[ RadSafe ] RadSafe Digest, Vol 239, Issue 1

[Steven Dapra]

March 10

         I'm not so sure TSA employees are making close to minimum 
wage.  Around 2002 someone suggested to my sister that she apply for 
work as a TSA airport screener.  She would have made about $35,000 a 
year.  (She did not apply.)

Steven Dapra


At 03:03 PM 3/10/2010, Doug Aitken wrote:
>Maybe it is a bit more simple....
>And sadly, a bit of NIMBY creeping in..
>
>1. Everyone wants to be 100% protected from terrorist attacks on any plane.
>2. Everyone gets frustrated by the delays caused by these searches -
>especially when it involves themselves.....
>
>The unfortunate truth is that the vast majority of people doing the security
>checks are not intellectually equipped to assess whether someone needs
>screening or not, so everyone gets it (but if you show any resentment, you
>will get "special treatment"......). What can you expect of a workforce on
>close to minimum wage?
>
>In Israel, they have specialists doing the screening. Result is a system
>that is minimally intrusive and efficient (from what I hear).
>
>You get what you pay for......
>
>Regards
>Doug
>___________________________________
>Doug Aitken
>QHSE Advisor
>D&M Operations Support
>jdaitken at sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com
>Mail: c/o Therese Wigzell,
>Schlumberger,
>Drilling & Measurements HQ,
>300 Schlumberger Drive, MD15,
>Sugar Land, Texas 77478

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