There's so much common sense coming out of the Transportation Security Administration these days you might hardly recognize the mammoth federal agency the next time you fly.
New this week at Orlando International Airport: children under 12 are no longer required to remove their shoes when they go through the security checkpoint. Other changes in protocol in Orlando are intended to result in fewer of those controversial pat-downs for kids.
At other airports such as Miami International, TSA is rolling out an invitation-only program for elite frequent fliers that may one day let them also keep their shoes on and leave laptops in bags.
And at Logan International Airport in Boston, the agency is trying a new program loosely modeled after the Israelis in which security officers engage passengers in conversation to try to detect terrorists.
Finally, a rational approach to protecting flights appears to be taking hold?
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...a-common-sense
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Boston?s TSA screeners ? part of a security force whose competency has come under fire nationwide ? soon will be carrying out sophisticated behavioral inspections under a first-in-the-nation program that?s already raising concerns of racial profiling, harassment of innocent travelers and longer lines.
The training for the Israeli-style screening ? a projected $1 billion national program dubbed Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques ? kicks off today at Logan International Airport and will be put to use in Terminal A on Aug. 15. It requires screeners to make quick reads of whether passengers pose a danger or a terror threat based on their reactions to a set of routine questions.
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