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posted by chromas on Thursday August 02 2018, @10:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the save-the-theatrics dept.

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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 for items such as laptops and tablets.

Internal documents from a TSA working group say the proposal to cut screening at small and some medium-sized airports serving aircraft with 60 seats or fewer could bring a "small (non-zero) undesirable increase in risk related to additional adversary opportunity."

The internal documents from June and July suggest the move could save $115 million annually, money that could be used to bolster security at larger airports.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/01/politics/tsa-considering-eliminating-screening-at-smaller-airports/index.html


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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:22PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:22PM (#716191)

    I wonder if this will create a business opportunity for flights that avoid large airports altogether.

    Should be interesting when Southwest starts flying 737s out of smaller, regional airports (some of them do have big enough runways). Trumptards need another 9/11 to justify their excesses ... how long before one happens in the wake of standing down our security, however imperfect and theatrical it may be? But hey, most of the victims will be in urban areas, and they aren't his base anyway.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by bradley13 on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:30PM (1 child)

    by bradley13 (3053) on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:30PM (#716193) Homepage Journal

    "Trumptards need another 9/11 to justify their excesses"

    TSA is an equal opportunity joke. It may have started under The Shrub, but Obama kept it going just fine for eight long years.

    Now, under Trump, they're considering eliminating some of the useless theater - and you somehow manage to twist that to fit your anti-Trump agenda?

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    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday August 02 2018, @06:17PM

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday August 02 2018, @06:17PM (#716366) Journal

      Now, under Trump, they're considering eliminating some of the useless theater - and you somehow manage to twist that to fit your anti-Trump agenda?

      Yes, in the same way you are twisting this Obama-admin proposal into your ant-Obama agenda.

  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Thursday August 02 2018, @03:16PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Thursday August 02 2018, @03:16PM (#716275) Journal

    starts flying 737s out of smaller, regional airports (some of them do have big enough runways).

    Already happens when traffic justifies it and the airport can handle it, just not by Southwest.
    https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article149355429.html [fresnobee.com]
    http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/12416565/alaska-airlines-adds-boeing-737-800-service-to-operations-at-redmond-municipal-airport [aviationpros.com]
    https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2018/05/22/united-airlines-making-the-slopes-in-vail-alot.html [bizjournals.com]

    But my guess is that if traffic flow is big enough for 737 service then it probably won't lose TSA coverage (just guessing).

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