Checkpoint

With more and more people traveling, depending on where in the U.S. you’re flying/driving/floating into or out of, the lines at the TSA checkpoint and/or customs/immigration can be ridiculously long…

In the years after 9/11, and especially after an incident on Northwest Airlines flight 253 in 2009, the TSA began introducing “backscatter” screening machines made by Rapiscan. They were the…

Well, that didn’t take long 😉 It’s barely been a week since the first airport in the U.S. has implemented virtual queuing, and now another one is doing a pilot…

TSA Pre-Check. Many people who travel on an even semi-regular basis say it’s the best money they’ve ever spent. For $85, you can skip a good portion of the regular…

You get to the airport for your cross country trip and have done everything you can to prepare to go through X-ray as  quickly and easily as possible. You’re all…

Before the travel slowdown, many travelers at busy airports swore by the CLEAR checkpoints. Being able to skip the long lines for security and even TSA Precheck would save precious…

When the US economy tried to reopen, one of the almost universally implemented policies from businesses to keep employees and guests safe was the temperature check. While employees are usually…

People are slowly returning to air travel. While the current volume is about 1/3 of what it was a year ago, that’s saying something since we’re still smack dab in…

One of the ways people who follow the air travel industry get a grasp on how things are recovering is by checking TSA checkpoint travel numbers. The TSA updates the…

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is taking the first steps towards the development of a system for passenger self-screening that they’re comparing to the self-checkout you see in supermarkets.