You are directionally correct, although I think this comment takes it a little too far. Too much Orwellian monitoring and you are creating a different kind of negative experience.
That makes it a very good candidate for video monitoring to me.
Also we should compare like with like, a yearly salary vs losses per week isn’t the same time period. I do agree that enforcement is more expensive than the fare-only losses though.
This comes from a "Broken Windows" philosophy; and I would argue it's far more important to go after the damage and crime than it is wasting money gating at the door.
> a yearly salary vs losses per week isn’t the same time period.
Correct, but it can be extrapolated. It would take a single employee catching $1000/week worth (at what, $2.50 to $5 per ticket?) to meet that single employee's salary, minus benefits, on average. That doesn't seem like a good investment, to me.