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Nice News -  Self-checkout lanes at retail stores were first introduced in the 1980s, but, as anyone who’s shopped at a Target or major grocery chain knows, they’ve really taken off in the past two decades. Now, the Transportation Security Administration is adopting the same concept for airport security.
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As of March, passengers with TSA PreCheck departing from Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport were able to participate in a self-screening pilot program. TSA officers still check IDs and perform secondary screenings of flagged luggage, but passengers scan their own bags and themselves with limited additional interaction with agents.
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John Fortune, a program manager with the Department of Homeland Security, said the goal is not to make security lines move faster, but rather to improve the passenger experience. “We would love it if this ultimately speeds things up, but this is not the primary purpose at this point,” he told The Washington Post. “It’s primarily to reduce the officer burden at the checkpoint and make this a more pleasant, passenger-friendly experience.”