The TSA’s slick new web presence touts passenger feedback as a determining factor in the development of these checkpoint innovations: the the Prep Stop and Re-composure Bench!
What we leaned and incorporated is: People want someplace to get ready for screening, people want to move at their own pace and people want somewhere to sit down and put themselves back together after screening.
That’s why we have introduced the prep stop and re-composure benches to the Checkpoint Evolution.
The prep stop allows passengers that need to prepare for screening an unhurried, plastic-bag, trash can and recycle bin-filled environment in which they can make those last minute preparations. This part of the Checkpoint Evolution also helps these travelers better prepare for screening without the cold shoulder from the pinstripe-suited business traveler tapping his wing-tips on the tile floor. - from the TSA blog, complete with videos.
What next? Maybe a timeout chair for passengers who don’t follow the carry-on liquid rules…or for unreasonable, hard-ass TSA screeners?
Oh, and you have to see the Playmobil security checkpoint - courtesy of Cranky Flier.