According to https://www.transtats.bts.gov/ , there were 719 million airline passengers last year. The average human lifespan is 79 years. Assuming each passenger wastes an hour being molested and arriving overearly due to uncertainty about how long the molestation could take, this means the TSA effectively kills over one thousand people every year .
It's actually worse than that. Since 9/11 and the birth of the TSA, a number of people who need to travel a moderate distance (say, a drive of a few hours) have chosen to drive when they might have chosen to fly before. Air travel is statistically safer per mile travelled than driving. I don't have the link handy, but it has been calculated that this change in travel habits has resulted in an increase of driving fata…
Re: The TSA Must Go (2016)
#11I live in Seattle and have family in Sacramento, so I travel back and forth a couple of times a year, 750 miles each way. Driving takes three times longer than flying, door-to-door: but I still choose to drive whenever I can afford the time, which I generally can if it's more than just an overnight trip, because I don't want to deal with the hassle of air travel anymore. Flying was already inconvenient and uncomfortable; with the TSA involved, it's also become insulting.