After learning about the federal government’s investigation into the horrifying state of security at 19 U.S. airports, one must look for solutions.
Obviously, the first step is to require that airlines pay higher salaries to attract people capable of doing a better job than is being done now.
But a more important next step is to seek out people who already are or have been involved in some form of the military or criminal justice. They are better-trained, educated in the work of defending a nation and therefore more familiar with effective security and the problems it presents.
This group would include people retired from the military (often at a young age) and also those who recently retired from jobs as city, state or county law-enforcement officers. Some younger people currently working in police departments might also be interested in moonlighting in such jobs.
Certainly many would respond with eagerness and pride if the airlines made the offer. In addition, the airlines should contact American Legion and VFW posts as well as police associations nationwide. Another source: students at the growing criminal-justice departments at most colleges and universities. They, too, would make excellent candidates for this work.
