Aug
26
2019
TSA has backed down in the face of employees’ union objections and the requirement will not go into effect.
TSA Won’t Start Requiring Employees to Be in Uniform to Use Known Crewmember Lanes, After All
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TSA Cracking Down on Known Crewmembers
Aug
26
2019
Airline crew can frequently show an ID and avoid being accosted with nude-o-scopes and metal detectors. Occasionally that’s been tempting for drug smugglers, but drugs aren’t the TSA’s purpose anyway. Still as a result crew do sometimes go through checks.
The Known Crewmember program, “a joint initiative between Airlines for America (A4A) and the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA),” has become more liberalized and useful over time — four years ago crew started being allowed to go through even when traveling personally and out of uniform. That was subsequently limited a bit. And this week it’s being significantly curtailed.nnnn
