Security checkpoints would be eliminated at more than 150 small U.S. airports under a plan being considered by the Transportation Security Administration.
Passengers would instead be screened when they arrived at larger airports after their initial flight, The Washington Post reports.
The idea was first floated by the TSA two years ago and was seen then by critics as a transparent effort to get Congress to spend additional money on the agency.
“This is completely nuts,” says Mary Schiavo, former inspector general of the U.S. Department of Transportation and an aviation expert. “Perhaps they want an outcry from the public to say ‘Oh, no, no, no, Congress, give them the additional $115 million that they say this would save.’”
The proposal raises questions about whether would-be terrorists could penetrate the nation’s air system at the airports lacking screening or commander smaller shuttle aircraft and use them to damage buildings or other infrastructure.
The TSA said no decision has been made on the plan and has not listed which airports would lose security.
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TSA might eliminate security checkpoints at 150 small airports
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