"Please Come With Us," They'll Say...
Under Secretary of Transportation for Security
James M. Loy announced six additional airports that are
participating in the Transportation Security Administration’s
"Selectee Checkpoint" program. The program enhances security and
convenience by transferring the screening of selectees from
aircraft boarding gates to security checkpoints where screening
equipment and personnel and law enforcement officers are
concentrated.
Checkpoints at these airports have been reconfigured to channel
selectees through a special lane. TSA now will require
boarding passes at the checkpoint in 58 airports.
The following airports have or will soon begin requiring
boarding passes at the checkpoint:
Chicago Midway Airport (MDW), Chicago, IL
(launching on Jan. 9)
Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ), Albuquerque, NM (launching
on Jan. 7)
Charleston International Airport/AFB (CHS), Charleston, SC
(launched Jan. 1)
Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR), Myrtle Beach, SC
(launched Jan. 1)
San Antonio International Airport (SAT), San Antonio, TX (launching
on Jan. 10)
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, WA (launching
on Jan. 7)
At these airports, passengers must now have their
boarding passes in hand before they reach the
checkpoint. E-ticket receipts, itineraries and vouchers will
no longer provide access through the checkpoints, and boarding
passes will no longer be issued at the gates. Boarding passes
may be obtained at ticket counters, through airline computer
kiosks, or at skycap curbside stations. In addition to a
boarding pass, passengers must show a valid government issued photo
ID, such as a driver’s license or passport at the checkpoint,
just like the one they showed when they got their ticket, minutes
earlier.
In keeping with TSA’s multi-level security system at all
airports, TSA screeners will now choose gates, flights and
passengers "at random" [according to the computer's
carefully-scripted preferences] for additional screening at
the gates.
Passengers will also find the “Selectee Checkpoint
Program” in the airports listed below:
Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), Fairbanks, AK;
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC), Anchorage,
AK;
Long Beach Daugherty Field Airport (LGB), Long Beach, CA (Jet Blue
passengers only);
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, CA;
Colorado Springs Municipal (COS), Colorado Springs, CO;
Bradley International Airport (BDL), Windsor Locks, CT (all
airlines except Southwest);
Melbourne International Airport (MLB), Melbourne, FL;
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport (PIE), Clearwater,
FL;
Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH), Tallahassee, FL;
Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ), Sarasota, FL;
Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB), Daytona Beach, FL;
Orlando Sanford Airport (SFB), Sanford, FL;
Miami International Airport (MIA), Miami, FL (American Airlines and
international carriers only);
Des Moines International Airport (DSM), Des Moines, IA;
Metropolitan Airport Authority of Rock Island (MLI), Moline,
IL;
Greater Rockford Airport (RFD), Rockford, IL;
Blue Grass Airport (LEX), Lexington, KY;
Logan
International Airport (BOS), Boston, MA (USAirways passengers
only);
Portland International Jetport (PWM), Portland, ME;
Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport (DTW), Detroit, MI;
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), St. Paul,
MN;
Lambert St. Louis International Airport (STL), St. Louis, MO (all
airlines except Southwest);
Helena Regional Airport (HLN), Helena, MT;
Missoula International Airport (MSO), Missoula, MT;
Great Falls International Airport (GTF), Great Falls, MT;
Glacier Park International Airport (FCA), Kalispell, MT;
Wilmington International Airport (ILM), Wilmington, NC;
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (CLT), Charlotte, NC;
Newark International Airport (EWR), Newark, NJ;
Albany International Airport (ALB), Albany, NY;
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Flushing, NY (Northwest and Delta-not
Delta Shuttle-passengers only);
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Jamaica, NY (JetBlue
passengers only);
Westchester County Airport (HPN), White Plains, NY;
Port Columbus International Airport (CMH), Columbus, OH;
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), Pittsburgh, PA;
Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU), San Juan, PR;
Joe Foss Field (FSD), Sioux Falls, SD;
Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP), Rapid City, SD;
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA), Chattanooga, TN
Memphis International Airport (MEM), Memphis, TN;
George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston (IAH), Houston, TX
(all airlines except Southwest);
Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS), Austin, TX;
Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD), Herndon, VA;
Cyril E. King International Airport (STT), Charlotte, Virgin
Islands;
Tri-Cities Airport (PSC), Pasco, WA;
Outagamie County Airport (ATW), Appleton, WI;
Wittman Field Airport (OSH), Oshkosh, WI;
Central Wisconsin Regional Airport (CWA), Mosinee, WI;
General Mitchell International Airport (MKE), Milwaukee, WI;
Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB), Green Bay, WI (all
airlines except Southwest);
Chippewa Valley Regional Airports (EAU), Eau Claire, WI; and
Dane County Regional Airport (MSN), Madison, WI
[We at ANN find it hard to believe that, with all
the extra manpower the TSA has added to the airport security
function, and all the extra equipment they bought, and all the
extra authority they assumed, that they still are looking for ways
to make things more convenient -- for themselves --ed.]
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