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TSA’s Top 10 Finds of 2020

02/23/21
It has become a tradition for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to release an annual “Top 10” list of the ‘best’ things the agency’s officers find travelers’ checked and carry-on bags. The list for 2020 has just been issued in video form (below). What made the TSA list? #10 was a sling shot. #9: Knives →

Travelers tip TSA a whopping $926,000

08/21/20
Rushed, distracted travelers unwittingly gave the Transportation Security Administration a cash tip of more than $926,000 last year. TSA gets to keep the cash and currency travelers forget to pick up when they empty their pockets into the bins at the airport security checkpoints. And that cash adds up. During Fiscal Year 2019, which ended →

TSA’s new rules for security checkpoints

05/21/20
As we head into the Memorial Day holiday and a slight uptick in air travel, the Transportation Security Administration rolling out some new rules for the security checkpoint screen area in response to COVID-19. Some of these strategies are already in place. Others will show up at checkpoints by mid-June. Scan you own boarding pass →

TSA officers buy meals, stock pantries for airport co-workers affected by COVID-19

05/03/20
(Our story about TSA workers helping airport workers during the pandemic first appeared on CNBC in a slightly different version.) The steep decline in air travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered layoffs, furloughs and shortened work hours for many airport employees, including wheelchair attendants, baggage handlers, janitorial crews and concessions staff. But in →

Payback: TSA workers set up food banks, by meals for airport employees

04/13/20
Updating this story as new examples arrive. During the partial shutdown of the federal government in 2019, many TSA employees continued to show up for work despite missing paychecks. To help them out, airport employees, airlines and airport concessionaires around the country joined with social service agencies and the local community to stock pantries with →

TSA maps its COVID-19 cases

03/24/20
Airports are getting quieter and quieter, but some people are still flying. So Transportation Security Administration officers are among the workers who must still show up for work. Unfortunately, it turns out TSA workers aren’t immune to COVID-19 and there are have been some TSA officers who have tested positive for the virus. So it’s →

TSA shares Top Ten Finds of 2019

01/17/20
Airline passengers attempt to take some odd, unusual and definitely prohibited items with them on airplanes. Transportation Security Administration officers see it all. And, as has become its tradition, TSA has created and now shares a list and a video of its Top 10 Finds from the past year. The list, shared in descending order, →
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