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Aviation
and Maritime Security
Laird & Associates
offers a unique set of security services to companies in the aviation
and maritime industries. For example, we are equipped to help clients
provide efficient passenger processing and effective security screening
in a cost-effective manner. We understand the regulations - International,
National and Local - which affect the transportation industry and
have designed systems that permit operators to satisfy security
requirements and promote customer convenience.
Our assistance to air
carriers include:
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Creating a Foreign Air Carrier FAA Security Program for Operation to
/from U.S.
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Improving Operational Efficiencies at Screening Checkpoints
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Providing Expert Testimony in civil cases involving aviation security
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Reviewing Operational Effectiveness for FAA
approved security programs
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Training of Ground Security Coordinators
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Training of In-flight Security Coordinators
Our assistance to airports have included:
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Drafting FAA Action Plans
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Planning for Passenger Movement from Hotels/Cruise Ships to
Aircraft
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Reviewing Airport Security Plans and Emergency Operations Plans
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Reviewing Security considerations for Mega-ship / Airport Operations
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Surveying Airport Security Operations
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Surveying Emergency Operations Centers and related programs
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Vulnerability Assessments
Aviation
Projects
Laird & Associates provides service to the international aviation
industry: Airports; Air Carriers; Governments and Manufacturers
and supports clients in Africa, Asia Pacific, Australia, Europe,
Latin America and North America.
Aviation Projects of Interest
Following are examples of aviation related projects Laird &
Associates has completed or has underway:
Government:
At the request of the Governor of Puerto Rico, Laird & Associates
conducted an FAA Vulnerability Study of the Luis Munoz Marin Airport
and coordinated the writing of the airport's Federal Aviation Administration
Action Plan. Laird & Associates acted as the FAA consortium
secretary.
Laird & Associates reviewed and assessed the sky marshal program
of a foreign country at the request of the Minister of Transportation.
We then updated the training curriculum of the country's sky marshal
training program.
Laird & Associates teamed with Science Applications International
Corporation (SAIC) to win a contract for the FAA's Airport Vulnerability
Assessment program. Our team conduts VA surveys of the Miami International
Airport and the Jacksonville International Airport.
Airport:
Laird & Associates studied the security implications surrounding
the transportation of passengers from cruise ships and/or hotels
to the airport and the acceptance of checked luggage. Recommendations
were made to alleviate security problems and implement the FAA's
over-water security directive while improving the processing of
passengers and luggage.
Air carrier:
Laird & Associates conducted a review of the screening checkpoint
(human factors and equipment) at Orlando International Airport for
USAirways, Inc. Our recommendations included drafting specifications
for metal-detectors and x-ray machines suggesting the arrangement
of security equipment to
promote efficiency;
Laird & Associates conducted security reviews of Trans World
Airways European Stations following the TWA #800 incident;
Laird & Associates conducted security reviews for USAirways,
Inc. at: Paris, Madrid, Rome, Munich and Frankfurt following the
TWA #800 incident;
Industry:
Laird & Associates principals make presentations to House and
Senate Aviation staff, industry/trade groups, foreign government
regulatory authorities, on the probability of detection for several
manufacturers of aviation related security equipment.
Laird & Associates provides operational security perspectives/reviews
to Honeywell for its participation in the Federal Aviation Administration
funded Safe Skies Initiative program.
Laird & Associates surveyed fifty-three (53) Dobbs® INTERNATIONAL
SERVICES flight kitchens and assisted the company to establish a
security baseline. Laird & Associates designed a Security Coordinator
position for all Dobbs® flight kitchens and presented a train-the-trainer
program which included a recurrent training curriculum.
Associations:
Serve as security consultants to the Air Line Pilots Association
International (ALPA) National Security Committee;
Attend FAA Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) meetings
and
Universal Access Control Subcommittee Meetings on behalf of ALPA;
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