US: 'Not worth the risks': TSA chief will keep checkpoints at 150 smaller airports
The TSA will keep its checkpoints at 150 smaller airports, despite studying possibly eliminating them to save money, the head of the agency said Wednesday. TSA administrator David Pekoske said that the agency studied the idea of closing checkpoints as merely a budget exercise, but that the risks didn't outweigh the potential benefits. The idea explained that TSA could drop federal staffing at airports with planes seating up to 60 passengers and save U$115m per year. Those airports serve about 10,000 passengers per day and require nearly 1,300 TSA workers, who could be shifted to larger airports. But airport officials and security experts worried about risks of no screening. Passengers would have to be screened when connecting at larger airports, which would require airports and airlines to reconfigure terminals. <br/>
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US: 'Not worth the risks': TSA chief will keep checkpoints at 150 smaller airports
The TSA will keep its checkpoints at 150 smaller airports, despite studying possibly eliminating them to save money, the head of the agency said Wednesday. TSA administrator David Pekoske said that the agency studied the idea of closing checkpoints as merely a budget exercise, but that the risks didn't outweigh the potential benefits. The idea explained that TSA could drop federal staffing at airports with planes seating up to 60 passengers and save U$115m per year. Those airports serve about 10,000 passengers per day and require nearly 1,300 TSA workers, who could be shifted to larger airports. But airport officials and security experts worried about risks of no screening. Passengers would have to be screened when connecting at larger airports, which would require airports and airlines to reconfigure terminals. <br/>
