Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The common scenario of an entire ground ops team plus 8 full-time TSA's standing around all day to handle three (3) pax ovre the course of the day really is pushing the envelope of fraud, waste, and abuse.
Maybe they don't need to cut it entirely, but they should certainly weed out those destinations which have negligible traffic.
EAS needs to go, if not in its entirety, then mostly.
I agree with your assessment of the situation. I have flown in and out of Greenville, MS a few years ago. There were two scheduled flights per day for a total of 62 seats per day. For this there was an operational tower and a TSA crew, in addition to whatever it costs to keep the airport open.
EAS must go unless it is truly 'Essential'. It almost never is.