Travel Safety & Security Update.Companies will sell Registered Traveler The Registered Traveler Pilot Program is an airline passenger security assessment system that was tested in the United States air travel industry in 2005. It was used in several U.S. pass at up to 20 airports. The Transportation Security Administration will allow companies to sell Registered Traveler passes at up to 20 airports by the end of 2006. Travelers will use the passes at all airports offering the program. Apr 21, 2006 Checkpoint waits will not increase this summer, TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). director says. The director of the Transportation Security Administration said waits at airport security checkpoints will not increase this summer. "The passenger volumes are increasing, but we're seeing an 18% time savings because we're not looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. small scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends and tools," Kip Hawley Edmund S. "Kip" Hawley is the current Administrator & Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration, part of United States government's Department of Homeland Security. said. Apr 20, 2006 Data official warns Europeans about security rules. Europeans should be aware of security and anti-crime rules, including data collected on flights to the U.S., the EU's data protection supervisor warned. Peter Hustinx said an agreement by EU governments last December to keep phone and e-mail information creates "great potential for legal fights" over the abuse of data privacy. Apr 20, 2006 FAA to cut jobs in Alaska. The FAA will cut jobs in Alaska as a result of a nationwide realignment re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. within the agency. The jobs are clerical and professional and do not include air-traffic controllers. An FAA spokeswoman said the cuts will have no impact on the flying public. Apr 18, 2006 Flu pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik) 1. a widespread epidemic of a disease. 2. widely epidemic. pan·dem·ic adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n. response plan soon ready for Bush approval. President George W. Bush is expected to approve a national flu pandemic response plan. The plan identifies more than 300 specific tasks for federal agencies to undertake should a pandemic occur, including shifting of air-traffic controllers to the busier hubs and determination of which frontline workers should be the first to receive vaccination. Apr 18, 2006 Screener shortage could cause long lines In communications, circuits that are capable of handling transmissions over long distances. . Some airports are short on security screeners, raising fears of long lines this summer, The Wall Street Journal's Scott McCartney writes. A shift to local hiring from a national contract is causing the shortage, he writes. Apr 18, 2006 Taxpayers deserve to know what controllers' union requests. The air-traffic controllers union is trying to keep the FAA from informing the public about the contract terms it is seeking, the Wall Street Journal editorial board Wall Street Journal Editorial Board members oversee the journal's editorial page and represent the newspaper and its editorial page publicly. The WSJ does not provide details on the exact duties of board members. writes. Meanwhile, the air-traffic control system needs expensive upgrades. The FAA has the obligation to inform taxpayers about how funds are spent, the board writes. Apr 17, 2006 OFTCOM, the UK office of telecommunications, has issued a 45-page discussion paper on the introduction of mobile service on aircraft with the closing date for responses 23 June. Oftcom does allude to the fact that the ultimate responsibility is held by the CAA Caa See CCC. as a question of aircraft safety. The paper goes into in some detail the legal and technical aspects concerning the introduction of mobile phones on public scheduled flights. It also mentions, thankfully, the human factor. At the end of the day are we to have 'quiet zones' on aircraft? Are there to be large signs (under the no smoking ones) forbidding the use of mobiles in the washrooms?. Is phoning banned when the fasten seat belts sign goes on? See Air France above. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/telecoms/reports/aircraft/aircraft.pdf Apr 16, 2006 FAA contract offer allows for safety technology. The union representing air-traffic controllers would prefer higher salaries to new safety equipment, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey writes in this commentary. Blakey said the FAA's recent contract proposal would have allowed it to more quickly introduce new safety technology. Apr 14, 2006 Blakey did not provide any further details on the funding proposal FAA submitted to the Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), formerly the Bureau of the Budget, is an agency of the federal government that evaluates, formulates, and coordinates management procedures and program objectives within and among departments and agencies of the Executive Branch. but said it was "not a variation on a theme and not business as usual." She said FAA hopes for a "robust" contribution from the general fund to cover operations that benefit the public, such as medical, public safety and military flights, and that any funding scheme would have to take into account the possibility of another major downturn in the airline industry--"I think you have to." Apr 13, 2006 FAA Administrator Marion Blakey told media in Washington yesterday she is confident that ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered personnel will continue to perform at a high level despite the current impasse over a new labor agreement and that a slowdown or an organized spate of early retirements