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Rules on Boarding Passes Tightened for Airline Travelers December 9, 2002 By MATTHEW L. WALD WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 - The Transportation Security Administration will eventually require nearly all airline passengers to obtain boarding passes before they arrive at the security checkpoint, rather than allowing passes to be issued at the gate, the head of the agency said today. The official, James Loy, who is the under-secretary of transportation for security, said that the goal is to reduce the number of workers screening passengers at the gates, and to make them available to screen checked bags instead. Under current procedures, travelers who are selected by security officials for closer searches now receive an extra check at the gate before boarding an aircraft. Those passengers are randomly selected on the computer-generated boarding pass. Mr. Loy said that some gate screening would continue, however, to make sure that terrorists were not able to predict the challenges they would face. "We believe random gate screening is an imperative part of a continuous deterrent exercise," said Mr. Loy, who spoke at an industry meeting here organized by the American Association of Airport Executives, the Transportation department and the Airports Council International. The new system, with passengers getting their boarding passes before approaching the common screening area, is already in place at eight concourses at airports around the country, and the Transportation Security Administration hopes to add seven more by the end of next week. "It's a co-ordination with the airlines," said Robert Johnson, a spokesman for the agency. The airlines need to install automated kiosks to allow passengers to obtain boarding passes, he said. Passengers who do not have bags to check have for years been able to bypass the airline the lobby check-in counters and go directly to the gate. Transportation Department officials also said that they were lifting a rule imposed after Sept. 11 that bars parking within 300 feet of an airport terminal. Under the rule, some parking areas have been closed off, and others have been opened only because each incoming car had been searched first for explosives. Mr. Loy said it was "basic common sense" to remove rules like that one, which he said "sacrifices substantial revenues" without adding much to security. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/national/09CND-SECU.html?ex=1040487524&ei=1&en=3b9ab90cfdfc2703 HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
