Why is he being charged with anything? Dude crossed a rope. The security officer that left his post should be the one disciplined.
Uh, no he should definitely be charged with trespassing like his. The TSA guy told him that non-passengers are restricted beyond the rope. When the TSA agent left his post, the guy crossed the rope anyway. It's still the TSA's fault, but the Chinese dude needs to be punished for deliberately breaking a rule and causing 16,000 people to be delayed. The fault is mostly on the TSA and their shoddy security measures though (i.e. the assumption that someone won't cross a rope just because you told them not to). Assumptions lead to piss poor security. I just don't understand why they don't close off restricted areas with glass dividers. It's quick, easy, and cheap to do it. Personally, I think TSA needs to screen for more competent employees. My cousin got a TSA job a couple years ago, and she's dumb as a post.
My aunt works at JFK (mother of my cousin) as a manger for one of the airlines. She tells me the problem with international airports (and subsequently why airport guards/staff are such assholes to people) is that many, many travelers just plain don't listen. A security official will tell them not to do something or go somewhere and they still try it. It's a shitty job that requires you to deal with dumbfucks on a daily basis. Add in cultural biases (for example, not every culture responds to a velvet rope like Americans do) and you can have some trouble getting people to move where you want them to.
I'm of the camp that believes humans in large numbers in one area are just as stupid as cattle. Therefore the best way to handle people in areas like airports is to herd them through chutes, not velvet ropes. I also wish that airports would employ better acoustics so you could actually hear what the hell the announcers are saying. Most airports are old and in need of overhaul, and the ones that are overhauled are done so by the lowest bidder and as cheap and inefficient as possible. The airline industry sucks balls.[/QUOTE]
^This.
People bitch about how inconvenient and long it takes to go through security--not getting that it takes longer when security is less efficient and shit like this happens.
I gotta say from personal experience, I get through security in a snap because I know what I'm supposed to be doing and I LISTEN. Shoes off, in the bucket. Laptop out of the case, in its own bucket. Case in the bucket, with keys and cell phone. Belt off, in the bucket. Walk through the detector. Grab buckets off the line, put shoes and belt back on, laptop in the case, junk in the pockets, and I'm on my merry way. Takes 2 minutes.
