TF Green decides to stick with TSA for security

TF Green Airport to keep TSA, cancels application for private security

After considering alternative options for security screening at airports, airport officials say the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is here to stay

TF Green keeping TSA as security

WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) — Management at TF Green have decided to keep the TSA security. The airport was originally looking to replace the TSA with a private company, but that recent inspections showed wait times with the TSA had “improved drastically” since the fall. If a private company had been brought in, it would have still been under federal oversight as part of the TSA’s Screening Partnership Program. Categories: News, Rhode Island

Airport officials drop petition to privatize TSA screening duties • Rhode Island Current

The Transportation Security Administration checkpoint inside Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in March 2023. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)State airport officials Friday withdrew a petition filed a week ago to join the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Screening Partnership Program, a move that could have shifted passenger screening at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport to a private contractor…

TF Green decides to stick with TSA for security

WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — Passengers flying in and out of Rhode Island will continue to be screened by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the future. The Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) announced Friday that it rescinded a petition filed last week to join TSA's Screening Partnership Program. The program lets airports use private security instead of the government agency's services. RIAC said it started conducting inspection…

Real Talk: Is TSA PreCheck Actually Worth It? - WorldNL Magazine

Waiting to get through airport security brings out the worst in people. And let's be honest, between airplane ear and picking out the best seat on the plane, you already have enough to worry about when you're traveling. Add the hassle of taking off your shoes and removing your laptop from your carry-on, and suddenly TSA PreCheck becomes way more appealing. With TSA PreCheck, you get to skip the long lines and tedious part of the security proces…