I suppose you are right, in that their qualifications give them an edge on salary, but the salaries quoted for starting with the TSA are not much above minimum wage. The draw apparently is that the job comes with benefits, something not usually available on a low wage and part-time employment.
Obviously though, agents of the border patrol must have done their homework.
Still it is sad; areas that can use good people are being stripped to make a bloated, completely useless dapartment even bigger and more useless.
We read about passengers being caught with knives, guns, scissors nailfiles and boxcutters and are told that the system has saved us once again. Never mind that those people would have otherwise just carried those items with them to their destination and they never had any intention to use them for criminal purposes.
Airplanes have been hijacked successfully by criminals who have nothing other than bluff and threats going for them. Nothing being done now will stop that.
Incidentally, can anyone tell me why it is necessary to take my laptop out of its case and send it through the xray separately? And just what danger a laptop presents that it needs so much extra attention? Has a laptop ever been used in a hijacking?