Regardless of the availability of cheap airplane tickets and cheap vacation packages there are travelers who still choose not to fly because of the long and irritating airport security measures.
To reduce the hassles of passing through airport security checkpoints and maintain passenger safety, airports are looking into using eye scanners and multiple security tunnels. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is recommending that passengers be separated by security risk and then directed to one of three high tech 20 foot long tunnels than can speedily scan shoes and carry-on bags and check for liquids and explosives.
IATA wants to see passengers categorized based on the results of a government risk assessment that is put into a chip in a passengers passport or other identification. Eye scans would be used to match the passenger to the passport. Switzerland is already using eye scans as part of its passports.
The objective, according to IATA, is for passengers to be able to pass from the curb to their boarding gates with dignity. It wants security checkpoints to do away with stopping, stripping or unpacking, and certainly groping.
IATAs hopes its security recommendations can be implemented within five years and have been enthusiastically endorsed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Over the last six months TSA has been working on developing a security system than can differentiate passengers by security risk to reduce needless checks.
TSA is expected to initiate a test program this year at select airports that allows frequent fliers and other travelers with clean records to receive minimal checks.
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