Aviation Transportation Security

Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001

And its aftermath

by

James Rock

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A Term Paper

Submitted to ERAU Worldwide in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Introduction

There was a time when going to the airport in order to catch your flight was a pleasant experience, and the only thing that was of concern to certain folks was their fear of being so far up away from the ground. After the events of September 11, 2001, air terminal security around the world became an imperative part of the forefront times. The airlines made the world smaller in comparison to a century ago. Flying is one of the mostly used method

The Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 was enacted by the 107th congress on November 19, 2001(ATSA, Pub.L. 107?71 November 19, 2001) in the immediate aftermath of the well-known September 11 attacks which traumatized many globally. When I flew to Miami for the first time via American Airlines the security was conducted non intensively by the airlines that we were boarding, and it was mostly a detailed identification verification.

Well it may not be common knowledge, but prior to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 passenger screening was the responsibility of the airlines, with the actual duties of operating the screening checkpoint contracted-out to private firms different in their methods. The ticket counter will ask specific questions designed to detect drug smuggler and contraband carriers. After multiples congressional inquiries on the events of September 11, numerous weaknesses with airport security were found, thus there was a need to remedy those flaws in to prevent another tragedy of the magnitude of the world trade center. It was discussed and decided that only a single federal agency would better protect air travel than the private companies who operated under contract to single airlines or groups of airlines that used a given terminal

Voyagers understood that the flexibility to go without layers of government oversight and confinements was lost on September 11, 2001.

Going before the September 11 attacks, air terminal security was shared between air terminal forces and business flying machines. Security screening focused on checking for handguns and bombs (taking after the pack blockading of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988). The Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 and the recommendations of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (1996) were either inadequate or not realized. Air transportation security was discretionary to stresses over fiscal adequacy, and there was a strong impenetrability to copying through money to improve security.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was based on blockage and deferrals in like manner flying, and Congress was attempting to drop flight delays by requiring the flying machines to outfit explorers with better information and to improve stuff dealing with. Though Great Britain and Israel had made strong explorer and stuff screening controls, there were no such traditions in the United States.

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