Airport Security Raked In Nearly $675,000 In Loose Change Last Year

You may be guess “ good riddance ” when you remove a fistful of nickel note and pennies from your pockets at airport security , but your loss is the Feds ’ addition .

Earlier this week , the Transportation Security Administration released its2014 fiscal year report , which disclosed a surprising revenue watercourse . The governance means collected $ 674,841.06 in informal modification at airport security checkpoints across the country last class , and it get down to keep every penny .

“ TSA make every effort to reunite rider with items provide at the checkpoint , however there are instances where loose change or other items are leave alone behind and unclaimed,”TSA press writing table Ross Feinstein pronounce in a assertion Tuesday . Forgotten pocket change may be the least of your concerns if you ’re rushing to catch a flight of stairs , but every penny reckoning , and the TSA ’s collective haul has been increase steadily over the years . In 2010 , the way raked in a mere 400 thousand dollar .

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As for which airdrome security systems are being tipped the most , this chart breaks it down nicely . extremely trafficked aerodrome like JFK ( $ 42,550 ) and LAX ( $ 41,506 ) are , unsurprisingly , at the top of the pack . But Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta , despite being themost intemperately trafficked airport in the earth , somehow cease up pretty far down on this list , so I think it ’s not all about the numbers .

According to Union law , the TSA can spend the loose modification on anything it deems important for civil aviation security . But whether that means more money funneled into facial recognition programsor more Venti lattes for TSA employees is anyone ’s hypothesis at this detail . [ Huffington Post ]

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