Traffic & Transit
TSA Testing New Pre-Check Enrollment Method At BWI Airport
The TSA is gauging the practicality of using a portable tablet to enroll passengers on the spot in its pre-check program at BWI Airport.
![The TSA is using BWI Airport passengers to test its pilot program using a tablet to enroll passengers in the pre-check program.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/23352305/20190923/053739/styles/patch_image/public/airport-tsa-security-check-point___23173652872.jpg)
HANOVER, MD — The Transportation Security Administration's pilot program gauging the efficacy of a new means of enrolling travelers into the TSA Pre✓® program at Baltimore Washington International-Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) will end Sept. 30. The program is testing the use of a portable tablet to enroll passengers on-the-spot.
The advantage of using a tablet to enroll individuals in TSA Pre✓® is that travelers do not need to make an appointment at an enrollment center, and instead they can enroll right then and there. The convenience of having passengers enroll via a special tablet that can accept and save fingerprints and verify identification is what is being explored in the pilot.
The agency wants to learn whether passengers are more likely to enroll when they are flying domestically or internationally; if there are certain times of the day that travelers are more or less likely to enroll; if the wait time of a given checkpoint is a factor in enrollment; and if there are ways to increase the efficiency of enrolling in the program.
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The tablet-enabled enrollment program is designed to increase the number of travelers enrolled in TSA Pre✓® who might not have otherwise enrolled; to improve traveler satisfaction with the security process and improve upon checkpoint throughput, particularly for individuals who are frequent travelers.
Depending on the results of the pilot, TSA will explore possible expansion of the rollout of TSA Pre✓® tablet-enabled enrollment.
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