Module 3 Flashcards
Part 119
Certification of air carriers and commercial operators
Like getting a CDL
Part 380
Public charters
Example: travel agency company sells vacation package. Books entire plane and feels with their customers to destination. If flying out of 1542 airport, there will be screening requirements
12-5 security program
Above 12,500 pounds
Scheduled , public/private charter, cargo
Full all cargo security program
Above 100,000 pounds
Air cargo operations
No screening required
Private charter security program
Think “sports teams”
Above 100,000 pounds or 61 passenger seats
Screening required for passengers and carry-on
Partial security program
Think “Alaska”.
No use of sterile area
Schedule passenger or public charter with 32-60 seats
Schedule passenger a public charter less than 60 seats flying to from or outside the US
Full security program
+61 seats
Scheduled passenger or public charter
Or schedule passenger or public charter that uses the sterile area
Screening required for everything
Charles McKinley
Chuck in the box
Ships himself from newark to DFW
Alerted lawmakers that more attention should be paid to cargo security programs
For areas of screening
Passenger,
carry-on baggage, checked baggage,
cargo.
Define ETD
Explosive trace detection
Uses a “swab”
Also called ion mobility spectrometry or IMS.
Machine heats sample to a temperature of approximately 200°C and vaporizer sparkles collected on the swab which are then analyzed.
EDS
Explosives detection systems
CAT SCAN technology
Clears 80% of bags without human intervention.
Bombing of Pan Am 103 sparked use
ATSA of 2001 mandated use of EDS machines
AIT
Advanced imaging technology
Backscatter x-ray and millimeter wave imaging.
Richard Reid
Shoe bomber
Walked through middle detectors that’s overly airport in Paris several times.
AIT technology may have stopped him.
Ramzi Yousef
Thought of using liquid explosives in 1994
