Democrats push for separate flight crew check point
14 April, 2011
category: Biometrics, Government
U.S. Democratic House Representatives from the Homeland Security Committee have issued a letter to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) outlining their push for a biometric-based fast track security check point for flight crews at airports, according to a NextGov article.
The TSA is already piloting such a system, however, the representatives worried that the program would end up being expanded without a biometric component, which they see as integral to keeping high security in such a program.
Additionally, the TSA is getting pressure from pilots’ unions to move quickly in implementing the new program as new security trends such as the body scans and pat downs have significantly slowed security lines and made arriving for work much more difficult for airline crews.
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