Lawmaker: Some airport security jobs a 'waste'

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-07-12-tsa-jobs_x.htm

WASHINGTON — The head of the House aviation subcommittee has asked for an investigation into what he alleges is an excessive number of federal security administrators at airports, many of whom have "questionable job descriptions that pay over $100,000 annually."

Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., wrote last week to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and the department's inspector general to complain that some Transportation Security Administration employees have "poorly defined responsibilities" whose jobs are "a tremendous waste." The TSA, part of the Homeland Security Department, runs airport security.

Mica, a frequent TSA critic, wants Chertoff to cut the TSA's administrative staff or Congress to impose a cap. He also wants Inspector General Richard Skinner to investigate.

The TSA said 837 of its 55,000 employees, or 1.5%, get a base salary of $100,000 or more.

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1. A waste? Like 15 TSAs to staff one security line?

I was recently at JFK and this was the case in 3 out of 4 security lines they had open.

It was more of a shoot-the-shit between employees than it was a coordinated security effort.

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3. Lawmakers and Security

most lawmakers are a waste.