Aviation security is a matter of prime concern for all the stakeholders and, normally, the costs incurred to enhance the security measures are not challenged by the people. Aviation security has always been the prime focus due to the threats from various quarters. Wherever there is some conflict around the world, on various regional, national or international theatres of world, investments in aviation security cannot be ignored. These costs do mean that the common people have to shelve out more from their pockets for buying the air tickets and that the cheap flights might be referred to some flights having higher price tags.
Though there are many components of this additional cost which an airlines passes on to the customer by pricing the cheap flights at higher costs, some are better known to the people than the others. These costs can be divided into two categories of in-flight costs and on-ground costs. Let us have an understanding of what these costs are, taking US aviation security as an example:
1.Costs of in-flight security: In-flight security breaches are to be tackled by having a multi-pronged approach. There can deployment of the air marshals as one measure. In fact, the US already has Air Marshal Service at the Federal level which trains the personnel in this field and also provides the Marshals on flights. These marshals are the law enforcement officers.
In US, besides the air marshal service, there are Federal Flight Deck officers and the Trained Flight Crew which are tasked to meet the resistance posed by the passengers and the crew members. There is a lot of stress on the training of the flight crew as well so that they can spot the potential security hazards and meet their threat effectively.
In order to ensure that the people do not gain access to the cockpit and take control of flight operations, there has been development of hardened doors which can prevent the access to cockpit.
2.Besides these in-flight measures, there are the pre-boarding measures taken to ensure that the security is enhanced.
There is emphasis on intelligence gathering, creation of the joint task force for better coordination in operations, deployment of behavioral detection officers, expert travel document checkers and rapid response teams and even the usage of the trained canines. Then there is a regular practice of crew vetting, following the no-fly list of passengers and pre-screening of the passengers before boarding the plane. Random screening of the employees of airlines is also undertaken for this purpose.
All these measures incur the costs and the same is charged by the airline from the customers through the higher priced air tickets.
Though there are many components of this additional cost which an airlines passes on to the customer by pricing the cheap flights at higher costs, some are better known to the people than the others. These costs can be divided into two categories of in-flight costs and on-ground costs. Let us have an understanding of what these costs are, taking US aviation security as an example:
1.Costs of in-flight security: In-flight security breaches are to be tackled by having a multi-pronged approach. There can deployment of the air marshals as one measure. In fact, the US already has Air Marshal Service at the Federal level which trains the personnel in this field and also provides the Marshals on flights. These marshals are the law enforcement officers.
In US, besides the air marshal service, there are Federal Flight Deck officers and the Trained Flight Crew which are tasked to meet the resistance posed by the passengers and the crew members. There is a lot of stress on the training of the flight crew as well so that they can spot the potential security hazards and meet their threat effectively.
In order to ensure that the people do not gain access to the cockpit and take control of flight operations, there has been development of hardened doors which can prevent the access to cockpit.
2.Besides these in-flight measures, there are the pre-boarding measures taken to ensure that the security is enhanced.
There is emphasis on intelligence gathering, creation of the joint task force for better coordination in operations, deployment of behavioral detection officers, expert travel document checkers and rapid response teams and even the usage of the trained canines. Then there is a regular practice of crew vetting, following the no-fly list of passengers and pre-screening of the passengers before boarding the plane. Random screening of the employees of airlines is also undertaken for this purpose.
All these measures incur the costs and the same is charged by the airline from the customers through the higher priced air tickets.
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