Thursday, August 2, 2018

TSA reportedly considering an end to passenger screening at small airports

The Transportation Security Administration is examining the possibility of doing away with passenger screening at small- and medium-sized airports across the United States, according to CNN. The news was part of “internal documents from a TSA working group,” which said that eliminating screening could save $115 million each year.

The working group’s proposal would cover more than 150 airports that offer flights predominantly with 60 or fewer seats. Travelers making connecting flights at bigger airports would need to go through security at the second airport, an approach that differs from the current system of letting them into the screened pool at other US airports once they’ve proceeded through the TSA’s enhanced measures at the...

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