(The following is a reformatted version of a press release
issued by The Transportation Security Administration and
received via e-mail. The release was confirmed by the sender.)
TSA Pre✓ Expands at LaGuardia Airport to Include American
Airlines
NEW YORK – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
today announced that American Airlines will participate in TSA
Pre✓ operations at LaGuardia Airport (LGA). At LGA, select
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines frequent flyers and
passengers who are members of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) Trusted Traveler programs are now eligible to participate
in TSA Pre✓ when traveling domestically.
TSA Pre✓ is part of the agency’s larger effort to implement
risk-based security concepts that enhance security by focusing
on travelers considered high-risk and about whom the agency
knows less. To date, more than 1.4 million passengers have
experienced TSA Pre✓. TSA Pre✓ is available in 15 airports for
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines frequent
flyers.
“We welcome LaGuardia’s American Airlines frequent flyers to TSA
Pre✓ as part of the agency’s shift away from a one-size-fits-all
approach to a more intelligence-driven and efficient security
system,” said Douglas Hofsass, TSA Associate Administrator for
Risk-Based Security. “Better prescreening enables TSA to more
effectively prioritize screening resources in the field by
separating out low-risk individuals and those we can learn more
about.”
TSA Pre✓ has been in place at LGA since April, when Delta Air
Lines began the program there. Eligible passengers include U.S.
citizens flying on participating airlines as well as those who
are members of CBP Trusted Traveler programs, including Global
Entry, SENTRI and NEXUS.
If TSA determines a passenger is eligible for expedited
screening through the TSA Pre✓ prescreening process, information
is embedded in the barcode of the passenger’s boarding pass. TSA
reads the barcode at the designated checkpoint and the passenger
may be referred to the TSA Pre✓ lane where they will undergo
expedited screening, which could include being able to leave
their shoes, light outerwear and belts on, allowing them to keep
their laptops in their cases and 3-1-1 compliant liquids/gels
bags in their carry-on. TSA will always incorporate random and
unpredictable security measures throughout the airport and no
individual is guaranteed expedited screening.
As part of the effort to implement additional risk-based
security procedures, TSA is in the process of testing several
other screening concepts, including a program designed to
positively identify airline pilots, the use of expanded behavior
detection techniques, and providing TSA Pre✓ screening benefits
to U.S. military active duty members traveling through Ronald
Reagan Washington National and Seattle-Tacoma International
airports.
TSA’s multi-layered approach to security also includes behavior
detection officers, explosives-detection systems, canine teams,
and federal air marshals, among other measures that are both
seen and unseen.
For more information about TSA’s risk-based security initiative,
visit www.tsa.gov.
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Article source: http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2012-06-14/ao7p4doCtF6E.html