TSA may soon allow you to keep your shoes during the security examination

One of the most annoying parts of the airport security routine – removing your shoes – may end close to the pamphlets. The US Transport Security Department quietly tests a new policy that allows travelers to keep their shoes during a standard security examination, Wall Street Journal reports.

The change was not officially announced by the agency, but it was first reported ArrivalA travel news message by a former TSA officer. TSA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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WSJ says this step is part of a wider effort to update the checkpoints and accelerate the examination without prejudice to safety. Instead of relying on the wide -size vast rules, the agency tends more on data, behavior analysis and updated scanning technology.

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Shoe removal base It was not common. One of the main privileges of registration in TSA Prechek or Global Entry is to be able to breeze through security without taking off your shoes. The same courtesy actually extend to travelers 75 and above, as well as children 12 and below.

Now, nearly 20 years after this policy, a potential shift from the security theater in the past may mean fewer travelers who are a barefoot monster through the airport traffic scanners.

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