Cenk Uygur
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Department Of Homeland Security Wants Airlines To Ditch Baggage Fees
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May 20, 2016
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4:23Now PlayingSecurity lines in airports are getting longer and longer, causing more people to miss their flights. The Department of Homeland Security is urging airlines to get rid of baggage fees so passengers check more of their luggage. The airlines point to TSA understaffing as the problem. Who is right? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"The head of Homeland Security has a bit of advice for airlines who want to shorten long waits at airport security: waive fees for checked baggage.
"We've asked the airlines to consider possibly eliminating the checked baggage fee to encourage people to check their luggage rather than putting it in the carry on," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Tuesday evening.
It's a call echoed by U.S. Senators Edward Markey and Richard Blumenthal who also pitched the idea in a letter last week to a dozen major U.S. airlines.
The airlines' response? No way.
Instead, the airlines suggest the TSA work to better staff at heavily trafficked airports and encourage more fliers to sign up for PreCheck, a TSA program aimed at expedited screening. American Airlines is now even using its own contractors in TSA lines to help speed things along.”*
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