Not exactly.
The airlines hired the companies that provided the bodies that manned
the security checkpoints.
Also, the airlines had some discression (as they still do now) as to how
strictly to follow the federal guidelines. (Now, they add their own
items to the feds list.)

Michelle P wrote:
What a crock of SH**! The airlines are not responsible for security, the
US Government is, Sue them. The airlines have never made the rules
either. Blame the government.
Michelle