Re: Three Airports Plan to Ditch T.S.A. Agents Amid Push for Private Security

Mitchell Holman  <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Leroy N. Soetoro" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]: 
>
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/travel/tsa-privatization-push.html
>> 
>> Three U.S. airports have become the first to opt in to the
>> Transportation Security Administration’s new private screening model,
>
>    The same "private screening" that let the 
>9/11 hijackers board airplanes with box cutters?

No, that was FAA screening.

The FAA screening was very inconsistent from airport to airport, partly
because the equipment provided at each airport was different.  I used to
(and sometimes still do) carry undeveloped motion picture films on board
and it was an adventure to get it through security at some airports while
at others they had standard procedures that worked well.

As much as I dislike dealing with the TSA and their often confusing and
seemingly-arbitrary rules, I have to say that they brought a degree of
consistency to the screening process that was definitely a good thing.

Private security screening is a third and completely different thing and
currently is in use through the Partnership program at something like twenty
airports in the country.  I have been through the Private Partnership
screening at SFO, Kansas City, and Atlantic City and they all seem to be
following the TSA regulations.  I am okay with expanding the program as long
as it's well-managed.  And I do think fair pay is important in order to keep
good and conscientious people working security.
--scott
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