New York – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is demanding airline carriers “immediately” report each incident that could be considered a security threat – first to the TSA rather than any other law enforcement agency, including the FBI, reports TIME’s Sally Donnelly.
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The airlines tell TIME that being forced to report even minor incidents is unnecessary and will add delays. “The TSA has no idea what they are getting into,” says one airline-industry source. “The airlines get thousands of prank calls a year, and there are thousands more disruptive passengers who turn out to be drunks, not terrorists.”
Ken Maxwell, a former counterterrorism official who is now vice president of security for JetBlue Airways, says he is “very concerned” that the new TSA rules will hinder security.