Not always. Public opinion is a VERY powerful tool when it escalates into outrage. I'd say right now the TSA is dealing with its version of the Rodney King video. Once enough people see it, the feces will hit the fan and something will get changed in a hurry.

The debate is whether ALPA should be utilizing this as a tool. With the exception of the usual apologists, the posters on this thread think we should be taking this to the court of public opinion. Not saying this forum is a statistically correct cross section, but the argument has merit.

I'm just waiting for the videos about TSA pedophilia to start being published by disgruntled travellers. That will get ugly. I wonder how many lawsuits will be filed against the TSA in the Ninth Circuit.