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TSA reportedly mulls ending all security screening at small airports
The TSA is reportedly considering eliminating passenger security screenings at dozens of smaller airports around the country.
It would mark the biggest post-9/11 change in commercial aviation security and has been met by disbelief on social media.
CNN says it has seen documents with a proposal to end screening at 150 small and medium-sized airports that are served by small aircraft.
Passengers would instead be screened at the arrival airport.
Documents state it would save about $150 million a year.
It would lead to only a ‘small (non-zero) undesirable increase in risk related to additional adversary opportunity."
CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank said it is ‘stunning that this is even seriously being considered. Al Qaeda and ISIS still regard aviation as a priority…They would see that as a way to inflict severe economic damage on the United States."
The change would impact about 10,000 passengers a day which is only about half of one percent of the total number of daily air travelers.
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