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California could ban Clear, which lets travelers pay to skip TSA lines (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave to c/news

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A new bill, the first of its kind in the U.S., would ban security screening company Clear from operating at California airports as lawmakers take aim at companies that let consumers pay to pass through security ahead of other travelers.

Sen. Josh Newman, a California Democrat and the sponsor of the legislation, said Clear effectively lets wealthier people skip in front of passengers who have been waiting to be screened by Transportation Security Administration agents.

"It's a basic equity issue when you see people subscribed to a concierge service being escorted in front of people who have waited a long time to get to the front of TSA line," Newman told CBS MoneyWatch. "Everyone is beaten down by the travel experience, and if Clear escorts a customer in front of you and tells TSA, 'Sorry, I have someone better,' it's really frustrating."

If passed, the bill would bar Clear, a private security clearance company founded in 2010, from airports in California. Clear charges members $189 per year to verify passengers' identities at airports and escort them through security, allowing them to bypass TSA checkpoints. The service is in use at roughly 50 airports across the U.S., as well as at dozens of sports stadiums and other venues.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I had to go through a full interview to get a TSA precheck. Lots of invasive probing questions about who I am and where I work and what my family ties are.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

I had to do an interview for Global Entry, not Precheck

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

My initial application was like eight (?) years ago, I wonder if they've changed it? Maybe they don't interview everyone?

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Did it this year. Some web forms, then went to a place that finger printed me and checked my ID. That was it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Based on this completely ad hoc "survey," that would indicate that they do perform interviews, but not for everyone.

I'm sure there's not any racial profiling going on, no sir.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver 3 points 7 months ago

I'm pasty white and had a TSA pre-check interview about 2.5 years ago.

Waiting on a Global Entry interview.