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TSA considering eliminating screening at smaller airports
Washington (CNN) The Transportation Security Administration is considering eliminating passenger screening at more than 150 small and medium-sized airports across the US, according to senior agency officials and internal documents obtained by CNN. The proposal, if implemented, would mark a major change for air travel in the US, following nearly two decades of TSA presence since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and comes as the Trump administration has stepped up screening measures… (www.cnn.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Clearly the nations best and brightest don’t work at the TSA. They need to focus on making the screening process more efficient. Eliminating passenger screening at any airport is asking fo trouble. Obviously the lessons from 9/11 are already being forgotten.
This is the BEST IDEA that TSA ever came up with since it was the BEST IDEA it came up with to start SCREENING. YOU Can now get APPS that shows every plane in the air and you can get all the DATA about that FLIGHT. Americans are the most SCARED folk on PLANET EARTH. Get rid of ALL this STUPID SCREENING, and make flying TIMELY and enjoyable again.
martin cooper..although I agree that going through the screening process,taking off shoes and having to be "patted down" on occasion is a nuisance,( I worked at the airport and had to go through that process daily!) I also am old enough to remember when everyone was allowed to go to the gates without a boarding pass,when everyone just walked by a "security guard"without any type of screening,and when the biggest threat to airline travel was a person who wanted to hijack an aircraft to cuba or as in the case of db cooper many years back,have a gun, a lot of stolen cash, and jump out of an open exit door! the world has changed from a simpler time,to people using aircraft as a personal machine of destruction,and the u.s. airports are not alone in "serious" screenings of passengers..it has become a part of life today,just as metal detectors at schools or public buildings are..everyone hates it..by the way, there is "expedited" screening available for some who are willing to pay a fee for that,and airline employees and flight crews must all go through the same security checkpoints as the passengers ,bags,shoes, carryons and all..
Maybe with current leadership things will change. But, currently, as a Proud American I find it disgusting that we as a nation are fighting yesterdays battle today, over and over and over again. We are not allowed to "profile" people (think El Al). Then again, now someone gets offended if they think someone who is not even in the room may be offended about the thing that was said that is not even offensive...where is my "safe space"? I need to blow some bubbles....
having worked at a major airport before 9/11 and after tsa was implemented, I can tell you this is a really dumb idea..the whole point of extra/stronger screenings of passengers was to prevent tragedy and promote safety..yes, it has needed some changes through the years,but this proposed plan would not save money, because different checkpoints would have to be created for those from smaller cities on commuter aircraft,and airports would have to remodel entrances and exits at the gates and checkpoints as well..checked baggage would have to be re screened through the x ray machines at the larger connecting airport also,causing twice the time and movement of baggage carts and personnel on the ramp...
Guess why the 9/11 went through Portland Maine to get to Boston. Portland was a weak link.
I am no fan of TSA. I applaud any effort to reduce their numbers. That said, this is a typical idiotic idea. Terrorists will always take advantage of the weak link. Security MUST be uniformly applied at all airports and it should consist of well trained profilers.