Nico Melendez
Nico Melendez
expect fully lax move passengers summer timely
We fully expect passengers to be able to come to LAX this summer and be able to move through the checkpoints in a timely manner.
anyone claim expect fully higher necessary research standard steps
We will research and investigate each claim fully and take steps when necessary because we expect our screeners to live up to a higher standard than anyone else.
constantly enhance improve pursuit security technology
The TSA is constantly in pursuit of new technology to improve security and enhance our explosive-detection capabilities.
aviation believes items pose small threat
The TSA believes that these small items don't pose a threat to aviation security.
acting position public trust
We don't want our screeners to be acting inappropriately, because we are in a position of public trust and if we violate that trust, then we're not doing our job.
far status
As far as I can tell, things are status quo. There's nothing out of the ordinary.
imagine people possibly
It's everything you can possibly imagine people shouldn't take to the airport.
against claims passengers security took
A lot of times we have passengers make claims against us as well, but when we go back and look at videotape, we see that another passenger took it from them at the security checkpoint and it had nothing to do with our screeners.
conditions deal extreme hours passengers weird
They're working weird shifts, they're working long hours and working under extreme conditions and working under conditions, where they have to deal with passengers that sometimes are not too friendly.
beyond checked football game leave luggage pick seat somebody stadium
Why someone would leave $4,000 in their checked luggage is beyond me. Why don't they just take the $4,000 and leave it on the seat at Aloha Stadium during a football game and let somebody pick it up? Because that's essentially what they did.
element implement offer random secondary
We're going to implement an element of random secondary inspections at the checkpoint. But because it's random, we're not going to offer any details.
call certainly difficult leave research somewhere three weeks
But if you leave and you go somewhere else and then you call a week, two weeks, three weeks later, it certainly makes it more difficult to research that.
certainly consider honolulu leave low millions numbers passengers rather small
Honolulu has rather small numbers when you consider millions of passengers leave or come into Honolulu every year. One is certainly too many, but if we're going to have a number, I'd rather have it be a low number than something that's monumental.
aviation dedicated good men people recognize security women
We have good men and women who are dedicated to the security of aviation and to the security of the transportation system, and I think we need to recognize that we have more good people working for us than we do bad.