No More TSA at O'Hare and Midway?

CHICAGO, IL - Four powerful Chicago aldermen are trying to rid both O’Hare and Midway airports of TSA personnel.

Finance Committee Chairman Edward Burke (14th), Aviation Committee Chairman Mike Zalewski (23rd), Zoning Committee Chairman Danny Solis (25th) and President Pro-Tem Marge Laurino (39th) introduced a resolution on Wednesday aiming to privatize passenger screening at the two city airports, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

The resolution asks Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans to “apply for TSA’s Screening Partnership Program to enhance flexibility in the staffing levels, assignments and operating hours of screening staff in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of passenger screening.”

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The partnership allows private contractors to screen passengers as long as they comply with the same TSA security procedures in place.

“The TSA has failed us,” Burke, a Southwest Side alderman since 1969, said. “Chicago is a world-class city. Passengers should not have to be subjected to these long and agonizing delays. We need to put a system in place that is not only flexible, but also accountable.”

The TSA has vowed to solve the issue.

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