Articles Tagged with ''airport security''

TSA announced Wednesday that it will begin testing new risk-based procedures to reduce the number of pat-downs on elderly customers.

Palm Springs International Airport will replace 10,000 feet of fencing, along with adding extra security measures, along its perimeter by June 2012.

Not surprisingly, the conversation about TSA privatization or opt out of federal run passenger and baggage screening usually focuses around four major concerns: customer service, customer complaint, wait time and staffing flexibility.

The recent controversy of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) increased use of passenger pat downs and full body image scanning has re-ignited the rhetoric around privatization of TSA screeners at U.S. airports. This increased scrutiny comes at a time when many travelers, lawmakers, privacy advocates and the general public  re already voicing  criticism of the TSA’s reliance on screening methods that many characterize as overly aggressive and a violation of privacy.

TSA is developing a faster airport security screening process for passengers considered to be low security risks, said a Reuters report.

An EU report said there appears to be a gap between procedures and actual behavior when a threat is recognized and especially when it is acted upon.

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.

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

A proposal offered in the Senate would make misusing body scanner images a federal crime, punishable by up to a year in prison.