Security

News and information about crew, passenger, aircraft and airport security issues.

Regulations and Government

TSA Backtracks on Some Airport Badging

Following growing objections from the general aviation community, the Transportation Security Administration relaxed some security restrictions that went i
Regulations and Government

TSA Bill Creates GA Security Working Group

A provision that would establish a general aviation working group to advise the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on GA security issues is conta
Airports

TSA Airport Security Badging 12 Days Away

A Transportation Security Administration directive mandating badging at airports serving commercial air carriers is scheduled to go into effect June 1.
Security

FSI gets slew of EASA sim approvals

Forty of FlightSafety International’s full flight simulators located at 15 learning centers in North America have been qualified under the EASA flight simu
Regulations and Government

New badge rule too onerous, says governor

The governor of Montana is the latest to weigh in on a controversial Transportation Security Administration (TSA) directive that would impose new security
Charter & Fractional

‘Runaway Trim’ Questioned in 2007 Citation Crash

An NTSB interim factual report and findings from a flight s
Regulations and Government

TSA revises ‘Playbook’ airport security measures

Following bungled security inspections of general aviation facilities at Nashville International Airport and Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks
Security

Airports Used by GA To See Growing TSA Scrutiny

The Transportation Security Administration is revising its “Operation Playbook” security program, which seeks to work with airline airports used by general
Security

LASP Nets Record Number of Comments to TSA

In what is a record number of comments on a TSA rulemaking, aviation industry proponents flooded the Transportation Security Administration docket for the
Security

FAA, DOT Sued over Runway Safety, Icing Rules

The National Air Disaster Alliance/Foundation (NADA/F) filed a lawsuit in the U.S.
Security

Alphabets Petition TSA for LASP Rulemaking Group

NBAA, AOPA, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) late last week sent a joint letter to the
Security

Schedulers & Dispatchers Numbers Down, Energy Up

NBAA’s 20th Annual Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference, held in Long Beach, Calif., last week, attracted fewer attendees and exhibitors than last year’
Security

TSA Schedules Public Hearings on GA Security Proposal

The TSA yesterday announced that it will hold five official public hearings next month for the business aviation community to provide feedback on the agenc
Security

e-APIS Rules in Effect, Compliance Not Yet Mandatory

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new rule that requires general aviation pilots to file passenger names and other information to government offi
Security

Report Blames U.S. Pilots, Controllers for Brazil Midair

According to reports in several Brazilian newspapers, U.S.
Security

Aircraft Security & Alert Designs G650 Locks

Gulfstream has contracted with Aircraft Security & Alert Systems, the sole provider of custom-designed Medeco locks for aircraft, to develop an advanced lo
ATC

Wallington Report: More Colleges To Train Controllers

The FAA has selected eight additional colleges or universities to participate in the Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) program.
Security

TSA Delays Town Hall Meeting to Hear Input on LASP

The December 3 town hall meeting planned by the Transportation Security Administration to hear what general aviation operators think about the Large Aircra
Security

DHS Finalizes e-APIS Rule

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today issued a final rule for plans to move f
Security

Insurers and FAA Proposing Helo EMS Changes

Earlier this week the NTSB announced that it would hold a three-day public hearing beginning February 3 to examine helicopter EMS (HEMS) accidents, and now
Regulations and Government

NBAA, AOPA Want More Time To Comment on TSA Proposal

NBAA and AOPA late last week sent a joint letter to the TSA asking the agency to double the 60-day comment window for the Large Aircraft Security Program p
Security

TSA Wants Your Comments on GA Security Proposal

The TSA today published the large aircraft security program notice of proposed rulemaki
Regulations and Government

Large-aircraft NPRM raises more questions than answers

The Transportation Security Administration was scheduled to publish in the Federal Register late last month a proposed set of regulations that, if enacted,
Security

NBAA: TSA General Aviation Security Proposal ‘Onerous’

The TSA’s general aviation security rulemaking proposal, which would force nearly 10,000 op
Security

NBAA Members React Negatively to TSA NPRM

If the TSA was expecting the business aviation community to embrace its Large Aircraft Securit
Security

TSA Plan Would Sharply Complicate Operations for All GA Aircraft Weighing 12,500 Pounds or More

The TSA today released a notice of proposed rulemaking for its Large Aircraft Security Program
Regulations and Government

Report: GA still poses a threat to U.S. security

Seven years after 9/11, general aviation is still vulnerable to acts of terrorism because of inaction by the White House, according to a report prepared by
Security

Waiver Needed for Overflying the U.S.

The FAA early last month published a new notam requiring N-registered aircraft with an mtow of more than 100,309 pounds to obtain an operational waiver fro
Security

Electronic locking system monitors access to airplanes

AirLock Aviation Security Systems has developed a programmable electronic door and access-panel locking system that records all uses of the locks to gain a