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Sep 2, 03, 10:40 am
Miami Herald Article (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/6670090.htm)
"A luggage-wrap company that survived a political slugfest over its Miami International Airport concession two years ago is on the verge of triumphing over a new challenge -- this time from federal homeland security regulations....
...In the new security-conscious climate, Gittens said, the service offers another advantage -- it prevents someone from introducing a bomb into luggage. It made no sense for one element of security to push out another, she said.
One obvious solution was to allow Secure Wrap to put machines on the far side of security in order to re-wrap those that inspectors opened. But TSA rules said only airlines were allowed to touch bags that had already been inspected."
Absolutely pathetic that the TSA objected to this. There should be one and only one inspection of checked baggage and it should be done in the passenger's presence.
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"Give me Liberty or give me Death." - Patrick Henry
"A luggage-wrap company that survived a political slugfest over its Miami International Airport concession two years ago is on the verge of triumphing over a new challenge -- this time from federal homeland security regulations....
...In the new security-conscious climate, Gittens said, the service offers another advantage -- it prevents someone from introducing a bomb into luggage. It made no sense for one element of security to push out another, she said.
One obvious solution was to allow Secure Wrap to put machines on the far side of security in order to re-wrap those that inspectors opened. But TSA rules said only airlines were allowed to touch bags that had already been inspected."
Absolutely pathetic that the TSA objected to this. There should be one and only one inspection of checked baggage and it should be done in the passenger's presence.
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"Give me Liberty or give me Death." - Patrick Henry