Re: US capitol not in US, according to TSA

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () mykolab com>]

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> The average TSA worker earns $12-$17/hour.

And you get what you pay for.

- - ferg


On 7/18/2014 9:28 AM, Bill Terwilliger wrote:

> The average TSA worker earns $12-$17/hour.  In Florida, where this
> guy was from, he was probably closer to the $12 end of the scale.
> This agent is probably in his early 20s and is only making slightly
> more than someone working at a fast food restaurant.  That is about
> as “most people” as you can get.  And given that most Americans
> don’t understand confusing status of The District of Columbia, I
> stand by my assertion that it is completely reasonable for someone
> not to trust a license from some place that is not an state.
>
> This whole situation reminds me of countless experiences I’ve had
> working with entry level IT/security people.  Entry level people
> are generally very passionate about their jobs, probably like this
> TSA guy is, but they are still filling in knowledge gaps, so it is
> reasonable to expect silly mistakes.  For instance, how many of us
> have been told that that a client connecting to a server has an IP
> address of 169.254.1.2 but they are *certain* that the issue is
> with the server?  It would be easy to criticize an over zealous
> newbie but that doesn’t help anyone in the long run.  And that is
> why I feel that this reporter is making a mountain out of a
> molehill.  Does he reasonably believe that no one at the TSA knows
> that the District of Columbia issues their own licenses?  If not,
> then shouldn’t the story should be “1 TSA employee out of 50,000
> doesn’t know that District of Columbia issues their own licenses.”
>
> —bill
>
> On Jul 18, 2014, at 11:25 AM, Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
> <michael.blanchard () emc com> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, this guy is supposedly a trained professional....  he's
> > not "most people" he should have known that DC issues their own
> > license...
>
>
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