A new National Business Travel Association (NBTA) survey of 934 travel professionals revealed a majority of respondents (81 percent) currently accept new TSA security measures for air travel, including expanded use of full-body screening machines and enhanced pat-down procedures.
Slightly more than half of travel professionals (54 percent) support the new procedures, while less than a third (27 percent) oppose them.
“Business travel professionals are adopting a wait-and-see attitude toward these new measures,” said NBTA Executive Director Mike McCormick “They are realistic about the threats to our aviation system and understand the TSA’s remit to protect the traveling public. However, they are also concerned about security measures that may add delays and disruptions to an already challenging travel security process.”
In other findings, 67 percent of the travel managers said they feel about as safe flying under the new TSA procedures as they did a month ago, while 29 percent said they feel safer.
A large majority of travel managers (71 percent) said they would be willing to pay for and undergo a one-time, in-depth security check that would enable them to pass through airport security more quickly and efficiently.
