“What to Know About Trump’s Proposal to Cut Thousands of TSA Jobs”
“The White House requested, according to a Department of Homeland Security budget congressional justification document released on March 31, a TSA budget of $11.7 billion for the next fiscal year, which would represent reductions of almost 8,400 positions and about 9,400 full-time equivalents”
“This includes the reduction of 2,462 Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions and 4,351 TSO FTEs. Such officers are known as airport frontliners, performing passenger screening and searches. The proposal also includes the reassignment of more than 800 TSA posts for staffing exit lanes”
“To offset workplace reductions, the White House’s proposed budget suggests privatizing security operations. Privatizing TSA was a proposal from the controversial conservative blueprint Project 2025.”
“Critics say that TSA was created, after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, to increase security standards from the previously private operations. Johnny Jones, secretary treasurer for AFGE TSA Council 100 told NPR last month that private contractors’ priority is to “make a profit, not to worry about the security of the passengers.”
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I don’t think public safety is something you want to hand over to private interests.
In areas where there is competition, the private companies have to compete to offer the best product, it often works, but awarding one company which is based on profit the responsibility for Americans’ safety is a bad idea
And probably, as elsewhere, Trump businesses will be involved in the company award the contract
“The White House requested, according to a Department of Homeland Security budget congressional justification document released on March 31, a TSA budget of $11.7 billion for the next fiscal year, which would represent reductions of almost 8,400 positions and about 9,400 full-time equivalents”
“This includes the reduction of 2,462 Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions and 4,351 TSO FTEs. Such officers are known as airport frontliners, performing passenger screening and searches. The proposal also includes the reassignment of more than 800 TSA posts for staffing exit lanes”
“To offset workplace reductions, the White House’s proposed budget suggests privatizing security operations. Privatizing TSA was a proposal from the controversial conservative blueprint Project 2025.”
“Critics say that TSA was created, after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, to increase security standards from the previously private operations. Johnny Jones, secretary treasurer for AFGE TSA Council 100 told NPR last month that private contractors’ priority is to “make a profit, not to worry about the security of the passengers.”
The White House Wants to Cut Thousands of TSA Jobs: What to Know
The proposed budget request suggests privatizing some of the airport security workforce.
time.com
I don’t think public safety is something you want to hand over to private interests.
In areas where there is competition, the private companies have to compete to offer the best product, it often works, but awarding one company which is based on profit the responsibility for Americans’ safety is a bad idea
And probably, as elsewhere, Trump businesses will be involved in the company award the contract
