Airports await guidelines for private screeners

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Airports await guidelines for private screeners
With deadline approaching, TSA has fallen far behindThe Associated Press
Updated: 4:45 p.m. ET Oct. 22, 2004WASHINGTON - With a deadline looming, the government has yet to come up with guidelines for commercial airports that want to replace federal baggage and passenger screeners with privately employed workers.



Officials at some of the nation’s 445 airports say they are frustrated with the 2-year-old government workforce. They say federal rules do not allow the flexibility to reassign workers to handle surges in air travel, which sometimes result in long waits for passengers at security checkpoints.

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Well thats alot of people put out of work before Christmas and Private companies wonder who runs them and gets those contracts???