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... The balance among passenger safety, operational capability of existing technology, burclen on commercial industries, and efficient utilization of both personnel and financial resources is very complex. Although this balance may change in the coming months and years, it is clear that the commercial aviation industry, the FAA, the TSA, and the U.S.
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... Positive passenger bag match is a security procedure that matches the passenger's checked baggage with the passenger to ensure that baggage is not loaded aboard an airplane unless the passenger also boards. Explosives-detection systems are bulk explosive detection devices that have passed FAA certification tests.
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... ~7 Missiles Electromagnetic interference _ FIGURE ES-1 Threat vectors: the paths by which people, baggage, and equipment board a plane are also the paths by which threats may board a plane. Source: National Research Council.
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... The complex array of participants in aviation security, including the FAA, the air carriers, the airports, and the passengers, complicates the ability of the FAA to set its own schedule. For example, a task such as deploying EDS in an airport requires coordination with the local airport teams, which might include the following participants: · Airport operators (airport authority, city government, state government)
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... implemented and could be used to monitor performance, but TIPS data on individual operators are not currently being saved. Total architecture for The FAA should develop a TAAS and A system framework is being aviation security operational performance measures.
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... The law provides for a private security company pilot program starting November 19, 2002. Then after 2 years, the airport operators may elect to continue with private screening companies.
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... quantified. In addition to the terrorist threat' natural phenomena, materials and manufacturing issues, operational procedures, and human factors all affect aviation safety.
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