LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Travelers nationwide could soon see ads for laptops, expensive cars and other products in the trays that carry their shoes and cell phones through X-ray machines at airport security checkpoints.
After a six-month test in Los Angeles, the federal Transportation Security Administration was expected to formally issue guidelines Thursday to vendors that want to offer the ads at other airports.
Under the plan, ad companies would pay fees to airports and provide the TSA with millions of dollars worth of trays, tables and other non-electronic items used at the security points.
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Michael Boyd, an airline security consultant, said it was a mistake for the TSA to get involved with advertising schemes when it should be concentrating on safety.
"It's a stupid idea," Boyd said. "We have bigger things to worry about than putting advertisements in shoe bins."
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