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The author points that SFO is not using the TSA. Having used SFO often, I have to say that I sadly would have never guessed that. So I think not using TSA is not going to be a competitive advantage, as long as the private companies are indistinguishable from TSA. Actually, if everything is just the same anyway, I'd rather them do it instead some random private company who is in it for the cash.

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I wouldn't have guessed that either. I flew for 9 months at my last job, which included 6 outbound flights through SFO. SFO was one of the few places where I actually was patted-down instead of scanned (not by choice). So, what is the actual difference between the TSA and the security companies that are emulating the TSA?

Overall, the headline is (unintentionally, perhaps) misleading. I thought there might be some network of airports that don't have TSA-like security procedures. If that were the case, yes, I would use those instead if the prices were close. I guess that is a (libertarian?) fantasy though.

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