[媒体名称]CNN BUSINESS [新闻日期]2024/03/07
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[内文]
Self-checkout annoys many grocery shoppers and causes problems that are
prompting numerous major retailers to pull back on using it. But that’s not
stopping the Transportation Security Administration from testing a
self-service screening system at Harry Reid International Airport in Las
Vegas later this month.
TSA PreCheck passengers at LAS “will be the first travelers to have the
option to use the new system starting in mid-March, when the testing begins,
” said a TSA news release.
“The prototype has a video monitor that provides step-by-step instructions
for passengers to complete screening at their own pace,” it added.
After passengers complete “the required screening process and are cleared
for travel, automated exit doors open so travelers can gather their
belongings and head to their flights.”
“While there is minimal assistance from Transportation Security Officers
(TSO), TSOs will be available for assistance as needed,” according to the
release. “TSA and S&T will carefully study the results of this assessment
before they announce a timeline for any future deployment of this prototype
to other checkpoint lanes or at other airports.”
TSOs will still perform scanning of bags and other personal items sent
through the self-service areas, said R. Carter Langston, the TSA press
secretary.
“Several TSOs are present in the self-service screening lanes,” he told CNN
in an email. “To be clear, this is not about replacing TSOs or reducing the
number of TSOs,” which is currently 50,000.
After a sharp drop in flying and screening during the early years of the
pandemic, the agency, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security,
is dealing with an increase in the number of passenger screenings.
TSA has screened 143 million people at its checkpoints so far this year,
which is typically a slow period for US air travel. That’s up 8 million, or
6% from the same period last year. During the six-week holiday travel period
from the weekend before Thanksgiving through the end of 2023, it screened 106
million, up 10% from a year earlier, and up 2% from the same time in 2019,
ahead of the pandemic.
A record number of weapons were seized at TSA checkpoints in 2023: a total of
6,737 firearms, 93% of which were loaded.
Travelers have flocked to Las Vegas in record numbers in the last year.
According to TSA, the busiest day ever for TSA screening operations at the
city’s airport was on October 29, 2023, when the agency screened 103,400
passengers. The second busiest day for TSA operations at LAS was Sunday,
November 5, 2023, when 103,285 were screened.
“The number of airline passengers continues to increase year-over-year,
creating a need for innovative screening solutions that enhance
transportation security and make traveling more efficient,” said Dimitri
Kusnezov, Department of Homeland Security under secretary for science and
technology.
TSA会在这个3月中左右在LAS试营运自助安检服务
暂时只有TSA Pre-check的旅客可以使用
必要时安检员会在远端提供协助
计画会视情况推展到全美
[心得]
看起来一样是用全身扫描仪
人工检查已经有一堆毛的旅客了
要有更多大妈卡在安检口过不去了吗...
有YT影片可以看到详细的情况
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VelNWbEjOg