Rhode Island Wants to be a Top 10 Airport

Poor T.F. Green State Airport and it's TSA team. They are only the 62nd biggest airport in the nation, just behind Anchorage. But, they have dreams. Big dreams. But how is such a small airport to make a big name for itself if not through number of passengers?
The TSA at PVD airport (T.F. Green = PVD????) is now following in the footsteps of top 10 airports like HOU, LAX, LAX again, HOU again, PHX and EWR. As we learn in the Full Story below PVD TSA screeners are breaking into the big time by losing a passenger at a security checkpoint and then shutting down the airport to look for them. The PVD TSA is thorough- they also brought all planes on the tarmac back to the airport to rescreen all of those passengers too.
It is the 7th month of the year and this is the 7th such TSA caused shutdown of an airport. Odds of a similar breach occurring in August appear to be slightly better than the sun rising tomorrow.

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