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| Head of security for TSA removed from post |
The head of security for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration has been removed from his position, according to an indoor TSA memorandum on Mon seen by Reuters, after the agency was criticized for long lines at flying field security checkpoints.
Kelly Hoggan, who had served as authority assistant administrator for security operations since could 2013, was replaced by his deputy, Darby LaJoye, who can serve on associate degree acting basis, according to the memo from agency head Peter Neffenger.
Long security lines at U.S. airports this spring have frustrated travelers and caused thousands of passengers to miss flights. TSA has goddamn the drawback on an absence of security screeners and a rise in traveler volumes.
Hoggan came under hearth at a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing on May twelve for receiving over $90,000 in bonuses and awards over a 13-month period in 2013-14.
Earlier this month, TSA same it would add screeners at the country's busiest airports.
About 231 million passengers can fly on U.S. airlines from June through August, up 4 % from the same amount last year, according to trade group Airlines for America.
In the memo, Neffenger said authority is doing a higher job of moving passengers through security at Chicago's O'Hare flying field when significantly long lines at the nation's second-busiest flying field created national news many weeks gone.
He also same authority has established a National Incident Command Center at agency headquarters in Washington to track daily screening operations nationwide and shift resources before of upper foreseen traveler volumes.
A TSA representative same the agency will not inquire into personnel matters.
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