TSA to prohibit airport security officers from sitting down while checking travelers’ IDs

October 3, 2026 · 3:36 pm 1 sources

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• TSA to prohibit airport security officers from sitting down while checking travelers’ IDs
  The Guardian · October 3, 2026 15:36
  TSA says rule change is meant to keep officers ‘alert’, but union says it ignores safety and ‘common decency’ US airport security officers who verify boarding passes and IDs ahead of security checkpoints will no longer be allowed to sit down while working. The Transportation Security…