The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has taken action on long-standing concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. airports to insider threats. But that still doesn’t mean airport employees will be subject to the same stringent security screening that passengers are.
The United States has roughly 450 commercial airports employing hundreds of thousands of staff. A good many of them—from baggage handlers to mechanics to cleaning crews—are issued Secure Identification Display Area (SIDA) badges, giving them access to an airport’s most vulnerable areas like the tarmac and your plane.
