Things changed at airports post 9/11, and the process of airport security necessarily became more rigid. Sometimes the tedium crosses the line into invasion of personal space. Based on Hot Air, when a TSA official at a Chattanooga, Tenn., airport went above and beyond the call of duty during the inspection of an upset child, the need for better training became painfully clear. Captured on video by the child’s father, the Transportation Security Administration formal pats down the 3-year-old as the child writhes and screams.
Transportation Security Administration pat down started with teddy bear tantrum
The TSA pat down of 3-year-old Mandy Simon – daughter of Houston TV news reporter Steve Simon – began when Mandy was separated from her stuffed animal at a scanner checkpoint. The TSA said the child needed a "closer inspection," which meant a hand scanner and pat down were required after Mandy started weeping terrible. Mandy Simon might have been a mule for al-Qaeda explosives which may have been why the TSA formal needed to search her. It has taken place before in Iraq with the mentally impaired and children. Thus, the United States Department of Homeland Security mandates that such invasive procedures occur, despite their intensely unpopular standing with passengers and airport staff.
Yet the video of the incident speaks for itself. TSA should have probably checked with the mom and dad about it first. Hot Air explains that it is possible that they could have explained it wasn't necessary to do the search.
Israel strategies to the U.S.
According to reports, Israel has not had an airport security breach in decades. The methods you will find very subtle and comprehensive. Within the United States, it is not nearly like this. It is not necessary to have random sampling like this the Wall Street Journal suggests. In fact, the right training for TSA screeners would make a huge different. "Mugging random 3-year-olds," as Hot Air puts it, would be a thing of the uninformed past. If a young child must be searched, making a game of it in efforts to redirect a child’s fear or anger could help make the process more efficient and less traumatic. Consumer service needs to have better attitudes while proper training needs to be done also. This would help the images of both the Transportation Security Administration and Janet Napolitano.
Articles cited
Hotair.com
hotair.com/archives/2010/11/14/video-tsa-body-searches-a-three-year-old-girl/
TSA must learn how to work with children
youtube.com/watch?v=2TCHSGvNwRY
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