A4A urges more TSA efficiency, not more passenger taxes

Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, has called on Congress to consider further efficiency within the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) – not further taxes on airline passengers as proposed in the fiscal year 2013 budget passed by the House Budget Committee. The budget would double the security tax from $2.50 to $5, which would cost airline passengers more than $700 million annually. Ironically, A4A stated, a budget proposal aimed at driving economic growth would in fact undermine it through this provision. A4A said programs that take a risk-based approach to security, including TSA