John S. Pistole: “Our goal at all times is to maximize transportation security to stay ahead of evolving terrorist threats.”

Our members are mortified by the announcement of a little more than 1 week ago by TSA Administrator Pistole that allows weapons back on airplanes.

We know there is no 100 percent guarantee in preventing terrorists and others from doing bad things, yet we believe based on the extensive input we have received, the actions I have outlined today provide a measured approach to mitigate…

the vast majority of the hundreds of millions of people who use our transportation systems every year present little to perhaps no risk of committing an act of terrorism.

Going forward, I believe we in TSA must use more of a risk-based approach to the checkpoint of the future using common sense informed by intelligence rather than a one size fits all approach for passenger screening.