Joe,

 

TSA is the government answer to the problem government enabled by FAA's pre 9-11 "No resistance to hijackers" policy.       Six guys with box cutters able to take over a plane containing ten times their number - half armed at least as well as the Arabs?       Now we have hundreds of the finest-trained cops in the country dealing with the occassional drunk.      Who in his right mind would try to jijack a passenger plane today - even without Air Marshalls?