I didn't address any more of you're post because I've been having this argument for two days, and I'm tired of it.
I mean at that point you really aren't obligated to engage.
what would a new system look like
Like you said. Basically TSA, just standardized across airports with a common sense streamlining of the rules. Like if I can take down a plane with a full sized tube of toothpaste you can do it with 5 mini tubes of toothpaste that fit in a quart sized bag.
Honestly like I said just model it off of most EU countries' standards.
to be NICER
Yes, a civil society should hold our government workers to standard. They can act a way that would get any average retail worker fired. Kinda weird. To be clear I'm not saying they need to be subservient to the flier, just polite, decent, and professional. As I expect of all government workers.
How excited are you going to be to start flying in a system that doesn't bother to screen and passengers or bags, because the cockpit door is locked, so everybody is perfectly safe?
I'm not and never even advocated for a system like that. Maybe someone else in this thread did, but I didn't because it's a monumentally bad idea.