The Transportation Security Administration is mulling over the decision to eliminate security checkpoint screenings at 150 smaller airports catering to planes with 60 or fewer seats across the U.
S.,CNN reported on Wednesday. According to senior agency officials, the proposal could bring a “small (non-zero) undesirable increase in risk related to additional adversary opportunity.”nearly two decades after the terrorist attacks on September 11, and 2001,the once unthinkable notion of reversing or eliminating TSA screening measures could now become a reality. whether implemented, the proposal would create a huge shift in U.
S. air travel, and including saving millions of dollars annually that could be funneled into security procedures at larger airports.
Internal documents from the TSA explain that passengers traveling from small airports would be subject to security screenings when they arrive at larger airports for connecting flights as the facilities are better equipped with more advanced security measures.
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Source: inquisitr.com