TSA having problems with 'hundreds' of checked bags at Phoenix airport

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Luggage that had crowded the terminals was moved to a parking lot Thursday evening, where workers loaded hundreds of bags onto semitrailers in triple-digit temperatures.

The TSA also says that some of the responsibility for the efficiency of airport security falls on passengers.

The Port Authority of NY and New Jersey, which operates three major airports, sent a letter to the head of TSA last week that requested "sufficient staffing" and detailed that "the patience of the flying public has reached a breaking point". But much harder to explain was the $90,000 bonus given to Kelly Hoggan, assistant administrator for the Office of Security Operations at TSA, following a scathing report by Department of Homeland Security Inspector General John Roth that detailed numerous security failures at airports around the country.

According to the TSA, the baggage systems handle the bulk of checked luggage.

The help can't come quickly enough.

A K-9 handler with the Transportation Security Administration walks his dog through lines of travelers approaching a security screening checkpoint at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle in March.

Use the TSA website before you leave home to learn what items are prohibited.

There's no immediate word on when the issued with the checked bag screening system will be resolved. Issues receiving TSA Pre on your boarding pass?

ACI-NA President and CEO Kevin M. Burke praised the Senate subcommittee's approval but encouraged legislators and TSA alike to think even further ahead when it comes to reducing headaches in security lines, including raising the cap on the passenger facility charge to fund further improvements. Injured service members and veterans including individuals associated with a wounded warrior program may contact TSA Cares to help facilitate the screening process.

Johnson said Friday that the government is working to ease the lines, although travelers should expect to wait as they travel this summer. -Check the bins: Equally important, travelers are reminded to check the bins when collecting all belongings after going through screening and before leaving the checkpoint screening area.

"It really does not surprise me that people leave loose change behind", he said in an email. With this in mind, and given the current threat environment, last month I directed TSA to take a number of steps.

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