"I am announcing today a new approach to hand baggage security that will be introduced progressively as airports are ready to handle the extra capacity, so we can pass the benefits on to the passenger as quickly as possible, " she said.
President Bush is willing to impose his version of airport security by executive order if Congress doesn't pass a bill that allows the federal government to contract with private companies to provide airport and baggage security, a key House GOP ally of the Bush White House told CNN.
Worse, baggage handlers and Transportation Security Administration officers have been caught stealing valuables from checked luggage.
In fact, airlines are installing templates (also known as baggage sizers) at security checkpoints that won't even accept an allegedly oversized carry-on.
It has also moved smartly into the newly burgeoning field of homeland security, with baggage screening devices and systems.
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After "landing" at the airport, collecting baggage and dropping it off, they would queue to receive fake tickets and new fake baggage, and go through security to board fake planes.
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S. 3542, the "No-Hassle Flying Act of 2012, " authorizes the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration to determine whether checked baggage on flights originating at foreign airports that has been screened in accordance with an aviation security preclearance agreement must be re-screened in the United States by an explosives detection system before continuing on any additional flights.
But now, with all the airport security, flight delays, baggage fees, and surly attitudes of airline employees, it has become the least favorite part of what I do for a living.
Baggage tags, banknotes with electronics embedded for security and even postage stamps that can be read by smart franking machines are other possible uses.
It says Terminal 5 is consistently rated as one of the best airports in Europe, while plane punctuality and baggage performance have also improved and the average security queue stands at about two or three minutes.
Last month, disaster struck at Washington's Dulles International Airport when the Transportation Security Administration opened the case during a baggage check.
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These days, with overcrowded planes, long security lines and hefty fees to check baggage, flying often really does ... well, you know.
The Empire State Building in New York has increased security personnel by 25% and added baggage-scanning machines at its five entrances to the tune of several million dollars.
The government will step up security at railway stations, where it will introduce random baggage and passenger screening.
These include better baggage-screening, sharing information, and the use of sophisticated security technology.
"The fact that this individual showed up with a one-way ticket, purchased with cash and no checked baggage -- he should have been pulled aside, " said security expert Larry Berg, a consultant with Berg Associates.
Then the clerk took him to the other side of security, hoping that someone might be awaiting him in the baggage claim.
American airports are still struggling with the introduction of security measures, such as the X-raying of hand-baggage, that have been commonplace in Europe for years.
Airport workers who screen passengers and baggage are suddenly seeing wages rise by as much as 50 percent as airlines and security firms try to curb notoriously high turnover and attract new employees.
There could be better, faster check-in, more or faster security lines, and airlines' ground handling companies could be incentivised to improve baggage handling speeds.
Passengers may be thoroughly checked, but behind-the-scenes security is slack or non-existent, with inconsistent screening of mail, cargo and baggage, and an inadequate police presence, it said.
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