<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by MrMillion:
I made a trip on UA a few days back that was noteworthy in several aspects. I was coming back from SFO to the East Coast and the first thing I noticed at SFO was that all the security agents at the checkpoints seemed to be the same bunch they always were. So, once I had cleared the inspections area, I asked a UA staffer who was standing a few feet away from it all. I was wondering where the "Federales" were. He said he didn't know and that there was only one, anyway, in charge of it all. Figure this: There is one (1) federal officer in charge of security checks at the entire airport.
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The transition is occurring in stages. In February, the TSA took over the oversight responsibilities for each airport, and there is in fact one federal officer in charge at the entire airport. It won't be until the end of the year before all the security screeners are replaced. It just hasn't happened yet.
--Mark Rogers