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Improving air security easier said than done
The task of providing a secure airport transportation system is proving to be more costly and time consuming than anticipated by the US government.
The newly formed US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is struggling to meet new deadlines for security measures demanded by Congress.
The TSA must hire enough screeners to check all passengers and their baggage at US airports by November 19 and then purchase and install enough explosive detection systems to screen all checked bags by December 19.
“In the next 30 to 45 days it should become clearer as to exactly what must be done – airport by airport – to meet the deadlines,” said spokeswoman Alexis Stefani.
“The task is one that has never before been undertaken before on a scale of this magnitude and TSA has very little empirical evidence to draw on.”
She added that that it had become apparent that there was a huge cost to providing good security. While requesting $6.8bn for the fiscal year 2002 and $4.8bn for 2003, the TSA now anticipates that revenues from a new passenger service fee will only pay for a fraction of the costs.
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