TSA to prohibit airport security officers from sitting down while checking travelers’ IDs
First reported 3 Oct, 15:36 UTCUpdated 16h ago2 sources
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TSA says rule change is meant to keep officers ‘alert’, but union says it ignores safety and ‘common decency’ US airport security officers who verify boarding passes and IDs ahead of security checkpoints will no longer be allowed to sit down while working. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was moving…
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TSA says rule change is meant to keep officers ‘alert’, but union says it ignores safety and ‘common decency’ US airport security officers who verify boarding passes and IDs ahead of security checkpoints will no longer be allowed to sit down while working. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was moving…
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The new TSA standing rule at airport security checkpoints applies only to ID-check officers as the union warns of foot and back health risks for workers.
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- TSA to prohibit airport security officers from sitting down while checking travelers’ IDs (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
TSA says rule change is meant to keep officers ‘alert’, but union says it ignores safety and ‘common decency’ US airport security officers who verify boarding passes and IDs ahead of security checkpoints will no longer be allowed to sit down while working. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was moving…
- TSA agents are losing their checkpoint chairs in a controversial new move (opens Fox News in a new tab)
The new TSA standing rule at airport security checkpoints applies only to ID-check officers as the union warns of foot and back health risks for workers.
