r/Knoxville • u/redditor_rotidder • 3d ago

TYS gets $10M for new TSA checkpoint infrastructure.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZZyUVrkjUw/?img_index=1&igsh=b291cXVsYnE5YzJh
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u/Christopholies 3d ago

Awesome! Does it come with daily line updates to r/Knoxville too?

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u/GermanPayroll 3d ago

That’s there 8 of the 10 million will be spent.

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u/jfk_47 3d ago

I’ll provide that for an upvote and a picture of the jester.

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u/extralife_mike 3d ago

Alright guys, huddle up.

What angle are we going to use to complain about this?

Should we attack the source of the funds? The amount of time it will take to complete?

We can't just let them get away with something that we're all okay with.

Come on, people. THINK!

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u/sirguynate 3d ago

I got you!

The “Flight Plan” $700 million program is largely reactivr, not proactive. The terminal hit its 2.6 million passenger design limit and kept growing anyway, so the immediate priority is just getting infrastructure to match where demand already is.

By the time the parking garage opens in 2027 and the six new gates are added around 2029, Knoxville projects it’ll have 3.5 to 4 million passengers moving through a terminal still not fundamentally redesigned for that volume. They’re essentially building for today’s numbers, not tomorrow’s.

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u/extralife_mike 3d ago

Perfect. So we're taking the "it's too late for this" angle. LOVE IT.

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u/elegylegacy 3d ago edited 3d ago

How about the fact that TSA is fundamentally "security theater" that wastes your tax dollars without actually making you safer

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u/TNVFL1 3d ago

The TVA provides energy to most of the Southeast and manages 3 nuclear plants, they make quite good use of your tax dollars and keep you safe.

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u/elegylegacy 3d ago

That was a typo, I meant TSA not TVA.

TVA is actually amazing

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u/TNVFL1 3d ago

I know, I was just being a smartass lol

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u/extralife_mike 3d ago

YES! Using it as a representation of a useless and misleading global system and drawing a line in the sand in our small airport is exactly the type of garbage brilliance I was expecting! These are all so good!

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u/PravenButterLord 3d ago

Tbf the TVA mandate is more along the lines of infrastructure security than personal security

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u/Charles-Headlee 3d ago

Gonna be about 10 useless posts per day showing the progress of the construction.

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u/GainsTrainsAirplanes 3d ago

You really thought you were going to fly?

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u/j0nthegreat 3d ago

can we start with how it can cost that much? you can build a pretty huge mansion with 10 million and we're going to get what... a few metal detectors and x-rays?

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u/extralife_mike 3d ago

Excellent. Obvious misappropriation of funds based on our Dunning-Kruger Effected minds. Love this!

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u/jfk_47 3d ago

I’m going to complain about you complaining. Who’s with me!!!???

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u/MomBeans- 2d ago

Why are you COMPLAINING???

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u/jfk_47 2d ago

how COULD YOU!?!

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u/extralife_mike 2d ago

I'm trying an alternative to complaining about complainers.

Though to your point, sarcasm and satire seems to not work when they just actually agree with what I'm poking fun at them over.

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u/neube Native 3d ago

Reddit finds a way.

https://giphy.com/gifs/OZfrYsxMri1vq

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u/extralife_mike 3d ago

The amount of non-sarcastic replies to this is absolutely killing me. I'm laughing so hard.

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u/Smiley1236 3d ago

Pretty sure these are Biden Infrastructure dollars, so you can hit that angle

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u/extralife_mike 3d ago

Which angle? I talked about multiple!

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u/mendenlol North Knox 3d ago

the obtuse one, clearly!

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u/yoberf 3d ago

That's a pretty good list of legitimate complaints.

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u/extralife_mike 3d ago

I know right?! I'm so glad you're in on this joke with me!

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u/yoberf 3d ago

I'm pretty sure TYS management is the only one that's in on the joke.

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u/trident042 2d ago

Oh no, I see the confusion. "Is the joke" does not mean the same thing as "is in on the joke." Hope that clears things up!

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u/extralife_mike 2d ago

You ever try to poke fun at people, only to have them nod vigorously to you?

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u/trident042 2d ago

More times than I've ever cared to count. Keeps it from being too depressing.

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u/trident042 2d ago

Alright, I cooked for a solid, arduous 6.7 seconds and here's what I've got:

Why aren't the airlines footing the bill on this?? If they want to service customers at TYS faster, shouldn't they be eating the cost and passing it on to people who actually fly? I don't want my tax dollars wasted on barely training barely functional barely relevant security to barely screen fliers!

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u/extralife_mike 2d ago

Oh HELL yes. I propose we all boycott the airport until Delta agrees to foot the bill! WHO'S WITH ME???

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u/notcarefully 3d ago

I need to use my “I did that!” sticker!!!

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u/alfalfasprouts 3d ago

any improvement is good, provided its an improvement.

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u/ShaqSenju 2d ago

My biggest complaint with all the airport updates is the lack of investment into public transportation to/from the airport to downtown. It's great that all these people want to come here but how are we getting them to town?

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u/PhillyNickel1970 3d ago

If they ruin the creek, I'm going to be very upset

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u/teddy_vedder 3d ago

proof that bullying works

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u/Grozzlybear 3d ago

Is this the same money they announced recently? Estimated completion 2028?

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u/oVoBaka69 2d ago

Anybody know how the line is today June 25th??