6.2 Discussion: Legislative Acts

    


     On November 18 and 19, 2001, the United States Congress passed the Airport Security Federalization Act and the Aviation and Transportation Security Act. The laws sought to standardize pre-flight passenger and cargo screening by federalizing security service and screening personnel in the nation's airports. The Aviation and Transportation Security Act created the Federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to supervise security operations for sea and air transportation. The TSA hires and trains Federal airport screeners, who under the new law must all be American citizens. Though the acts govern only United States airports, many of the new initiatives and procedures outlined in the legislation have been routine in many foreign airports for several years (Encyclopedia.com, 2020).

    
    Some may think that the TSA has more flaws and adds inconvenience on your flying experience and I can somewhat agree on that. Some of the things that came about because of this act changed every aspect of how we travel today. Everything from security screening to reinforced cockpit doors. This also brought the addition of the Federal Flight Deck Officers (FFDO) Following the 9/11 in 2001, the Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act, part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, directed the Transportation Security Administration to develop the Federal Flight Deck Officer program as an additional layer of security. The TSA states that the purpose of the FFDO is to authorize pilots to use firearms to defend against an act of criminal violence and air piracy while attempting to gain control over the aircraft which is a HUGE upside to our airline defense (Winter, S.R. 2017).

    I think we can all agree that the events of 9/11 transformed the way we view and the way we travel throughout the United States and the world.

References:

Encyclopedia.com. (September, 2020). Airline Security. Retrieved from https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/law/crime-and-law-enforcement/aviation-and-transportation-security-act-2001

Winter, S., Rice, S., Friedenreich, K., & Mehta, R. (2017). Perceptions Toward the Federal Flight Deck Officer Program and Willingness to Fly. Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors., 7(1), 7–17. https://doi.org/10.1027/2192-0923/a000110


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