Secure-Area Access Standards Must Apply to Passenger and All-Cargo Operations
May 16, 2012 - Capt. Sean Cassidy, first vice president of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), released this statement today following his testimony at a U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation hearing titled “Access Control Point Breaches at our Nation’s Airports: Anomalies or Systemic Failures?”

“Controlling access to secure airport areas is critically important to the safety and security of the airline industry and the traveling public. The Transportation Security Administration and airport authorities do a good job of controlling and preventing unauthorized access to these areas. ALPA believes that, like the vast majority of airline passengers, the overwhelming share of airline workers are trustworthy individuals who want to see their industry succeed.”
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