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[polly_mer]

Late to the party, but this:

Got get back to the OP's question: yes, I am willing to fly. Because getting groped by a TSAer is still better than sitting in a car with my two kids for 2+ days.

I only have the one kid and I tend to not take him with me when I travel.  However, I can negotiate at home for a few days at a conference with a flight to get me where I need to go for which someone else will pay.  I am not a strong enough negotiator to get three weeks to travel by car or train or horseback or something and attend the conference even if it were during the summer so that I wouldn't have classes to get covered.

Or swim, steamer, kayak, or other waterborne flotation device, as this would be the only option that would get me from home to my family. I don't have much of a choice on flying.

Sure, you have a choice: you can decide to not go or just go the once as a permanent move.

I choose to take advantage of the modern technology that provides air travel because the price is still one I'm willing to pay, monetary, time, and possible groping.

Contrary to the cries against the government made by some on this thread, while the government does run TSA, I can avoid all the personal groping problems by not flying or at least not flying commercial.  To my libertarian mindset, that's far less problematic than some of the other things that the government does out of which I have zero options to not have happen, not have done in my name, and not have my hard-earned money used to fund.

(yes, I can do the logic that my money is paying for other people to be groped or for TSA agents to stand around waiting to grope, that still bothers me less than some other things for which the government pays with even less possible return as part of their attempt to achieve goals that I most definitely do not want achieved even if the government were choosing a reasonable method).

[sir_lancelot]

I just flew out of Boston, international. Fastest check-in ever, 15 minutes tops, no porn scanning, no groping.

[oldfullprof]

3. From your crim pro class: what is the difference between a sting operation and entrapment?

None, these days, actually.

[dolljepopp]

I just flew out of Boston, international. Fastest check-in ever, 15 minutes tops, no porn scanning, no groping.

Wait.

The TSA is scanning our porn now?

It's an outrage!

[merinoblue]

This is the man always wanted, is not it? The plane appeared, the sky has failed to meet the people's desire, longing for the universe, so the spacecraft appeared. A desire to have the idea in order to have human progress ... this is just personal thoughts!

The kind of spam post I like: quixotic; hinting at yearning.
(reported)

[tee_bee]

This is the man always wanted, is not it? The plane appeared, the sky has failed to meet the people's desire, longing for the universe, so the spacecraft appeared. A desire to have the idea in order to have human progress ... this is just personal thoughts!

The kind of spam post I like: quixotic; hinting at yearning.
(reported)

Spam? I thought it was Alan Ginsberg, speaking to us from the beyond.

I've seen the best minds of my generation,
howling, running massive server farms of spam.

[merinoblue]

Spam? I thought it was Alan Ginsberg, speaking to us from the beyond.

I've seen the best minds of my generation,
howling, running massive server farms of spam.

but there is genius in their spamming
there is enough genius in their spamming to kill you

[taxidea]

This is the man always wanted, is not it? The plane appeared, the sky has failed to meet the people's desire, longing for the universe, so the spacecraft appeared. A desire to have the idea in order to have human progress ... this is just personal thoughts!

The kind of spam post I like: quixotic; hinting at yearning.
(reported)

Spam? I thought it was Alan Ginsberg, speaking to us from the beyond.

I've seen the best minds of my generation,
howling, running massive server farms of spam.

You rock, tee_bee.

[notaprof]

Can I take spam in my carry-on luggage?

[sylvia2011]

I agree with DvF about this topic. TSA is reactionary, not proactive. Why not model TSA procedures on Israel's? It has been extremely effective. Where are those 'pre-screenings' for frequent travelers that were promised years ago?

[dr_zack]

I totally don't get the fuss - just suck it up and keep the line moving.

After you've been through security in someplace like, oh, Nepal (small room, searched by hand by a guard with a machine gun) the TSA is nothin'.

[spork]

Man Flies With Loaded Handgun In Carry-On

[aprilmay]

I wouldn't mention this on the interviews. Academic careers often involve travel, such as to conferences, and most of us have to fly regularly. If you are this upset about flying, such a career may be a problem, unless the position requires very little travel. Even professors at teaching institutions occasionally fly to a conference. I would consider the inability or unwillingness to fly to be a hindrance in an academic career, no matter what the reason for not wanting to fly. So you might to keep mum about this until you figure out what you are willing to accept.

[keineidee]

Just flew in from Amsterdam - finally. I was begging to fly!

I agree with DvF about this topic. TSA is reactionary, not proactive. Why not model TSA procedures on Israel's? It has been extremely effective. Where are those 'pre-screenings' for frequent travelers that were promised years ago?

I did see that you can sign up for some kind of new quickpass option at JFK. A few years ago a company called Flyclear existed, folded, and now seems to have emerged out of the ashes as CLEAR. They use biometrics though I'm unclear why. There was a big drama about their hard drives and what happened to the data after they folded. Guess it got sold to the new parent company.