TSA Tests Self-Service Security Lanes to Speed Up Screening
• TSA is testing new self-service security checkpoint lanes at Las Vegas airport that allow passengers to screen themselves and their bags without removing items • Goal is to minimize passenger interaction with TSA officers and reduce pat-downs and searches • Lanes use automated screening and cameras to guide passengers through process • TSA hopes to assign officers removed from self-serve lanes to broader security tasks rather than lose jobs • TSA aims to expand self-serve lanes to more airports, though current scanners are similar to existing ones