Watch Video: TSA agents going after snacks more than ever Travelers are not happyīarney Helmick, director of Flagstaff Pulliam Airport, thinks the idea is going nowhere. She fears it would discourage travelers from using regional airports, not to mention making small airports and planes a potential terrorism target. "It doesn't give everyone using our national air transportation system equal security oversight.'' "This one, in my opinion, should be a non-starter,'' said Sobotta, founding chair of the business school at Embry-Riddle University in Prescott. The idea, which has surfaced in the past, is again rankling directors of small airports, among a host of other critics. Prescott Municipal has TSA screening, of course, but the cost-conscious agency formed after 9/11 is reportedly studying whether checkpoints are necessary at the country's smallest airports, according to a flurry of stories this week after an exclusive CNN report. Passengers would be screened when they arrived at larger airports to catch connecting flights.ĭropping TSA staffing at airports with planes that seat 60 or fewer passengers would save $115 million per year, according to USA Today. The flights will be on 50-seat regional jets, tiny for a major airport like Phoenix Sky Harbor International, but a travel lifeline for a small community.Īnd the passengers who board those flights deserve the same kind of security screening as those boarding bigger jets at bigger airports, says Prescott airport director Robin Sobotta. In July, United Airlines Express announced plans to offer daily flights to Denver and Los Angeles beginning Aug. It's been a good summer for Prescott Municipal Airport. Watch Video: Things to know about TSA PreCheck
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