Aff TZ

Aff - TSA - cite coming soon advantages: airlines and terrorism

Adv. 1 - Terrorism
====The TSA’s terrorism policy borders on __criminal incompetence__ – this empirically guarantees __vast security breaches__ that make terrorism __inevitable__ – the private sector would provide a useful model, but __burdensome surveillance__ impedes innovation====
 * Bandow 14 ** – senior fellow at CATO institute, specializing in foreign policy and civil liberties. Special assistant to Reagan, editor of the Inquiry Magazine, J.D. from Stanford (Doug Bandow, 1/10/14, “Privatize the TSA: Make Americans Safer by Letting Airports Handle Security,” http://www.cato.org/blog/privatize-tsa-make-americans-safer-letting-airports-handle-airport-security)//twemchen

a) __Hiring and regulatory flexibility__ – decentralization allows robust __quality control__ over private contractors – which creates a __race to the top__ in security performance

 * Edwards 13 ** – Director of Tax Policy Studies at Cato (Chris Edwards, 11/19/13, “Privatizing the Transportation Security Administration,” No. 742, Lexis)//twemchen

b) The __best studies__ prove our argument

 * Edwards 13** – Director of Tax Policy Studies at Cato (Chris Edwards, 11/19/13, “Privatizing the Transportation Security Administration,” No. 742, Lexis)//twemchen

c) Streamlining – the plan redirects resources – making counter-terror more effective

 * Edwards 13** – Director of Tax Policy Studies at Cato (Chris Edwards, 11/19/13, “Privatizing the Transportation Security Administration,” No. 742, Lexis)//twemchen

====In the meantime, however, airport __mismanagement__ has created __massive vulnerabilities__ – which exposes airports to impending terrorist attacks – __innovation__ in security screening is __essential__====
 * Cecil 14** – Staff Writer at London Evening Standard (Nicholas Cecil, 7/4/14, “UK airport security stepped up over terrorism fears of 'stealth' bombs,” http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/uk-airports-terror-alert-bomb-searches-past-checkin-departure-heathrow-gatwick-9581342.html)//twemchen

This __destroys__ airlines – all their alt causes just __provide uniqueness__ – the __unique shock__ of our scenario outweighs – and __bailouts__ don’t solve

 * Mica 2** – Representative from Florida (John Mica, 9/24/2, “HEARING OF THE AVIATION SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE,” Federal News Service)//twemchen

Adv. 2 - Airlines

Plan boosts airline efficiency

 * Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 11** – Prepared for Chairman John L. Mica (CTI, 6/3/11, “Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Oversight and Investigations Staff Reform; TSA Ignores More Cost-Effective Screening Model,” http://www.aaae.org/?e=showFile&l=XQVIPZ)//twemchen

Efficiency’s essential – delays deter flyers, __devastating__ demand

 * May 4 ** – Air Transport Association (Mr. Jim May, 6/22/4, “Statement of Mr. Jim May CEO, Air Transport Association (ATA),” Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony, Lexis)//twemchen

Airline event risk __demolishes__ the aerospace industry – it’s __more vulnerable than ever__ – 2015 is key

 * Flottau 14 –** analyst @ Aviation Week and Space Technology (Jens Flottau, 9/29/14, “Growing Concerns About Aircraft Demand,” Lexis)//twemchen

That leads to extinction

 * Pfaltzgraff 10** – Robert L, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies at. The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and President of the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, et al., Final Report of the IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy, “Air, Space, & Cyberspace Power in the 21st-Century”, p. xiii-9

Commercial agriculture is __uniquely sustained__ by efficient airlines – __no other transport__ can fill in

 * AFA 12** (Airlines for America, “Economic Impact,” http://www.airlines.org/Pages/Economic-Impact.aspx)//twemchen

Airlines are key to the economy

 * Tomer et al 12** – Adie Tomer, Senior Research Associate and Associate Fellow @ Brookings, Robert Puentes, Senior Fellow and Director @ Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative @ Brookings (October 2012, “Global Gateways: International Aviation in Metropolitan America,” http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/reports/2012/10/25-global-aviation/25-global-aviation.pdf)//twemchen

Economic decline causes extinction

 * Haass 13**, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, 4/30/13, “The World Without America,” []

Privatization is key—TSA __empirically fails__ at organizing efficient airport surveillance

 * Ervin 4** – Inspector General of Homeland Security (Clark Kent Ervin, 4/22/4, “HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE: SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION HOLDS A HEARING ON AIRPORT SCREENER PRIVATIZATION,” Aviation Subcommittee, Lexis)//twemchen

The international community will __model__ the plan—and there’s no link to terrorism

 * Stone 4** – Admiral, Acting Administrator of the TSA (David Stone, 4/22/4, “ HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE: SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION HOLDS A HEARING ON AIRPORT SCREENER PRIVATIZATION,” Aviation Subcommittee, Lexis)//twemchen

TSA oversight is terrible for airport safety and efficiency—pilot program innovation is key, but TSA oversight stifles it

 * Mica 4** – US House of Representatives from Florida (John Mica, 4/22/4, “HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE: SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION HOLDS A HEARING ON AIRPORT SCREENER PRIVATIZATION,” Aviation Subcommittee, Lexis)//twemchen