These 20 airports don't use TSA screeners

Twenty US airports outsource their security to private companies under the Transportation Security Administration's Screening Partnership Program (SPP), created in 2004. Contract screeners are regulated and overseen by the TSA and follow the same training, procedures, and oversight as federal agents.

Because their pay is pre-funded through federal contracts, contract screener pay is not paused during the partial government shutdown. Most SPP airports are small with limited commercial operations, but San Francisco International Airport and Kansas City International Airport are larger participants that screen thousands of passengers a day.

At SFO, private screeners from Covenant Aviation Security have kept wait times normal; an airport spokesperson said it has not seen any excessive line waits during this period. Kansas City's contractor, VMD Corp., said operations at the airports it manages remain "business as usual" despite the shutdown.

United States, San Francisco; Kansas City

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