The goal is to free workers to screen checked bags rather than screen passengers.
His eyes darted from screen to screen, checking prices as he whispered expletives.
Commuters no longer know where the trains are going, but they stare at the screen, checking details with fellow travellers.
[A21.] Even as the Transportation Department races to install million-dollar machines in airports to screen checked baggage, questions remain about their use and efficiency.
Under the law, the government must take "all necessary action" to ensure that airports have explosive detection systems to screen checked baggage by the end of this year.
The systems used to screen checked luggage will vary from airport to airport -- and in some airports from terminal to terminal.
The Grand Rapids airport was chosen as a pilot site for the E.D.S. equipment, which has been used to screen checked baggage since June.
A30 Airport Screening Changes The Transportation Security Administration will require most airline passengers to obtain boarding passes before they arrive at the security checkpoint, the goal is to free workers to screen checked bags rather than screen passengers.
Congress is pressing the F.A.A. to speed the installation at airports of machines to screen checked luggage for explosives, and since Sept. 11, airlines have been using a computer database to flag more passengers and their baggage for close screening.
Even as the Transportation Department races to install million-dollar machines in airports to screen checked baggage, most of the devices are operated less than two hours a day, and some hardly screen any bags at all, two congressmen said today.
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