Securing General Aviation: Overview and Assessments ( Transportation Infrastructure - Roads, Highways, Bridges, Airports and Mass Transit )

Publication series :Transportation Infrastructure - Roads, Highways, Bridges, Airports and Mass Transit

Author: Randy Freeman;Erin McCoy  

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.‎

Publication year: 2016

E-ISBN: 9781622578344

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781622578337

Subject: U Transportation

Keyword: 交通运输

Language: ENG

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Securing General Aviation: Overview and Assessments

Chapter

THE TERRORIST THREAT

RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH GENERAL AVIATION

POSSIBLE OPTIONS TO MITIGATE THE SECURITY RISKS OF GENERAL AVIATION

Security Risk Assessments

Surveillance and Monitoring

Surveillance and Monitoring

Airport Watch Program

Behavior Pattern Recognition

Airport Access Controls

Background Checks and Vetting

Physical Security Measures for Airports

Physical Security Measures for Aircraft

Securing Agricultural Aviation Operations

Flight School Security

Security Best Practices for Business and Charter Aviation

The TSA Access Certificate Program

Access to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

Security Measures for Charter Operations

Proposed Security Measures for Large Private and Corporate Aircraft

Vetting and Tracking GA Flights at the U.S. Borders

Airspace Restrictions

Airspace Restrictions around Washington, DC

The Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ)

The Maryland Three Airports

The Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)

Security-Related Flight Restrictions throughout the United States

Presidential Airspace Restrictions

Policy Issues Regarding Airspace Restrictions

Surveillance and Monitoring of Restricted Airspace

Curbing Airspace Violations

Airspace Protection and Homeland Defense

RELATED LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS OFFERED IN THE 109TH CONGRESS

OVERSIGHT AND LEGISLATIVE ACTION IN THE 110TH CONGRESS

End Notes

Chapter 2 GENERAL AVIATION: SECURITY ASSESSMENTS AT SELECTED AIRPORTS*

WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY

WHAT GAO FOUND

ABBREVIATIONS

BACKGROUND

SECURITY MEASURES AND POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES IDENTIFIED AT SELECTED AIRPORTS

Fencing

Lighting

Secured Aircraft

On-Site Security

Detecting Intruders

Designated Access Point Controls

Screening

INCIDENTS OF UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS

AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION

APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY

APPENDIX II: GENERAL AVIATION SECURITY MEASURES

End Notes

End Notes for Appendix I

End Notes for Appendix II

Chapter 3 GENERAL AVIATION SECURITY: WEAKNESSES EXIST IN TSA’S PROCESS FOR ENSURING FOREIGN FLIGHT STUDENTS DO NOT POSE A SECURITY THREAT*

WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY

WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS

WHAT GAO FOUND

ABBREVIATIONS

BACKGROUND

TSA AND AIRCRAFT OPERATORS HAVE TAKEN ACTIONS TO SECURE GENERAL AVIATION; TSA OBTAINS INFORMATION THROUGH OUTREACH AND INSPECTION

TSA and Industry Efforts to Enhance General Aviation Security

TSA Inspections and Industry Outreach

Additional Security Measures Taken by Operators

WEAKNESSES EXIST IN PROCESSES FOR CONDUCTING SECURITY THREAT ASSESSMENTS AND FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS

Foreign Nationals’ Security Threat Assessments

Flight School Compliance with Requirements

Use of Criminal History Information

Immigration Violations

CONCLUSION

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION

AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION

APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY

APPENDIX II: EXAMPLES OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND INDUSTRY EFFORTS TO ENHANCE GENERAL AVIATION SECURITY

End Notes

End Notes for Appendix I

Chapter 4 STATEMENT OF KERWIN WILSON, BRANCH MANAGER, TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. HEARING ON ''A DECADE AFTER 9/11 COULD AMERICAN FLIGHT SCHOOLS STILL UNKNOWINGLY BE TRAINING TERRORISTS?''*

FULFILLING A CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE

THE ALIEN FLIGHT STUDENT PROGRAM

GAO STUDY ON STRENGTHENING SECURITY IN THE GENERAL AVIATION ENVIRONMENT

CONCLUSION

Chapter 5 STATEMENT OF JOHN P. WOODS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS, U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. HEARING ON ''A DECADE AFTER 9/11 COULD AMERICAN FLIGHT SCHOOLS STILL UNKNOWINGLY BE TRAINING TERRORISTS?''*

INTRODUCTION

The Counterterrorism and Criminal Exploitation Unit

CONCLUSION

End Notes

INDEX

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