I passed through LGA that day as crew - the news was already on the radio in NY - and I asked the head screener at my checkpoint "how could this happen?".
He went nuts...started yelling at me in front of the pax. Yes, really. He said something of the order of: " we don't answer questions to pilots - you can't ask about those things."
I said to him, "Why not? I need to know if you think my flight is safe."I have to answer questions about aviation related failures in my airline to the pax as best as I can all the time - apparently the TSA feel they are above any scrutiny whatsoever.
Some of them are very good (generally in the NW, such as Portland). Some of them are absolutely inept...I won't identify which in case undesirables are reading this thread.
I do think the pilots' Unions over here should start doing unofficial checks on TSA screeners, to help pressure them to put their house in order. They already mostly despise aircrew, anyway...
