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Main Page | Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C | Appendix D
APPENDIX A
TABLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Flight Deck Door Design We recommend some appropriate barrier device be approved, and installation begin within 30 days. Installation throughout the entire U.S. fleet should be completed in 90 days. We recommend that FAA enable the installation of these devices through urgent regulatory action the provides the airlines with a simple, expedited method for approval and installation. We recommend that the industry identify and address the risks regarding rapid decompression and rescue/exit associated with the barrier devices that have been installed. Within 6 months, steps should be taken to accomplish the following:
(1) Approve a door design to ensure: (2) Provide a barrier against access by an intruder through the venting feature of those flight deck doors having vents Within 1 year from approval of the door design, conduct a retrofit of the entire U.S. fleet of aircraft. We recommend that ongoing work in the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Design for Security Harmonization Working Group be completed within 60 days, with respect to door design standards. We recommend that a future design of the doors meet the requirements of rapid decompression, flight crew rescue/exit, and protection from intrusion caused by blunt force, ballistics, fragmentation or other explosive effects. The new design should be required for new aircraft types. We recommend that as many elements of the new design as practical be retrofitted into the fleet. 2. Flight Deck Access We recommend that the listed procedural changes be made at all airlines within 30 days. We recommend that industry develop a plan of feasible alternatives for emergency warnings within 30 days. We recommend that airlines and pilot unions develop procedures, that will allow gate and flight deck personnel to verify the credentials of a non-company pilot or flight engineer who asks to occupy the jumpseat, within 6 months. We recommend FAA and industry define requirements for an automated system to validate, in real time, the identities of persons with legitimate access to the aircraft, within 6 months (universal access identification). Implementation will be based on those requirements, when defined. We recommend that industry evaluate the use of cameras and lighting outside the flight deck door within 6 months. 3. Defensive Capabilities in Cabin and Flight Deck Areas We recommend industry work with the FAA to evaluate these factors (listed on page 7) and make recommendations for personal protection within 6 months. We recommend the implementation of defensive capabilities in accordance with the recommendations of the evaluation, within 1 year of receiving the recommendation. ALPA recommends the FBI present reasons for or against its proposal to arm pilots. 4. Security Training and Delivering Information We recommend that industry, unions, and FAA redesign security training to address newly-identified threats within 30 days, incorporate changes into the annual curriculum within 60 days, and provide security training to all crewmembers within 6 months after updating the curriculum. We recommend that each airline, in cooperation with the FAA or other government entities, develop within 60 days a delivery system or procedure to provide government security advisories to crewmembers in a timely manner, including immediate threat information to affected aircraft in flight. 5. Cabin Search Procedures We recommend the FAA provide more guidance on the conduct of cabin searches within 30 days. Airlines will continue to conduct cabin searches and to provide sufficient time and training for those personnel. No cabin search duties should be assigned to flight or cabin crew. We concur with the recommendation of the Airport Security Team to develop a new Federal security agency and we recommend that the new agency be responsible for conducting searches of aircraft cabins. 6. Transponders We recommend the creation of an FAA-industry task force to determine the necessary modifications to assure continuous transmission of a hijack signal, even if the flight deck-selected code or function is turned off. Recommended action is to be defined within 30 days. 7. Aircraft Defensive Methods We recommend that within 30 days airlines, pilots and the FAA should jointly identify procedures in pilot training, including depressurization and rapid descent, that could be adapted in an attempted hijacking to control a hijacker. Main Page | Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C | Appendix D |
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