A commentator on the news recently said something to the effect that to be hired and work at the airports, you only have to score 70 on a dumb test. Security has become very slack at airports in the past few years. Boarding a plane in the US is very different from boarding a plane overseas. Expect to see this change, and airport personnel will have to have intense background checks as well. At least whats left of them, many airlines have laid-off large numbers of workers and expect thier number of flights to decrease dramaticly. A couple of smaller airlines have allready folded, not able to comply with new regulations without suffering great finacial loss.