New TSA security directive

[kallend 2,146]

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Directive 1542-04-08G (SD-8G) imposes a bunch of new restrictions on over 400 airports.

I noticed that Fort Dodge, Iowa is among them. I wonder if this will impact the Couch Freaks event.

The full list is at eaa.org/news/2009/2009-06-09_tsa_airportlist.pdf - are there any others on the list that host DZs?

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

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TSA Airport Badging Program: Security Directive 1542-04-08G

May 29, 2009

On May 28, 2009, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued Security Directive (SD) 1542-04-08G, which modifies security protocols for transient aircraft and after-hours operations at commercial-service airports. This newest revision of the security directive – "Version G" – clarifies the TSA's initial security directive, SD 1542-04-08F, and addresses some of the immediate, top-level concerns raised by NBAA and other general aviation groups about how the TSA's "badging" program would be implemented and what impact it might have on security and safety.

Note: Due to the sensitive nature of the information included in the directive, the TSA has not made the full content of the document widely available.

TSA has provided additional clarification on the impact of the SD to general aviation operations:

As previously discussed, the purpose of the SD is to require background checks and identification for All PERSONS with UNESCORTED ACCESS to the SIDA and AOA at Commercial Airports. The affect of these badging SD's on General Aviation pilots will depend upon where they are operating:

For HOME-BASED PILOTS, the badging requirements will apply if you have leased space or are part of a tenant program unless alternate measures have been approved by the airport operator. An example of an alternative measure would be an escort program.

For TRANSIENT PILOTS, they will not be required to have airport badges or background checks from any of the NON Home-Based airports they visit. Transient pilots are advised to remain in the footprint of their aircraft and to and from fixed-based operator, service provider or airport exit. Special allowance will be given to transient pilot operators in the AOA who are fueling or in emergency status.

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[kallend 2,146]

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TSA Airport Badging Program: Security Directive 1542-04-08G

May 29, 2009

On May 28, 2009, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued Security Directive (SD) 1542-04-08G, which modifies security protocols for transient aircraft and after-hours operations at commercial-service airports. This newest revision of the security directive – "Version G" – clarifies the TSA's initial security directive, SD 1542-04-08F, and addresses some of the immediate, top-level concerns raised by NBAA and other general aviation groups about how the TSA's "badging" program would be implemented and what impact it might have on security and safety.

Note: Due to the sensitive nature of the information included in the directive, the TSA has not made the full content of the document widely available.

TSA has provided additional clarification on the impact of the SD to general aviation operations:

As previously discussed, the purpose of the SD is to require background checks and identification for All PERSONS with UNESCORTED ACCESS to the SIDA and AOA at Commercial Airports. The affect of these badging SD's on General Aviation pilots will depend upon where they are operating:

For HOME-BASED PILOTS, the badging requirements will apply if you have leased space or are part of a tenant program unless alternate measures have been approved by the airport operator. An example of an alternative measure would be an escort program.

For TRANSIENT PILOTS, they will not be required to have airport badges or background checks from any of the NON Home-Based airports they visit. Transient pilots are advised to remain in the footprint of their aircraft and to and from fixed-based operator, service provider or airport exit. Special allowance will be given to transient pilot operators in the AOA who are fueling or in emergency status.

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It's hard to see how the loading area at Couch Freaks wouldn't be part of the AOA (Air Operations Area), and right now anyone on the airport can walk up to the terminal area at Fort Dodge.

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[wayneflorida 0]

To the TSA---Badges, We don't need no stinkin badges.

[skydave114 0]

canyonlands ...moab.utah.

TSA is a joke. nothing but an excuse for the government to exert more control /restrict our freedom.

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canyonlands ...moab.utah.

TSA is a joke. nothing but an excuse for the government to exert more control /restrict our freedom.

www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0609/061709kp1.htm

Even the DHS's own Inspector General says the threat from general aviation is "limited and mostly hypothetical"

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[futuredivot 0]

I've started having to get escorts now. It really impacts how I work. Conservatively, I'm on 600 airports a year. I'm going to see people that I've known for years. I know their wives, have played with their kids and some dufus that rides a government limo to a secure hangar to board a private jet thinks I can't be trusted.

You are only as strong as the prey you devour

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I've started having to get escorts now. It really impacts how I work. Conservatively, I'm on 600 airports a year. I'm going to see people that I've known for years. I know their wives, have played with their kids and some dufus that rides a government limo to a secure hangar to board a private jet thinks I can't be trusted.

I liked this bit from the IG's report, concerning an "expose" on a Houston TV station about local airports being "Sitting Ducks for Terrorism".

"... while a reporter might be able to approach and even touch an aircraft at an airport, aircraft vulnerability does not depend on whether someone can touch a plane."

Or this one that almost bordered on actual humor:
"While the television reporters noted that the fence did not encircle the complex, creating a gap of several hundred feet... ...the perimeter sectors
without fencing were in areas... ...from a swamp infested with venomous snakes and crocodiles."

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.