You’ll likely notice a big change the next time you check in for a flight at Phoenix Sky Harbor – or any other airport around the country.
According to two sources who spoke with ABC News, TSA is dropping the requirement for passengers to remove their shoes during airport screenings, even if you don’t have PreCheck.
The requirement was initially mandated after a 2001 incident where the FBI says Richard Reid hid explosives inside his shoes and boarded a flight from Paris to Miami. While in the air, investigators say the so-called “shoe bomber” tried to detonate the explosives, but was restrained by crewmembers and passengers who prevented him from carrying out the attack…