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Recursion

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Sat May 3, 2014, 01:46 AM May 2014

Survey: Fliers give thumbs up to security, unsure about fast lanes

http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-trb-tsa-precheck-poll-20140501,0,1740746.story

A majority of U.S. travelers said they were satisfied with or neutral about airport security measures, a survey released Thursday says. But 67% said they couldn't tell whether the Transportation Security Administration's expedited PreCheck lanes made any significant difference in wait times.

Survey results from the Travel Leaders Group come the same week that TSA expanded PreCheck to international carrier Air Canada. The agency is opening more enrollment centers nationwide to process qualified fliers.

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When asked what security measures they would like to eliminate, 31.7% said removing their shoes, 24.1% said none, and 18.2% said limiting liquids in carry-on bags.

57.5% don't want to allow passengers to make cellphone calls in flight, 27.1% say it's OK but not for long conversations, and 5.8% said they were in favor of it.


This surprises me, given how much complaining we all do about security...
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Survey: Fliers give thumbs up to security, unsure about fast lanes (Original Post) Recursion May 2014 OP
As someone who was an airline agent before the advent of any security, SheilaT May 2014 #1
 

SheilaT

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1. As someone who was an airline agent before the advent of any security,
Sat May 3, 2014, 03:28 AM
May 2014

I am totally appalled by the "security" they have now.

It's mostly why I have not gotten on an airplane since 2007.

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