Article: Boston's Logan Airport Strives to Hit Deadline for Checked-Luggage Screening.

By Mac Daniel, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 19--While Logan Airport beat today's federal deadline to have all passenger checkpoints under federal control by almost two weeks, Logan's next deadline for screening checked luggage for explosives will be tougher to meet, officials said yesterday.

The Transportation Security Administration still needs to hire and train another 260 employees before the Dec. 31 federal deadline, according to George F. Nacarra, Logan's federal security director.

The TSA is currently training about 110 new employees to operate the 38 machines to be installed at most of the airport's ...

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