TSA Sets Interim Rule on Air Cargo Security
September 16, 2009 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
The Transportation Security Administration announced an interim final rule implementing air cargo security regulations.The agency has operated its Certified Cargo Screening Program as a pilot program since February, which helps airlines to comply with the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 that requires screening 50% of all cargo transported in passenger aircraft.
CCSP allows approved airlines to screen cargo at site away from an airport and transport it to the airport securely, with no need to rescreen it.
“This program is a critical step toward meeting the mandate of the 9/11 Act in an efficient and effective manner that facilitates the flow of commerce,” he said in a statement.
50 % ????????????This is not very reassuring !The 2nd 50% is what we need to be concerned with…IDIOTS !!!!!!!!!!!!
What this gentleman does not understand that in TSA terms, 50% is not 50% but less than 20%+/- and here is why. The TSA defined 50% as half of the cargo by units not weight as cargo is normally treated. If you had 10 elephants then 50% is 5 of them, but that is not how freight comes. If you had 10 packages or lots of goods and the first 5 weighed 75 pounds each and the remaining 5 were 1 pound each, 50% would mean to the airline that they can screen a total of 5 pounds in lieu of the other 375#’s of cargo and still be compliant. In this way the airlines got to pick and choose what they screened, leaving the screening issue far from the desired 50%. Now that the IFR is in effect all cargo will be screened as of 8/3/10.