Item No.:     7a_Supp_3 
Date of Meeting: August 6, 2013 

BAGGAGE SYSTEMS AT 
SEATTLE-TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 
Briefing to the Port of Seattle Commission 
January 8, 2013

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Briefing Contents 
History  a decade of baggage evolution 
Snapshot of Today 
Future Plan of Airport Development 
TSA Plan 
Next Steps

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History 
Pre-9/11 
Simple bag flow 
Ticketing conveyor 
Tug to Aircraft

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History 
Post-9/11- Immediate First Phase 
More complex bag flow 
Ticketing to ETD machine and back 

ETD 
EDS     Fan

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History 
Post-9/11- Immediate Second Phase 
More complex bag flow 
Ticketing to ETD machine and back 
Mix of ETD and 3 EDS machines

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History  Ticketing Congestion

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History 
Began Construction of In-line System 
Concourse A  South Half 
Added B2 Building 
Added bagwell mezzanine structure 
Added machine groups 
Concourse C  North Half 
Constructed C1 Building 
Built machine groups 
Serves Alaska and others

History - Buildings 

C1 
B2

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History  Machine Groups

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History  Bagwell Mezzanine




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Seattle Times Feature 

http://seattletimes.com/html/picturethis/2019
957089_luggage_journey_seatac.html

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Snapshot of Today  Conveyor Map

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Snapshot of Today 
Six Individual Systems 
SSAT  C25 
South (2)  C60, 61 
Central  C96 
North  C1 
NSAT  C88 Sort 
10.5 Miles of Conveyor 
27 Screening Machines 
60,000  70,000 Bags Each Day

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Future Plan of Airport Development 
Per 2005 Comprehensive Development Plan 
Expanded NSAT 
Expanded SSAT 
Expanded Concourse D 

Per 2014 Sustainability Master Plan 
To be determined in the next two years 
Baggage is part of the master plan 
Must plan for 45 MAP and ultimately 60 MAP

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Future Plan of Airport Development

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TSA Plan - Focus 
Replace Baggage Scanning Machines 
Before end of life failures 
Fewer machines necessary if faster rate 
Less maintenance cost for fewer machines 

Consolidate Bag Manual Search Areas 
Now seven separate areas 
Minimum and peak staffing at each 
Fewer areas allow staffing optimization

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TSA Plan  Reduce Numbers 
Facility     Existing    Future        Facility     Existing    Future
Number  Number           Search   Search 
Machines  Machines              Areas    Areas 
SSAT       2       0       SSAT       1       0 
A           10        0         A           2        0 
B           0        0         B           0        0 
CTE        3      12       CTE        1      1 or 2 
C          8        0        C          2        0 
D          4        0        D          1        0 
NSAT       0       0       NSAT       0       0 
Total     27        12              Total      7        1 or 2

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TSA Plan - Funding 
Replacement of Machines(and associated conveyors, etc.) 
100% Federal with 10 year IRR 

Optimization of system to meet airport and airline needs 
Partial % Federal 
TSA will consider benefit/cost ratio and 10 year IRR 
Include airport benefits (reduce tracking loop, etc.) 
Include airline benefits (speedy bag delivery to connecting flights) 

Examples: San Francisco, Boston, etc

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Next Steps 
Use 30% Design to Answer Questions 
How to meet security requirements and customer needs 
How to cost effectively allow future growth 
How to develop program over time 

Utilize Already Competed IDIQ and Available IDIQ
Contract While Initiating Competition 
Return to Commission to Authorize Design Contract