Orlando FL July 6 2020 TSA officers are now required to wear additional PPE at security checkpoints at the Orlando International Airport. TSA officers are already required to wear face masks but starting Wednesday they’ll be required to wear goggles or a face shield as well. In a message sent to staff, the airport’s Deputy […]
Savannah GA July 5 2020 Three Transportation Security Administration agents have tested positive for COVID at the Savannah airport after one agent initially tested positive earlier in the week. WTOC in Savannah reported the TSA reported three total officers tested positive. They work in screening at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. The latest officer who tested […]
AUSTIN TX July 3 2020 Six Transportation Security Administration officers who work at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport have tested positive for COVID-19., They last worked on June 24, according to a TSA spokeswoman. She added, “Airport security operations have not been negatively impacted as a result of TSA officers testing positive for Covid-19.” Anyone who are concerned […]
Atlanta GA July 3 2020 Days before the July 4 holiday weekend, the main security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — the world’s busiest airport — has been closed for cleaning after an employee there tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Transportation Security Administration. TSA Spokesman Mark Howell said the Domestic Main […]
Washington DC June 22 2020 The Transportation Security Administration is conducting market research on ways to use artificial intelligence, automation, and cloud-based software to help it recruit and develop its workforce, according to a request for information posted on June 15. The TSA — a division of the Department of Homeland Security tasked with safeguarding […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio June 22 2020- The City of Cleveland released details of a security violation involving an airline employee at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on Saturday. According to the City, an airline employee notified the Airport’s Compliance office of the security violation around 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The Compliance officer reviewed the security footage and discovered […]
Washington DC June 20 2020 The Transportation Security Administration withheld N95 masks from staff and exhibited “gross mismanagement” in its response to the coronavirus crisis – leaving employees and travelers vulnerable during the most urgent days of the pandemic, a senior TSA official alleges in a new whistleblower complaint. On Thursday evening, the Office of Special […]
Orlando FL June 16 2020 A new report from the TSA documents how a woman was able to sneak past security at Orlando International Airport without any ID or even a ticket. After making her way into the gate, the woman was then able to make her way onto a plane and claimed a seat […]
Washington DC June 15 2020 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at airports in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, Jacksonville and Pensacola stopped guns that passengers had brought to the security checkpoints – six of them in six days. As passenger volumes have increased, so have the guns. Every one of the guns was accompanied by ammunition; […]
Atlanta GA June 10 2020 Air travel isn’t sky high just yet, but it’s certainly on its back way up. In fact, this weekend was the busiest air travel has been since the coronavirus pandemic began. More than 400,000 people were screened by the Transportation Security Administration on Friday and Sunday. The TSA says it’s the […]