Interview with TSA Chief John Pistole
On December 1st the New York Times did an exit interview with TSA Chief John Pistole on the growing TSA PreCheck Program, among a variety of other security-related topics. The article provided by the New York Times discusses possibly switching the program to private contractors which would reduce the amount of non-members that are allowed to use the PreCheck lanes. The program only costs $85 per member for 5 years.
Another amusing topic of interest within the article is the potential to soften the no liquid rule as more efficient technology is developed to identify substances in containers. It would be nice to eventually be able to carry on a bottle of water instead of having to pay the high prices once crossing over into the abyss of the “other side”.
Check out the article with Chief Pistole here. We will be looking for an update on how the PReCheck program will be developing, especially after this holiday travel season.