Thank you once again Roger, for unitelligable gibberish! Is this the way CO employees communicate! Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA --- On Fri, 8/7/09, Roger LaFrance <lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Roger LaFrance <lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: TSA and ALPA announce enhanced security initiative for airline cre= ws To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Friday, August 7, 2009, 2:41 PM TSA and ALPA announce enhanced security initiative for airline crews =3D0A0= 7-=3D Aug-2009=A0 =3D0ATags :North America=3D0A=3D0AThe Transportation Security A= dministr=3D ation (TSA) today announced it has=3D0Aset the standards for the CrewPASS p= ro=3D gram, paving the way for=3D0Anationwide expansion. CrewPASS is an initiativ= e =3D that verifies flight=3D0Acrew identity through biometrics, enhancing securi= ty=3D and expediting the=3D0Ascreening process for all travelers.=3D0A=3DE2=3D80= =3D9CCrewP=3D ASS=3D0Ais an excellent example of public-private partnership that expedite= s=3D =3D0Atravel for flight crews, while increasing security standards,=3DE2=3D8= 0=3D9D s=3D aid=3D0AJohn Sammon, assistant administrator, TSA.=3D0A=3DE2=3D80=3D9CWorki= ng togethe=3D r, TSA,=3D0AALPA, ARINC and others made CrewPASS a success in its test phas= e,=3D and=3D0Asoon it will be possible to put it in place at airports nationwide= ,=3D =3DE2=3D80=3D9D=3D0Asaid ALPA President Capt. John Prater. =3DE2=3D80=3D9CA= s a result, th=3D e identity of=3D0AU.S. pilots will be positively verified and crewmembers w= il=3D l be=3D0Aexpedited through security screening checkpoints.=3DE2=3D80=3D9D= =3D0A=3D0AElig=3D ible flight deck crewmembers will enter the secure area via the=3D0Aexit la= ne=3D of the security checkpoint after presenting their=3D0Aairline-issued ident= if=3D ication and another form of ID to Transportation=3D0ASecurity Officers (TSO= s)=3D . An approved biometric will also be used to=3D0Aenhance identity verificat= io=3D n. TSOs will check these credentials=3D0Aagainst the Cockpit Access Securit= y =3D System (CASS) database, which=3D0Aincludes a picture and other information = to=3D verify the individual=3DE2=3D80=3D99s=3D0Aemployment status.=3D0A=3D0AFlig= ht deck crew=3D members who utilize this program will also be subject=3D0Ato random screeni= ng=3D , observation by behavior detection officers and=3D0Aother layers of securi= ty=3D .=3D0A=3D0ATSA=3DE2=3D80=3D99s standards require CrewPASS service providers= to, among=3D other=3D0Athings, include a biometric component in crewmember credentials = be=3D fore=3D0Arequesting approval to expand the system to additional U.S. airpor= ts=3D .=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 7-Aug-09 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>= >>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".=A0 Within the body of the text, only write th= e following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE". =0A=0A=0A <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".