Sunday, May 8, 2011

TSA weighs program "Trusted Traveler".

Here's some good news: the Transportation Security Administration is working on a concept of "Trusted Traveler" that could allow passengers to air speed through security checks by keeping their shoes, leaving laptops in bags and avoiding completely body scanners.

Nicknamed the programme "Trusted Traveler", the Wall Street Journal, said that the major change would be one of the biggest improvements at the airport since 2001.

According to the administrator of the TSA John Pistole, the TSA would identify potential candidates taking data from airline frequent passenger program. Confidence flier status would be indicated with a bar code on the boarding card that is processed by computers and scanners which are to be deployed at the airport control points later this year. Once identified, the Airmen would be able to pass through a line of security accelerated.

The TSA is weighing their options, but as with any program there would be exceptions and rules, said Pistole. The program would probably be only suitable for certain low-risk roads, particularly those with the marshals of the air on flights and could do not be offered to passengers on a flight which has reservations for people "watch list by the Government."

"We still want to keep some randomness and unpredictability y therefore terrorist cannot be the system of the game", explains Pistole.

The plans of the TSA to launch the program this summer by allowing pilots and flight attendants separate screening without pat-downs or body scanners. If all goes well, full implementation would occur, but will probably much longer.

"Let's get away from universal size," said Pistole. "We believe that we can improve processes and focus more on people, that we know nothing."

Busy Denver International and Orlando International airports already use the "clear map", which acts as a quick passage at Disney. After the object of a one-time background, analysis of the iris and fingerprints checks fingerprints, the airmen are issued a card that allows them to quickly stop a biometric scanning before cutting to the front of a line of security. The card comes with an annual price tag of $179.

Kate Hanni, founder and spokesman for a group of pressure flier Flyersrights.org (and a game changer 2010 Huffington Post), said that it believes that these types of screening programs should be expanded by the Government.

"This creates a way for people of low risk get so rapidly and unlock the lines for the rest of the travellers," said Hanni. "We must begin to look at the people, opposed to the objects on their bodies."


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