Originally Posted by
GUWonder
If it's 4% of US check-ins with PreCheck eligible carriers, I would be surprised. If it's 4% of named individuals in some USG database of passengers (and maybe airline crew), that would not surprise me.
When Pistole told the U.S. Senate that 40% are getting expedited screening, he included U12s, senior citizens over 75 years of age and flight crew. I don't recall if the question asked of him was limited to PreCheck or to the broader category of expedited screening.
Weren't something like 85% of passengers flying on a given day supposed to be PreCheck at this point in time?
No wonder Pistole said that "millions more" enrolees were needed to make the program work as it was "intended."
Speaking to Chollie's point:
One very real example: if you were a frequent flyer - or even an infrequent flyer with a family - who flies out of PHX, would you pony up $85/yr/pax for a service that is rarely and inconsistently available?
I'm willing to wager that the TSA expected even those infrequent flyers to enroll with all their kith and kin and that just didn't and won't materialize.