Travel has certainly become a mess. Pilots should by now know, that any comment towards the TSA folks is going to backfire. Its best to keep your comments until your having a Beer at the hotel. Even that today may cause problems.
For the most part Uncle Sugar has hired those folks that previously couldnt find a job. They now not only have a job with ultimate authority. The pay is good and it has the full backing of the Government with Benefits. Some of these folks even speak understandable English.
Even worse I now find that I cant even lock my bags so that the TSA folks can search them where I cant observe. Its Carte Blanche to steal anything they want or allow baggage handlers to do so anywhere along the trip.
Its no wonder that Corporate Jet Sales and Charters are going full speed. They have none of these problems unless they use a Commercial Gate.