is "not realistic." She said controllers are "very dedicated [and] take a tremendous amount of pride" in their work and would not act in a manner contrary to their professional or financial self-interest. FAA ended negotiations with the National Air Traffic Controllers Assn. last week and sent its final proposal to Congress. If it is not told otherwise by Congress within 60 days, the agency can impose the contract. Apr 13, 2006 FAA's Blakey does not expect work slowdown. FAA Administrator Marion Blakey does not expect a work slowdown or a wave of early retirements to result from the impasse over a new contract with air-traffic controllers. The FAA ended talks and sent its proposal to Congress last week. Apr 13, 2006 Jet fuel costs expected to remain high this summer. The FAA's decision to allow planes to fly closer together has helped carriers cut fuel costs, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said. The Air Transport Association said high fuel prices will continue to hurt the industry, and supports the need for airspace modernization to ease fuel expenses. Apr 13, 2006 TSA will add part-time screeners at Chicago airports. The Transportation Security Administration will add part-time screeners at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports. The move may reduce the amount of time travelers wait in security lines. Apr 12, 2006 Some controllers expect wave of retirements under FAA offer. Some air-traffic controllers are predicting a large wave of retirements if the Federal Aviation Administration's contract proposal is adopted. The FAA has asked Congress to settle the contract dispute. Other controllers fear the dispute could lead to understaffing. Apr 11, 2006 Transportation ID program has price tag of up to $150M. The Transportation Workers Identification Credential program will cost up to $150 million to implement, according to executives in the biometric industry. Each identification card will cost between $7 and $8. Apr 11, 2006 The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a course, Survival Factors in Aviation Accidents (June 19-23), at its training facility near Washington, D.C. Developed and instructed by the NTSB NTSB abbr. National Transportation Safety Board Survival Factors Division, the course will train potential parties to an investigation on how to comprehensively document interior aircraft equipment, crew procedures and passenger behavior. Apr 10, 2006 TSA's ambiguous shoe policy frustrates fliers. The Transportation Security Administration's policy on shoes at airport checkpoints annoys many travelers, James Gilden writes in the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). . Travelers who do not voluntarily remove their shoes are sometimes subject to secondary screenings. Apr 10, 2006 American Airlines American Airlines completed IATA's Operational Safety Audit and achieved IOSA IOSA Iata Operational Safety Audit IOSA Islands' Oil Spill Association (San Juan County, WA) IOSA Internet and Open Source in Archaeology IOSA International Oil Scouts Association IOSA International Organizational Studies Association Registration, it said yesterday. Apr 11, 2006 ATA Airlines ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment press release: Statement on TSA Registered Traveler Program "The Air Transport Association firmly believes that limited TSA resources should not be diverted from efficiently and effectively screening all passengers to a program that provides limited and questionable benefits for some customers. Instead, TSA should focus on programs that improve the overall passenger screening process." Apr 21, 2006 Atlanta airport Suspicious image delays flights at Atlanta airport. Officials stopped outbound flights at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Wednesday after a security screener reported seeing a "suspicious" X-ray image. Officials did not take anyone into custody and found no dangerous objects. Apr 20, 2006 Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Big airports decline to sign up for Registered Traveler. At least six of the busiest airports in the U.S. have declined to sign up for the Registered Traveler program. The lack of support could threaten the program. "We have yet to see anybody lay out in definitive terms something that is viable," said Jim Crites, executive vice president of operations at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Apr 19, 2006 Seattle airport Seattle control tower loses communication for 25 minutes. The control tower at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (IATA: SEA, ICAO: KSEA, FAA LID: SEA), also known as Sea-Tac Airport, is located in SeaTac, Washington, United States at the intersections of Washington State Route 518, Washington State Route 99 and did not respond to airplane traffic for 25 minutes on April 11. Two planes were affected, and the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control is investigating. Apr 18, 2006 Tampa International Tampa International Airport Tampa International Airport (IATA: TPA, ICAO: KTPA, FAA LID: TPA) is a public airport located six miles (10 km) west of the central business district of Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. dedicated a $7.5 million Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) is a special category of firefighting that involves the response, hazard mitigation, evacuation and possible rescue of passengers and crew of an aircraft involved in (typically) an airport ground emergency. Facility Friday. Apr 17, 2006 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines successfully completed the IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. Operational Safety Audit and was entered on the IOSA registry. Apr 18, 2006 |
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