1.   An AirTran spokeswoman said the airline was unaware of the complaints, which relate to its security contractor.

2.   A consortium of three airlines, Delta, American and United, is responsible for hiring a new security contractor.

3.   Additionally, the deal would allow up to five airports of varying sizes to participate in a pilot program that uses private security contractors under federal supervision.

4.   Airlines will have to find a new security contractor.

5.   Hartsfield general manager Ben DeCosta said two guards, supplied by security contractor International Total Services Inc., were stationed at the top of the escalator.

6.   In addition, the FAA never regulated the security contractors, only the airlines that employed them.

7.   Rogers blasted that suggestion, citing an airport security contractor whose workers were composed almost exclusively of non-U.S. citizens.

8.   Southwest fired the security screening contractor, International Total Services, that missed the gun.

9.   The companies and their security contractors were not subjected to federal supervision or required to adhere to international standards of treatment.

10.   The university is cooperating with the Energy Department as it studies hiring a security contractor, but Browne has reservations.