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THE HEAD OF
THE T-S-A CALLS
IT A TOP
PRIORITY.....TO
REDUCE THE
WAIT TIME FOR
PASSENGERS AT
AIRPORTS
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY...
IN SOME PLACES
-- THOSE LINES
STRETCH OUT
FOR -THREE-
HOURS OR
MORE.
SOME OF THE
BIGGEST ISSUES
HAVE BEEN AT
CHICAGO O'HARE
-- WHERE OVER
THE WEEKEND ..
COTS WERE
ROLLED-IN FOR
STRANDED
PASSENGERS.
IN RESPONSE --
THE T-S-A HAS
DEPLOYED A
RAPID RESPONSE
TEAM WITH -58-
OFFICERS AND
CANINE UNITS..
TO GET THINGS
MOVING.
THE CROWDS
ARE ONLY
EXPECTED TO
GROW -- AS THE
SUMMER TRAVEL
SEASON RAMPS
UP.
HERE -- TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF
KIDS GET OUT OF
SCHOOL THIS
FRIDAY -- WHICH
MEANS SUMMER
VACATION.
OUR ERIN
MURRAY BEEN
LOOKING AT
SOME TRAVEL
ADVICE -- TO
HELP US ALL
BEAT THOSE
LONG LINES.
JOHN, MALORIE -
TODAY NUMBERS
CAME IN AND
THIS SUMMER IS
SUPPOSED TO BE
AN ALL TIME HIGH
FOR AIRLINE
TRAVEL. AND
ALREADY - SOME
AIRPORTS
ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE
SEEING
SECURITY WAIT
TIMES UP TO
THREE HOURS
LONG.
IT'S THE LAST
THING ANYONE
WANTS TO SEE
AS THEY GET
READY TO FLY.
NATS - AIRPORT
LINES
SLOW MOVING,
WRAPPED
AROUND LINES
FOR SECURITY.
"JUST CRAZY BUSY. I
MEAN PEOPLE ALL
OVER -- PUSHING,
AND BUMPING AND IT
WAS WILD!"
ANGELO
MCDANIEL
STOOD IN LINE
FOR 45 MINUETS
IN PHOENIX.
"I MEAN YOU HEARD
A LOT OF SIGHING,
AND
WONDERING WHEN
THEY WERE GOING
TO GET THROUGH."
"THEY LOOKED LIKE
YOU WERE AT AN
AMUSEMENT PARK.
LIKE DISNEY LAND
WHEN YOU GO ON
TOWER OF TERROR
OR SOMETHING AND
YOU HAVE THE
WHOLE LONG LINE
ZIG-ZAGGING BACK
AND YOU'RE LIKE
MAYBE I DON'T WANT
TO DO THIS RIDE!"
BUT THERE IS
ONLY ONE WAY
TO THE PLANE --
AND THAT IS
THROUGH T-S-A.
TRAVEL EXPERTS
SAY -- BEST
ADVICE FLY ON
AN OFF-PEAK DAY
IF YOU CAN --
LIKE TUESDAY OR
WEDNESDAY.
AND THE BEST
TIME OF DAY TO
FLY ANY DAY OF
THE WEEK IS
MIDDAY.
MORNINGS AND
EVENINGS ARE
ALWAYS BUSIER.
THE NUMBER
ONE THING THAT
SLOWS DOWN
LINES -- PACKING
THINGS YOU ARE
NOT ALLOWED TO
HAVE.
DOUBLE, TRIPLE
CHECK -- WHAT
YOU PACK IS NOT
ON THE BANNED
LIST.
IS THERE A WAY
TO CHECK WAIT
TIMES ERIN?
ANSWER
YES --
DOWNLOAD THE
T-S-A APP.
IT GIVES
CURRENT
CHECKPOINT
WAIT TIMES.
T-S-A DOES SAY
WORKING TO
REDUCE THE