A new Transportation Security Administration policy bans airport security officers from sitting while verifying boarding passes and IDs before passengers reach security checkpoints. The TSA cites the need to maintain officer alertness as the reasoning behind the rule change, though a union representing the officers argues it disregards workplace safety and basic decency. The shift marks a notable adjustment to how frontline security personnel perform their duties at U.S. airports. Critics question whether the move will strain workers without clear benefits for security or efficiency.
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...
