TSA Waivers
TSA Waivers
Questions probably for our colleagues in the USA
We currently have a G reg Hawker based in California. It is there purely for the owners personal use. He may wake up in the morning and phone the crew and say "I want to go to Denver this afternoon and onto Mexico tomorrow." To the TSA waiver people I have spoken to, they feel that this is an unreasonable thing for the owner to want to do and that he should plan his travel 7 days in advance!
1/ What is the best way to have valid TSA waivers in place to cover all eventualities
and possibilities? We used to have an annual blanket waiver but they no longer
issue these.
2/ Even if we were to put dummy TSA waiver requests in, the owner never knows
who will be travelling with him until the day of travel. How can the passenger
manifest be updated say 2 hours prior to take off without having to submit a
new request?
3/ How do "N" reg on demand Air Taxis cope? are are they exempt?
4/ One solution suggested is to have dummy waivers in place with dozens of
possible destinations and a "probable/possible" passenger manifest posted and if
the passenger list changes simply ignore it. If that is the case surely the whole
point of the TSA waiver program is lost. (It does say on the web site "bringing
safety to America's skies")
5/ If we were to operate a domestic flight within the USA without a valid waiver
who and how is any one going to find out and if they do what are the penalties?
I do not need to point out that N reg aircraft operating privately in Europe do not
have these hassles, so I really would appreciate some constructive advise from people who really know the system.
Thanks
Hawker 750