CLOSING DOWN THE COMPETITION: TSA shuts door on private airport screening program. “A program that allows airports to replace government screeners with private screeners is being brought to a standstill, just a month after the Transportation Security Administration said it was ‘neutral’ on the program. TSA chief John Pistole said Friday he [...]
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The Senate has passed legislation that includes a provision allowing airports to replace TSA screeners with private security, opening the door for the widely loathed federal agency to be marginalized from aviation security altogethe... Read Post
FIRE ‘EM ALL AND PRIVATIZE: A TSA screener was arrested at JFK Airport for hurling a cup of hot coffee at an American Airlines pilot who told her and some colleagues to tone down a profanity- laced conversation in a terminal, source... Read Post
As if we have not been violated enough, airport security is back in the news today with the discovery that Orlando International Airport is considering the replacement of TSA screeners with those managed by a private company. And, f... Read Post