So why isn't the installer being held responsible for the repairs? This is another example of TSA's wasteful attitude. Just buy new ones, after all the taxpayers are footing the bill.
See, no planes falling out of the sky yet. Now try it without the patdown, and call it a breakthrough success in stopping terrorism.
Like metal detectors and Explosive Trace Detection? You know, the methods that actually find weapons, explosives, and incendiaries? Or just pour out your confiscated voluntarily surrendered bottled water on them.