The following received from Airjet Airline News today. I have posted the whole article because the first bit gives resaons for their reccomendations. If someone is interested in forwarding to the FAA then feel free, except I reckon you should acknowledge the source of the recommendations;
AIRJET AIRLINE WORLD NEWS -- AJN 25SEP2001 04:00 UTC
*** UPDATE: SPECIAL REPORT -- Enemy Within, Airline Workers Scrutinized
WASHINGTON - 25JUN2001 (AirlineBiz.Com) Time Magazine is
reporting that there is "new evidence" that the hijackers
may have had "accomplices deep within" airport security
areas. Time said the help may have come from airline and
or other airport employees who work ramp side and beyond
the security check points. It has been reported that one
of the cars impounded at Boston's Logan airport had some
sort of airport security pass or I.D. inside. As a result
of possible employee involvement the FAA has ordered
employees to submit to new criminal background checks.
Airlines will be required to conduct criminal checks and
employment histories on workers who have access to airliners
and other sterile airport areas. It is not clear why the FAA
believes the airlines will show any more competence than they
have demonstrated in the past regarding these new checks. The
very airlines who politicked against increased security
dominate Mineta's new security task force. According to the
Chicago Tribune, "Future terrorist attacks may be trumped by
the airlines' traditional wariness of the cost of new security
measures." However, a spokesman for Mineta said, "The airlines
have a strong self-interest in restoring public confidence in
aviation security." It was good news to many that Congress
agreed that the federal government may have to take over
airport security nationwide. In the mean time, it is quite
clear that flight crews do not trust the airlines' new and
improved security measures. Flight crews and other employees
are deplaning passengers they feel are undesirable. A man
flying to Pakistan was ordered off a Delta flight in San
Antonio. In Orlando, two men were taken off a US Airways flight
bound for Baltimore. In Minneapolis, three men were denied
boarding on a Northwest flight to SLC. One airline executive
said, "The flight crews are extraordinarily edgy and will err
on the side of caution." ALPA wants Congress to pass legislation
to allow pilots to carry firearms in "fortified" cockpits.
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* Our Recommendations for Increased Security (16SEP01)
In addition to the other security measure already taken or
planned, we recommend the following:
1. All airport and airline workers must pass through security
to gain access to sterile airport areas as most flight
crews do now -- Special emphasis on ramp workers!
2. An immediate airport re-badging plan which includes a new
application process not just a reissue of badges.
3. An intense 10-year background check completed by the FBI
(not the airlines) on all airport and airline employees
starting with ramp workers!
4. Finger print checks on all airport and airline workers
completed by the FBI (not the airlines).
5. All vehicles searched prior to entering the AOA.
6. A separate security screening area for all airport and
airline employees who must work on the AOA and in airport
sterile areas.
7. A secondary airport re-badging plan after finger prints and
background checks have been completed.
8. New application process for all airport and airline workers
allowed in Customs areas.
9. New applications process for all airport and airline workers
allowed to handle U.S. mail.
10. All future new hire background checks completed by the FBI
or another responsible U.S. agency.
11. Highly trained and armed Military or Police agencies replace
current security screeners.
12. Retraining and special emphasis on ALL aspects of
standardized "profile recognition".
14. Exact bag matching including non-revs.
15. Airport Security is National Security -- The FAA and airline
security should be replaced!
Our emphasis is on airline and airport workers. The "Miami Busts"
a couple years ago was symptomatic of a much larger problem at
our nation's airports. The days of anybody and everybody being
allowed to bypass security just because they have a magnetic
airport ID are OVER -- or at least should be. The FAA has
demonstrated they can NOT provide security oversight. The
ATA and the airlines have been able to politically influence
the FAA to a point where security has fallen flat on its face
and cost the lives of thousands.
Please send comments to the following email address:
mailto:
[email protected]?subject=Security
or
[email protected]
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