Tit le
Your N am e
Em bry R id dle A ero nautic a l U niv e rs it y
Abstr a ct
The FAA in the United States first implemented airport Security in 1973. It’s
requirements where that the airlines had to conduct pre-boarding security screening.
According to the Air Transportation Security Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-366, 88 Stat. 409)
required the screening of all travellers and their carry-on luggage. The FAA was
enforced by the congress to submit semi-annual reports on the success of screening
techniques. This strategy of screening travellers was executed based on the number of
hijackings on domestic flights in the United States. From 1968 and 1972, 364 residential
flights had been hijacked in the United States, mostly flights to Cuba. By the 1990s,
occurrences of hijacking were eliminated in the United States. ?The day of September
11, 2001, when terrorists hijacked four U.S. airliners American Airlines Flight 11, United
Flight 175, American Airlines Flight 77 and United Airlines Flight 93 into buildings and
one into the ground, which caused thousands to die. The Aviation and Transportation
Security Act gave the Federal Government responsibility for airport screening, and it
created the Transportation Security Agency, to conduct security in every way of
traveling.
I. S um mary
In th e e arly y e ars o f a via tio n , m ost a ir p orts w ere o pera te d b y h avin g p riv a te s e cu rit y p ers o nnel
co nduct s cre enin gs. T here w ere m any n egativ e o utc o m es w hic h o ccu re d b eca use th e c o m pany
negle cte d th e e m plo ye es s e cu rit y t r a in in gs a nd e quip m en t in o rd e r to c u t c o st. B eca use o f th is ,
th ere w ere n um ero us h ija ckin gs, th e fir s t o ccu rre d in 1 931 a nd 8 2 m ore o f s u ch c a se s in 1 969
alo ne . T his o ccu rre d e ve n th oug h a ir p orts b egun s cre e nin g p asse ngers in th e 1 950s a nd it
sh ow s th at th e s cre enin g s w ere n ot c o m pre h ensiv e . G ove rn m en ts w ere o nly s p urre d to im pro ve
ove ra ll a via tio n s e cu rit y a fte r th e fir s t b o m bin g o f a n a ir c ra ft in 1 976 in w hic h C ubana flig ht 4 55
was ta ke n d ow n b y 2 b om bs. T o b ee f u p s e cu rit y a nd to r e g ain th e c o nfid ence o f th e p ublic ,
Meta l d ete cto rs a nd X -ra y m ach in es w ere im ple m en te d in a ll a ir p o rts . A lt h ough m ore m easu re s,
su ch a s im ple m entin g s n if fin g d o gs to c o unte r th e d ru g tr a d e in dustr y th re at, w ere ta ke n to
im pro ve a via tio n s a fe ty , it w as n ot u ntil a fte r th e in fa m ou s in cid ent o f 9 /1 1 w hen a via tio n
se cu rit y w as im pro ve d.
II. P ro ble m
The p ro ble m is th at th ere w ere to o m an y th re a ts to in noce nt liv e s b eca use o f te rro ris m .
People w ere to o s ca re d t o fly b eca u se th ey fe lt u nsa fe .
III. S ig nif ic an ce o f t h e P ro ble m
The s ig nif ic a nce o f t h e p ro b le m is t h a t a via tio n s e cu rit y h ad to im ple m en t a lo t o f n ew
ru le s a nd r e gula tio ns d ue to t h e t h re at o f te rro ris m , a cco rd in g to th e T ra nsp orta tio n S ecu rit y
Adm in is tr a tio n ( T S A) w hic h w as c re ate d in N ove m be r 2 001.
Alt e rn ativ e A ctio n 1 .
Gove rn m ent p ers o n nel w ere tr a in ed t o h a ndle s cre e nin gs a t a ll a ir p o rts in th e U nit e d
Sta te s, r e pla cin g th e S ub-c o n tr a cto rs w ho w ere n ot v e ry d ilig ent in th eir d utie s.
Advan ta g es
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It a llo w ed c o m pa nie s to h ave b ette r tr a in ed e m plo ye es a nd g ave th em m ore
hands o n e xp erie n ce o n w ha t to d o in ca se o f a te rro ris t a tta ck.
Dis ad van ta g es.
It m eant th a t m any it e m s s u ch a s n ail c u tte rs a nd e ve n liq uid s h ad to b e b anned
and c o ntr o lle d fr o m b ein g ta ke n in to th e p la ne a s a h and-c a rr y it e m .
Alt e rn ativ e A ctio n 2 :
TS A in tr o duce d th e 2 0 L aye rs o f P ro te ctio n a nd m ea su re s s u ch a s m akin g th e fu ll b ody
sca nners m andato ry a nd a c o m puls o ry p a t d ow ns fo r p asse ngers w ho d o n ot w ant to g o
th ro ugh th e s ca nners
Advan ta g es.
Desp it e th e c o stly e xp ense t o a d d th ese la ye rs o f s e cu rit y in to th e s yste m it
pro vid es a tim ely s e arc h o f a ll p a sse nge rs to g iv e th em tim e to b oard th eir flig ht a nd
help s e nsu re s e cu rit y m ore a ccu ra te ly th an b efo re th ey w ere e m ple nte d.
Dis ad van ta g es
TS A a gents le ake d im age s f r o m th e fu ll b ody s ca nners , w hic h m ade th e p asse ngers
co m pla in a bout th e in te grit y o f th e s e arc h . S till w it h a ll th e n ew te ch nolo gy a dded to th e s yste m
th ere w ere o cca sio nal la pse s in s e cu rit y w here s o m e p ro h ib it e d it e m s s till m anaged to b e
sn eake d th ro ugh s e cu rit y c h ecks. L aste ly , T S A a gents h ave b een r e porte d a busin g th eir p ow er
by h ara ssin g p eople a nd s te alin g fr o m p asse nger’s b aggage.
Reco m men datio ns:
Durin g m y r e se arc h I s a w th at T S A a ls o h as p riv a te s e cu rit y c o ntr a cto rs w hic h a re m ore
effic ie nt a nd th ey s e em to c o ntin uously im pro ve a nd fo llo w a s tr ic te r o rd er to m ain ta in th eir
adva nta ge a nd c o ntr a ct w it h T S A. I w ould s u ggest th at T S A tr a in s th eir a gents lik e th ese
co ntr a cto r c o m panie s d o o r s im ply s w it c h to o nly u sin g th ese c o m panie s to c o nduct s e ek a nd
se arc h s ty le m is sio ns to k e ep a via tio n s e cu rit y s a fe fo r c re w m em bers a nd p asse ngers .
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