Mandatory Screening (MTOW >10t)
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Mandatory Screening (MTOW >10t)
Evening All,
I know that pax screening is mandatory in the UK when the aircraft has a MTOW greater than 10,000kgs, however I wanted to know if this is a European rule or are the screening applicability criteria set on a country-by-country basis?
Any information much appreciated.
Kind regards,
OE
I know that pax screening is mandatory in the UK when the aircraft has a MTOW greater than 10,000kgs, however I wanted to know if this is a European rule or are the screening applicability criteria set on a country-by-country basis?
Any information much appreciated.
Kind regards,
OE
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To the best of my knowledge its not an European rule. But, given that apparently every airport makes up his own sh1te in security, I could be dead wrong.
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Hello!
As far as I know the basis for aerodrome and aviation security is ICAO Annex 17, so rather a worldwide than a European thing. Of course EASA will have something to say as well as do national legislators. But they only provide something like "acceptable means of compliance" which every aerodrome operator and every (commercial) aircraft operator has to transform into his own rules. Which is why everybody seems to be doing it differently. And next year differently again...
But there is definitely no "European" rule by which aircraft over 10.000kg require mandatory passenger screening. I fly a lot from aerodromes which have no passenger screening capabilty all over Europe and I see a lot of over 10ton aircraft using these aerodromes as well.
Regards
Max
As far as I know the basis for aerodrome and aviation security is ICAO Annex 17, so rather a worldwide than a European thing. Of course EASA will have something to say as well as do national legislators. But they only provide something like "acceptable means of compliance" which every aerodrome operator and every (commercial) aircraft operator has to transform into his own rules. Which is why everybody seems to be doing it differently. And next year differently again...
But there is definitely no "European" rule by which aircraft over 10.000kg require mandatory passenger screening. I fly a lot from aerodromes which have no passenger screening capabilty all over Europe and I see a lot of over 10ton aircraft using these aerodromes as well.
Regards
Max
The common European Security programme which also applies to Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland can be found here
Common European Aviation Security Policy
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Common European Aviation Security Policy
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