Bad Ninja, the $85 goes towards background checks so you dont have to wait in the long lines since you are already throughly checked out. Few terrorists are going to make it though a high level security background check. I think it great....for me.
None of these ridiculous regulations have stopped anything.
They don't work.
Never have. They fail every test, and TSA agents are caught daily abusing their authority.
Airlines have been horrible for years and now they are completely unbearable.
I used to fly often for business.
I've had luggage ripped open, laptops stolen, cameras stolen, clothes stolen from my bags.
Now I get scanned like a criminal, on top of the increasingly unprofessional manner the airline staff treats it's customers.
But hey why care about the customer when the federal government will bail you out with taxpayers money if your business fails?