SECURITY CONCERNS


GENERAL AVIATION CHALLENGES The growing number of threats and increased frequency of incidents around the world has highlighted the need to adopt a strong orientation toward personal security and awareness. Concerns surrounding international terrorism are legitimate and justified. Training and situational awareness are the keys to success in handling this type of emergency.


GA security poses significant challenges for policymakers and security experts because GA is highly diverse, geographically dispersed, and relatively open compared to commercial airports servicing passenger airlines and other protected infrastructure such as nuclear reactors and chemical plants. The security threat is twofold; bad-actors potentially seek to harm GA assets themselves, as well as attempt to weaponoize GA assets to attack critical infrastructure or high-profile targets much like the attacks of 9/11. Some corporate aviation operators have expressed concern that aircraft carrying high-profile business leaders and executives, such as presidents of major U.S. corporations, could be targeted, particularly when operating overseas in areas where security concerns exist. While others perceive the primary GA threat, both overseas and within the United States, is the concern that aircraft may be used by terrorists to launch an attack against critical facilities or infrastructure by crashing assets into those structures.


Larger, faster business jets introduce unique security concerns because of their size and speed as well as their relatively high value and, in some instances, the prominence of passengers carried on board these aircraft. While business jets make up a relatively small percentage of general aviation aircraft, their larger size, heavier payload, and faster speed introduce unique risks. Chartered business jets and turboprops also pose a unique risk because, unlike corporate or privately owned aircraft, flight crews often do not know their passengers.


In coordination with the TSA, the National Business Aviation Association has implemented a program promoting aviation security best practices among business aircraft operators. The program focuses on various facets of operator security including identifying security roles within an operator's organization;


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