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TSA Roundup: House Passes Security-Fees Cap, Lines Get Shorter

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Airlines for America noted that the change would save passengers more than $60 million per year, and U.S. “As designed by Congress, a limited portion of the funds raised go to fund TSA operations, with the rest available for use on unrelated projects,” Dow said in a statement. Industry groups welcomed the House action.

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Cargo Plane Crash Revives Pilot Fatigue Questions

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I hope the FAA will revisit their decision on the ‘cargo cutout,’” Jim Hall, former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, told Aljazeera America. In the rule, the FAA said cargo airlines were excluded because the projected benefits were based largely on preventing potential loss of life, and cargo carriers had less to gain.