Airport security: all downhill? (And more)

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• According to Benet Wilson, the TSA is considering implementing security lanes based on familiarity with the screening process. Their color code (what’s a Homeland Security program without a color code?) seems to be inspired by ski trail designations. Experienced travelers only in the black diamond lanes! [Towers and Tarmacs]
• The United States and Australia have completed open skies negotiations. [ATW Daily News]
• Should families of airplane crash victims be able to view formerly confidential employee safety reports? Trebor Banstetter has more. [Sky Talk]
• The air traffic controllers’ union says more than six controllers are retiring per day. The FAA says it is hiring enough to fill the gap. A look at the numbers suggests that’s not true. [Get the Flick]
• Virgin Atlantic and British Airways settled a lawsuit over price-fixing on fuel charges between 2004 and 2006 [AP/MSNBC]
• The FAA’s funding authorization expires on February 29. The House passed a temporary extension, to June 30. No word from the Senate. [ATW Daily News]