Volume 24, Issue 5 pp. 443-462

Registered Traveler Program: The Financial Value of Registering the Good Guys

Charles A. Stone

Charles A. Stone

Brooklyn College, CUNY; Department of Finance

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Anne Zissu

Anne Zissu

Temple University; Department of Finance

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First published: 17 October 2007
Citations: 4

Abstract

We discuss how the Registered Traveler (RT) program can enhance simultaneously aviation security and passenger convenience. We point out some of the potential weaknesses in the program from both a security and civil liberty perspective. The RT program is a public–private partnership between the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) and the private sector. As in any partnership between private enterprises and the public sector, there are tensions that must be monitored, managed, and resolved. We note that financial distress of a RT service provider will place increased pressure on TSA resources. We review the resources allocated by the public and private sectors and the natural tensions that exist between companies investing capital with the expectation of earning a market rate of return and an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, the TSA, with one of its responsibilities being to assure the safety and security of air travel.

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