TSA to prohibit airport security officers from sitting down while checking travelers’ IDs

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The Transportation Security Administration is moving to bar airport security officers who check travelers' IDs and boarding passes from sitting while on duty, saying the rule is intended to keep them alert. A union criticized the policy, arguing it disregards officers' safety and basic consideration.

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 forward with this change in policy to keep officers “alert”, the agency confirmed recently. Continue reading...