Isom wrote about the meeting in a letter to employees, dated May 18.
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TSA also continues to push its PreCheck option and plans to open an enrollment center at Midway next week, McCarthy said.
The airlines are promising to do more to help move passengers through packed airports as the TSA comes under fire for long security lines. and it’s only expected to get worse as the summer vacation season ramps up.
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“Encouraging passengers to check more bags will not help and would actually exacerbate current checked baggage screening issues that are resulting in passengers missing their connections and having their bags delayed”, said Jean Medina, a spokesperson for Airlines for America, an airline industry group. These staff members will be used in non-screening functions and crowd management so that trained TSA staff can focus exclusively on screening and security.
Schumer said that the surge in canine units needed to be coupled with an additional surge in TSA agents to accurately and efficiently screen passengers standing in stalled security lines. Some passengers were forced to miss their flight because of hour long waits.
Two words: TSA lines.
The lines can be and likely will be very long. Several airports have recommended travelers arrive at least three hours early for their flights, though even that may prove insufficient.
The hashtag #IHateTheWait is gaining traction on social media, but public security officials are unwilling to sacrifice safety for convenience. TSA and Congress have cut the number of screeners in the past three years.
“More and more passengers are carrying their bags on, that means going through security, where we’re unfortunately finding things that stop the process”, Durbin said.
The airline’s CEO, Robert Isom, called the step a decent start.
Transportation experts say the recent chaos has been building for months, as TSA staffing hasn’t kept pace with an increase in air travel. He’ll also meet with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Sen.
The average wait for a passenger to throw their luggage and items through the X-ray machine and walk through a body scanner peaked in April, with the average person waiting 15 to 20 minutes.
The airline said Wednesday that the workers should be on the job at major airports.
It’s, apparently, taking hours for some people to make it through security.
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Last week, Jeh Johnson, the secretary of Homeland Security, announced that the T.S.A. would pay more overtime for screeners, speed up hiring and increase the use of bomb-sniffing dogs.
