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TSA to prohibit airport security officers from sitting down while checking travelers’ IDs
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…
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The Transportation Security Administration announced that airport security officers who check boarding passes and IDs before checkpoints will no longer be permitted to sit while performing those duties. TSA says the rule is intended to keep officers alert, while the officers’ union argues the policy disregards safety and basic decency.
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