Redmond, OR – Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM) became aware today of a change the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be implementing, 4/29/16, which may inconvenience and affect a large number of passenger.
TSA may be unable to accept paper boarding passes printed by passengers effective April 29, 2016. TSA boarding pass bar code scanners must be able to successfully scan boarding passes printed by passengers. If the bar code has a smudge, doesn’t print properly, or the ink is too light TSA may not be able to successfully scan it. When unable to scan a boarding pass the passenger must present either; an electronic boarding pass on a mobile device, or a printed boarding pass from the air carrier’s self-serve kiosk or customer service counter. Passengers with printed boarding passes that do not scan, may find themselves in a situation, depending on the time, of being unable to secure a paper boarding pass from the air carrier’s self-serve kiosk or customer service counter if the “cut off” time has occurred for checking-in.
TSA determined this is a necessary change to ensure security of all passengers.
