US adopting Israeli airport security measures?
Scenes like the one in this picture may soon be a thing of the past for American airline travelers - or at least for frequent fliers of American and Delta. The Transportation Safety Administration is finally adopting a system that will allow certain pre-screened travelers to pass through without removing their shoes and belts, and with shampoo in their bags (Hat Tip: NY Nana).The federal government announced today that it will expand an expedited check-in program called Pre-Check, now used by 310,000 travelers at seven major airports, to 28 more sites, including JFK, O'Hare and D.C.'s Reagan National, by the end of 2012.I followed the links and the only requirements seem to be that you be a US citizen and that you belong to American's or Delta's frequent flier program or to one of the Trusted Traveler programs run by the Customs and Border Patrol. I logged into my account and it did not have an enrollment tab as is supposed to happen if you meet the enrollment criteria. I added my (US) passport and country of residence information to my profile, and I will let you know if I get in. I may have to contact American's customer service to push this ahead....
Passengers who enroll in Pre-Check, run by the Transportation Security Administration, do not have to remove shoes or belts, can keep their computers in their bags, may keep three-ounce containers of gel or shampoo in their carry-on luggage, and may wear a light jacket. Pre-Check will be operating at Reagan National by the end of March, said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who called the expansion of the program "part of a fundamental shift in how we approach aviation security."
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Pre-Check prescreens passengers before they arrive at the security checkpoint. Members of the program will be identified via the bar code on their boarding passes. They will be steered to a dedicated line -- a sort of E-ZPass lane for fliers -- for quicker passage through security.
The Pre-Check program is already being used by American Airlines frequent flyers at the Dallas, Miami, Las Vegas, Minneapolis and Los Angeles airports, and by Delta passengers in Atlanta, Detroit, Las Vegas and Minneapolis.
The 28 additional airports expected to be part of the Pre-Check program by 2012 include all three D.C. area airports, all three New York City airports, O'Hare, Boston Logan, Seattle-Tacoma, Phoenix, San Francisco, New Orleans, San Juan, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Portland (PDX), Tampa, Salt Lake City, Honolulu, San Juan, Anchorage, Orlando, St. Louis, Houston (IAH), Indianapolis, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Denver, Ft. Lauderdale and St. Louis.
By the way, the program just started in October.
Labels: Israeli airport security, strip or grope, TSA
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:35 AM
2 Comments:
Meanwhile Israel reverts to worse than TSA security measures.
The system is rotten to the core.
Thanks for the hat tip, Carl. Napolitano must be worried that the election is coming, and felt that if she tried to copy Israel's methods (at least some of them) she would be lauded by all, and help Obumbler! Poor thing...she is delusional.
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