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

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Security is a top concern at Universal

Enhanced security and improved data acquisition are prime concerns of today’s business aviation community, subjects Universal Weather and Aviation of Houst
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Panic buttons could be part of future cockpits

Banks have them, and so do many convenience stores and passenger cars.
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Ground handlers tighten security

Staff members at Jeppesen’s International Trip Planning Services centers in the U.S.
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Leading Edge: New NBAA chair selects security as priority

Tell us about the new security committee.

It is basically a combination of the Corporate Aviation Management Committee and the
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Convention Clips: Global Express, BBJ may get missile spoofers

Total Aircraft Services is exploring the possibility of STCs to install BAE Systems’ Matador infrared missile countermeasure equipment on corporate jets su
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Rescue squabble revives NYC police, fire rivalry

On March 25, 1911, the worst factory fire in the history of New York City erupted in the three floors occupied by the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in a tall
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Industry issues security recommendations

Five trade organizations jointly submitted recommended security regulations for general aviation operations to the DOT and FAA for implementation “expediti
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Required checks now include fingerprinting

Airport and aircraft operators that are required to have security programs under Parts 107 and 108, respectively, must now include fingerprint-based crimin
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Hangar Flying: Jumpseat rides

FAREWELL TO GUESTS UP FRONT–Jumpseat rides on non-U.S.
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Flimsy airliner cockpit doors soon will be a thing of the past

Following September 11, the FAA issued a requirement that all U.S.
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Getting back to normal, whatever that may be

Almost three months after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, people still talk–perhaps now more wistfully than hopefully–about “when things
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Bizav security card prepared for tests

A “smart” security identification card that can be used by aircraft passengers and another that would be used by flight crews, aviation employees and stude
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Fickle politics determine Meig's fate

Despite a new blizzard of support for Meigs Field (CGX) using every media, general aviation’s most famous single-runway airport is set to close permanently
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Airport executives mull security changes

“We have 700 million passengers each year and we can’t treat them all as terrorists,” American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) president Chip Barc
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How will security bill affect bizav?

General aviation will have to wait until later this month to learn how it might be affected by the aviation security bill signed November 19 by President B
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Transponder hijacking code leads to bizjet diversion

A Gulfstream V erroneously squawked that a hijacking was under way as it crossed through Canadian airspace one late October afternoon, leading airspace def
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Penalties may stiffen for busting prohibited areas

Frontier Airlines grounded one of its captains and first officers after they inadvertently flew their Boeing 737 into prohibited airspace above the White H
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International Operations - A 2002 Study Guide

The emotional roller coaster created by September 11 has forced many companies to completely rethink their international travel options.
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New York’s flying finest cope with post-Sept. 11 realities

More than a year later, southern Manhattan still seems scarred, incomplete; the variegated skyline stretching the length of the island seems an archite
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RAA: Airlines can’t absorb any more national defense costs

Even though regional airline traffic is up 13 percent from the second quarter of last year, and regional airliners account for 34 percent of the overall do
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News Note: U.S. Border Patrol begins using helos

When you think about the U.S.
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In bizav security, the devil’s in the details

“When it comes to executive protection in an aviation environment, the most common problem is a breakdown in communication between security personnel and t
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Rotorcraft Update: How to avoid football (and other big public gatherings)

The FAA has released a list of stadiums to help pilots comply with notam 2/0199.
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Touching Bases: Navigance adds to security system

Navigance, a consortium of several security equipment manufacturers and service providers, has added features to its Safe system.
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TSA extends timeline for new security rules

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last month extended the compliance date for the Twelve-Five Standard Security Program (TFSSP), which will
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Additives don’t add power, they just keep jet-A safe

When you pull up to the gas pump in your car, you probably don’t think much about what is in your fuel.
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TSA/AOPA team on terrorism watch plan

With the FAA asking for help in protecting the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has joined with AOPA to develop a nation
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Industry presses gov’t for aid to combat terror

Declaring that “this meeting is not designed to ask for a bailout of the American airline industry,” U.S.
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12-5/95K compliance deadlines are December 1

The Transportation Security Administration’s compliance deadline is December 1 on new security requirements for on-demand air-taxi operators of aircraft wi