Articles Tagged with ''TSA''

The U.S. Travel Association wants adoption of a trusted traveler program to make airport screening faster and encourage more travel.

The Transportation Security Administration said it is sending three screeners for remedial training after a passenger carried three box cutters onto a JetBlue plane at New York's Kennedy airport.

Port Authority police busted two Transportation Safety Administration employees for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from checked baggage at John F. Kennedy Airport, NBCNewYork.com reports.

The US Senate rejected an amendment that would have blocked Transportation Security Administration employees from having collective-bargaining rights.

Several industry organizations are working on proposals to overhaul security checkpoints to provide more or less scrutiny based on the risk profile of each traveler.

 

The nation’s 45,000 airport-security screeners will be allowed to vote on joining a union to negotiate on shift assignments, job transfers and awards.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began testing a new, more modest body scanning system at three airports.

TSA chief John Pistole said he has decided not to expand a program that allows airports to replace government screeners with private screeners, saying he does not see any advantage to it.

The Springfield-Branson National Airport wants to opt out of TSA security and go to a private company.

 

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.