On a normal travel day (at least pre-COVID), millions of passengers pass through Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening checkpoints at U.S. airports. Passengers are screened using “body scanners” while...more
11/11/2020
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Under a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) would be required to conduct temperature checks on all passengers and other individuals seeking entry to an airport’s...more
10/1/2020
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On July 2, 2020, the U.S. Departments of Transportation, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services issued a joint guidance document titled “Runway to Recovery- the United States Framework for Airlines and Airports to...more
As airlines seek to restore consumer confidence in air travel, they are urging the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to administer temperature screenings of all passengers at TSA airport security checkpoints. ...more
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published a report examining efforts by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and aviation stakeholders at U.S. airports to address “insider threat,” or the risk...more
2/20/2020
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How do you create an aviation regulatory framework that “sustain[s] the highest levels of security through shared outcomes”? The Transportation Security Administration’s new Action Plan Program (“APP”) seeks to answer that...more