07/08/2025

TSA Tests Security Lines Permitting Passengers to Leave on Their Shoes

The agency is changing security protocols for shoes at certain airports

Travelers passing through security in some airports will no longer have to remove their shoes, reversing a rule that has been in effect since 2006.

Joe Shuker, an official in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers union, said the agency stopped requiring passengers to remove shoes at some airports Friday before rolling out the change more widely this week. Agency trainers were working to update officers, said Shuker, a vice president in the American Federation of Government Employees Council 100.

The TSA is planning to roll out the change in policy nationwide by the end of the week, according to a person briefed on the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss them publicly. There will still be the potential for randomized screening of shoes and passengers, but most will no longer have to remove their footwear, the person said.

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