{"id":2102,"date":"2014-07-28T20:15:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T00:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2014-07-28T20:15:30","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T00:15:30","slug":"tsa-will-pay-fix-inefficiencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/28\/tsa-will-pay-fix-inefficiencies\/","title":{"rendered":"The TSA Will Pay You to Fix Its Inefficiencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Security-Line.jpg\" class=\" wwm_socialshare_imagewrapper \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2103 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Security-Line.jpg\" alt=\"TSA\" width=\"1080\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Security-Line.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Security-Line-650x427.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Security-Line-1024x674.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tired of long security lines at the airport?&nbsp; How would you fix it?&nbsp; The TSA is offering a total of $15,000 in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/tsa-offers-15-000-best-ideas-speed-security-n167101\" target=\"_blank\">rewards for the best ideas to improve airport security efficiency<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The TSA will award one prize of at least $5,000 and others of at least $2,500 for the top ideas. Plus, the winner gets the satisfaction of knowing they&rsquo;ve made the airline experience for those of the masses a little less of a headache.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While everyone is quick to complain, it does take a complicated set of moving targets to factor into an idea:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Contest participants must consider a variety of factors such as peak hours, flight schedules and TSA staffing schedules.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re interested in submitting an idea, you can do so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innocentive.com\/ar\/challenge\/9933343\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a> between now and August 15, 2014. Maybe I&rsquo;ll submit an idea to teach their agents that <a title=\"DC isn&rsquo;t in the US Anymore, and Reminder of $30 Uber Promo Code\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/2014\/07\/18\/dc-isnt-us-anymore-reminder-30-uber-promo-code\/\" target=\"_blank\">the District of Columbia is actually part of the US<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about this?&nbsp; Genius?&nbsp; Lame?&nbsp; Somewhere in between?<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wwm_social_share wwm_top_left\"><li class=\"wwm_pinit\"><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tired of long security lines at the airport?&nbsp; How would you fix it?&nbsp; The TSA is offering a total of $15,000 in rewards for the best ideas to improve airport security efficiency: The TSA will award one prize of at least $5,000 and others of at least $2,500 for the top ideas. Plus, the winner gets the satisfaction of knowing they&rsquo;ve made the airline experience for those of the masses a little less of a headache. While everyone is quick to complain, it does take a complicated set of moving targets to factor into an idea: Contest participants must consider <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/28\/tsa-will-pay-fix-inefficiencies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  The TSA Will Pay You to Fix Its Inefficiencies<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The TSA Will Pay You to Fix Its Inefficiencies - Guru of Travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The TSA is now offering a reward for the best ideas to improve the efficiency of airport security. 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