Aviation security

Aviation Security

Thesis

The aviation industry is a crucial industry in ensuring that there is safe travel and goods and passengers arrive on time as stated by the departments in the airport. Forming a strong team that governs the operations of the security department is a vital role in ensuring that the sector is safe. This paper is an outline on the aviation security and the major concerns in the industry. Safeguarding the passengers’ safety should be the priority of any airport.

I. Homeland security, Transport security administration and the U.S customs and border operations

a) Homeland security

The department of homeland security is aimed at ensuring that the safety of individuals in the United States is observed and rules and regulations are adhered to. The security was formed after the September 11 attack with an aim of getting the culprits.

b) Transport security administration

The TSA enhances a layered security approach through a state of the art technology and improve passenger identification techniques. Further, the TSA ensures that it has the best practices so as to maintain a secure travel for all passengers

c) The security departments statistics

The TSA in 2014, has screened over 653, 487, 220 passengers. This is approximately over 1.8 million people on a daily basis. The customs border operations have processed over 31 million imports, which have been estimated to be $2.4 trillion in the trading sector. An approximated number of 374 passengers have also been processed. In addition, 2,212 fire arms were discovered by the TSA in the search and passengers screening that have been conducted. The airports in which the firearm discoveries have been found are;

· Fort worth international airport 120 firearms discovery

· Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta international airport 109 firearm discovery

· Phoenix sky harbor international airport 78 firearms discovery

· Houston George Bush intercontinental airport 77 fire arm discoveries

· Denver international airport 70 fire arm discovery.

II) Application

a) Personal statement

The aviation security systems have been advancing since the September 11 attack. The federal law required the FAA to set rules and enforce policies that governed the aviation security. Major downfalls in the departments have raised the increasing cases of insecurity in the aviation sector. There is need to research and come up with new policies in order to maintain safety for the air travellers and the country at large.

1) Aviation security

This entails all the methods and expertise that is used to ensure that all the passengers and teir luggage are protected. In addition, it ensures that all the items entering and leaving the airport are legitimate and have been screened.

1) a) Relative risk of aviation

The simultaneous plane hijacks and fire arm discoveries in the airports have made the aviation industry a vulnerable one.

1) b) security measure in the aviation industry

Security measures in the aviation industry should be stringent in order to ensure that all culprits have been caught. Same security measures should be taken for all persons.

III) Relevant coursework

The increasing discoveries of the number of firearms in the airports has becomes a major issues. This is raising concern on what should be done in order to reduce the breach of security rules in the airport by the travellers or any other accomplices working with the culprits from within the airport. The September 11 attack raised concerns on how the security rules governing the aviation sector are implemented. The major discoveries of firearms and other illegal items have shown an improvement in the industry.