Allegedly TSA has new streamlined & enhanced screening procedures
 

I can't figure out what they are but Pekoske is apparently claiming it is so:



There's a series of 4 or 5 tweets in this stream so look at her other tweets.

This must be the one outlining the "new streamlined & enhanced" procedures:

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What is "new" "streamlined" or "enhanced" about it? I note TSA seems to still be using "officers trained in behavior detection."

US media is so worthless. The TSA has "newly created" this Lombard street chart, therefore the TSA has "new streamlined and enhanced screening." The same media the every year touts the "new" Real ID requirements even though TSA has been threatening to deny various state licenses for over a decade...

You think someone would actually the validate the "newness" claim BEFORE they report it...

Is this chart new? I see it mentions BDO's as part of TSA's security. Thought TSA was essentially told to halt that program.

Will be looking for more detail. I think most here would agree that the screening process is overly bulky.

I have no idea. Why don't you DM Fallon M. Gallagher on Twitter and ask her?

Like she'd know - she's just parroting TSA.

Odd, I never thought "streamlined" and "serpentine" were synonymous.

I know CBP has new streamlined screening (total facial biometrics, no fingerprinting or interview) but didn't know TSA was doing it. This doesn't look all that streamlined though.

When is the last time TSA has done a gate check? Last time I remember one being done was for an IAD flight next to our gate back in 2010.

Response: crickets

Is this what I have been experiencing at SEA lately?

If so, prepare to be pleasantly surprised. At security: no bins, nothing removed from bags (no liquids, no laptops, no nothing), shoes stay on. Just put bags on the belt and step through the machine.

Depends on the entry point. Checkpoint 5 is TSA-Pre only and have the upgraded belts with bin system, with automatic return of the bins back to the other side.. I do think that during peak times, SEA and other smaller airports are more likely to cut a few corners to get more passengers through the checkpoint. Just proves the whole security theater is a joke for the most part and not very effective. Then there's other airports like ORD that do the opposite to make sure the line goes slow and does excessive swabbing to inconveniences travelers.