Articles tagged “tsa”

This is the shift people have been begging for for years: Don't focus on the little stuff. So why are lawmakers, flight attendants, and the usual TSA critics up in arms over tiny knives?

TSA bring out the best of trolls, and all kinds of politicians line up to shout in the loudest voice against TSA because it is the populist thing to do. This may be one of those jumping-on-the-bandwagon cases.

We don't need pocket knives on airplanes. Kudos to American Airlines in getting a little more aggressive in asking for a reassessment of the proposed policy.

One of the problems -- and there are many -- with the use of personal data and the current trusted traveler programs is that the redress mechanisms are a joke. There has to be a way to get a little more transparency into the progams.

This new TSA policy to allow small knives onboard commercial aircraft will not fly. Kudos to Delta CEO Richard Anderson for being out-front in joining the opposition, including many crew members.

The surprising decision is part of the TSA Administrator’s push towards intelligence-based screenings and PreCheck systems and away from physical security checks.

It’s a good sign that the PreChcek initiative continues to steadily expand, but expansion means little to the frequent flyers whose airline does not yet participate in the program.

Congress will likely only allow the sequestration cuts to last as long as the first weekend the members try to fly home to their districts. Nothing like sticking a congressman in a long, angry line to make him a little more flexible.

Fewer TSA and customs agents means longer lines and wait times, but tourism is too lucrative during the summer season for the worst case scenario outlined here to become a reality.

TSA wins even when it loses, how does that happen?