For the first time in almost 20 years, travelers may no longer have to take off their shoes for security demonstrations at US airports.
According to media reports, the transportation security administration would like to give up the additional safety step that has been enforced by US airports for years.
If it is implemented, it would put an end to one end Security check mandate Almost 20 years ago, a few years after the failed attempt by “shoe bomber” Richard Reid, at the end of 2001, from Paris to Miami.
Access to the Travel Newsletter Gate was the first to report that the security demonstration is changed. ABC News reported on an internal memo that was sent to TSA officers last week and in which the new guideline enables travelers to keep their shoes on many US airports from Sunday during the standard demonstrations. That would expand at all airports shortly.
The plan is that the change will soon take place at all US airports, the memo says.
Traveler Before that were able to rock the additional security request if you take part in the TSA Precheck program, which costs around 80 US dollars for five years. The program enables passengers of the airlines to go through the screening process without removing shoes, belts or light jackets.
Travelers who are from 75 or older and 12 or younger people do not have to remove shoes at security control points.
The TSA has not yet officially confirmed the registered security screening change.
“TSA and DHS are always researching new and innovative ways to improve passengers and our strong security,” said a TSA spokesman in a statement on Tuesday. “All potential updates of our security process are exhibited via official channels.”
The TSA started in 2001 when President George W. Bush signed law for their creation two months after the September 11 attacks. The agency included Bundal Airport Screener, who had replaced the private company airlines in order to cope with security.
Over the years, TSA has continued to look for opportunities to improve its security measures, including tests Face recognition technology and implement Real ID Requirements.
One of the best -known friction points for travelers is the TSA at Screening control points. Trump’s transport secretary Sean Duffy asked the public in a social media post in April, which would make trips seamless.
The next day, Duffy posted X The “It is very clear that TSA is number 1 for rashes. That falls into the Ministry of Homeland Security. I will discuss this with @sec_noem.”
Kristi Noem, secretary of the homeland protection authority, will organize a press conference on Tuesday evening at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to announce a new TSA directive, “which makes passengers easier, improves the satisfaction of travelers and shortens the waiting times,” said their agency.
Trump has released TSA administrator David Pekoske In January in the middle of a second term of five years, he was appointed in the White House of Trump during his first term. Pekoske was heard by President Joe Biden.
No reason was given for Pekoske’s departure. According to the TSA website, the position of the administrator remains free.
