there is the "bag belt" right next to security checkpoints that does not continually run, but is operated by a person and runs only as a container or laptop or purse or whatever is put on there to go through the x ray machine...although I have seen tsa personnel not be as conscientious as they should be,this situation requires more than training and repremands, as the airline/airport needs to have assurances from tsa they actually had enough personnel on duty to cover all of the x ray/magnetometer machines ...

The metal detectors goes off three times. Dont worry its all right. Probably a defect

"YOU'RE FIRED!!!"

this why we need to replace the tsa with a private company just accountability im concerned for my crew and pax safety thank god some of us are carrying

I’m absolutely surprised by the universal lack of respect for the TSA here. Sure in many ways it’s kabuki theater but they are our only line of defense against some crazy person getting on an airliner. Sure I’d like it if they were better trained and paid better but they are what they are and IMHO we should do what we can to make sure they succeed at their job.

In this incident did they goof up? Oh yeah, big time, but IMHO it’s up to the rest of the traveling public to be observant and notify them if something goes awry.