Alaska might be typical of small city airports in the lower 48 which are a pleasure compared to big cities. Think Mayberry sheriff vs inner city.

TSA promotes fear to justify their existance. A North Carolina airport announcement was the best at this, INSIDE the secure area.

The  few stories of TSA abuse which make the news should never have happened. Yet the employees and management need an overall, and it isn't coming!  Grand dad's pocket knife? Into the trash bin. Can of Ajax? Taken away on my 2nd trip but OK the 1st. Sealed peanut butter at least could have fed someone exiting the airport.

Unfortunately, feedback/suggestions fall on deaf ears. Policy varies at airports, if it is even available to read, enforced by people who shouldn't be employeed

Guns, knives, weapons? Zero evidence that the body scanner would have caught something the metal detector wouldn't.

I do not need to praise the good parts; It's the things which need fixing & aren't being fixed which frustrate me.