The primary goals is to provide the
highest level of security and customer
service to all who pass through our screening
checkpoints. Our current policies and procedures focus
on ensuring that all passengers, regardless of their
personal situations and needs, are treated equally
and with the dignity, respect, and courtesy they deserve.
Although every person and item must be screened before
entering each secure boarding area, it is the manner
in which the screening is conducted that is most important.
In order to achieve that goal, it
has established a program for screening of persons
with disabilities and their associated equipment,
mobility aids, and devices. Our program covers all
categories of disabilities (mobility, hearing, visual,
and hidden). As part of that program, we established
a coalition of over 70 disability-related
groups and organizations to help us understand
the concerns of persons with disabilities and medical
conditions. These groups have been assisted with integrating
the unique needs of persons with disabilities into
our airport operations.
We have learned enough from the UK
investigation to say with confidence that small, travel
size liquids are safe to bring through security
checkpoints in limited numbers. We are confident in
our increased security measures throughout the airport.
Therefore, passengers can purchase drinks in the secure
boarding area and bring them aboard their flights.
The checkpoint security screening
procedures for persons with disabilities and medical
conditions have not changed as a result of the current
threat situation. All disability-related equipment,
aids, and devices continue to be allowed
through security checkpoints once cleared through
screening.
Additionally, we are continuing to
permit prescription liquid medications and other liquids
needed by persons with disabilities and medical conditions.
This includes:
*All prescription and over-the-counter
medications (liquids, gels, and aerosols) including
KY jelly, eye drops, and saline solution for medical
purposes;
* Liquids including water, juice, or liquid nutrition
or gels for passengers with a disability or medical
condition;
* Life-support and life-sustaining liquids such
as bone marrow, blood products, and transplant organs;
* Gels or frozen liquids needed to cool disability
or medically related items used by persons with
disabilities or medical conditions.
However, if the liquid medications
are in volumes larger than 3 ounces each, they
may not be placed in the quart-size bag
and must be declared to the Transportation Security
Officer. A declaration can be made verbally, in writing,
or by a person's companion, caregiver, interpreter,
or family member.
Declared liquid medications and other
liquids for disabilities and medical conditions must
be kept separate from all other property submitted
for x-ray screening.
|
|
