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03-31-2016, 11:36 PM
Plan more time for airport security this spring and summer
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Summer travel season is right around the corner, and that will mean one thing at airports around the U.S.: longer lines.
The Transportation Security Administration is advising travelers to check in two hours ahead of their flight time to compensate for the slowdown at security.
SEE ALSO: The worst things people do on airplanes, ranked (http://mashable.com/2014/11/24/worst-people-on-airplanes/)
The TSA cut its airport screening staff by 10% over the last three years, anticipating that the PreCheck program (https://www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck)*— in which frequent fliers enroll to go through a faster line — would speed up the process.*
When **t e**ugh fliers enrolled, the agency tried to make up for that shortfall by randomly placing passengers into the express lanes. But it recently scaled back that effort for fear dangerous passengers were being let through. That's when the lines started growing, up to 90 minutes at U.S. airports in some cases. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/airport-security-wait-times/)
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Summer travel season is right around the corner, and that will mean one thing at airports around the U.S.: longer lines.
The Transportation Security Administration is advising travelers to check in two hours ahead of their flight time to compensate for the slowdown at security.
SEE ALSO: The worst things people do on airplanes, ranked (http://mashable.com/2014/11/24/worst-people-on-airplanes/)
The TSA cut its airport screening staff by 10% over the last three years, anticipating that the PreCheck program (https://www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck)*— in which frequent fliers enroll to go through a faster line — would speed up the process.*
When **t e**ugh fliers enrolled, the agency tried to make up for that shortfall by randomly placing passengers into the express lanes. But it recently scaled back that effort for fear dangerous passengers were being let through. That's when the lines started growing, up to 90 minutes at U.S. airports in some cases. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/airport-security-wait-times/)
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