Letting you have access to your laptop is good, but what about letting you keep wearing your shoes?

In spite of all the security measures that have been in place in U.S. airports, safety has been a recurring issue. To top it, the resulting delays in flights and long waiting times for agents to x-ray your baggage, tend to get you even more frustrated, anxious and desperate.

On a more positive note, the Transportation Security Administration and American Airlines aren’t deaf to your complaints.

The two have come together and have engineered a solution for automatic screening technology, which they are likely to operationalise this fall. As an outcome of this decision, they hope to save at least 30% of your precious time in line.

Among the solutions that are likely to be deployed are, a way of isolating risky bags without disrupting queues, automatic conveyor belts and RIFD tags for bins and cameras that link outside photos of a bag to its X-ray.

There is also talk of introducing CT scans for carry-on bags which will not be restricted to checked luggage. Thankfully, the 3D tech will allow you to keep your laptop and other liquids in your bag, so as to not disrupt other passengers in the queue just because you are particularly attached to your laptop.

Initially, the first test runs and the automated screening will be held at the American Airlines hubs in Chicago’s O’Hare airport as well as Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles and Miami. As for CT scans, it’s likely that they will first show up in Phoenix first.

Once these tests runs are successful, it is very likely that the measures will be implemented for all carriers in all US airports.