TSA Security Badging
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:21 pm
The latest from Idaho Aviation Association on this outrageous regulation. My
hunch is that the airline industry is behind this. One more way to get GA
out of "their" airspace. What is clear is that this regulation was
promulgated in the waning days of the prior Administration.
If you haven't written to your representatives in the Under-Secured Area
(USA) please do so without delay. Please reference the specific "security
directive" number given below in your correspondence.
Ron
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From: Rob Duncan <duncan@airbase1.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Subject: [IAA NOTAMS] TSA Security Badging
To: duncan@airbase1.com
I just got off the phone with the Western Skyways engine service shop.
Although their facility is on the far other side of the Montrose, CO airport
from the airline terminal building, they are now required to badge all of
their employees. After June 1 (unless the alphabet groups get their act
together) If you do not have a new MONTROSE security badge, you can not
disembark from your aircraft to buy a sparkplug. A Western Skyways employee
must escort you. The badge application is lengthy long and will cost you
$150 to apply. It is not usable at any other airport.
So I called the Grand Junction Airport head of security, and received the
same bad news. We will need $175 GRAND JUNCTION ONLY badges for those of us
that regularly work on the TBM Avenger, CAF museum, or if you just have any
airplane hangared or tied down at the airport. TSA has defined that these
badges are required at all "Air Operation Areas" - which is anywhere an
airplane can go on the airport property - for those airports serviced by
airlines. So this includes any tie-down parking and self-serve refueling
stations even if located away from the airline terminal. One badge per
airport.
A phone call to AOPA got a "we are working on it" reply although I have seen
NOTHING yet officially from AOPA, EAA, etc. The person on their phone said
"but you will need a security badge at your home airport ONLY if it is
serviced by airlines, therefore not many pilots are affected" and was quite
surprised when I replied with "what if I wanted to fly to
*another*airport?" Admittedly I was not working very far up the AOPA
food chain, but
he noted my displeasure at lack of information being published by AOPA, and
would inform the AOPA Security Vice President. I "think" that was a good
thing.
This Security Directive (SD 1542-04-88F) was unilaterally enacted by TSA on
December 10 and will become effective on June 1.
You might also watch this TSA-related newscast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMB6L487LHM
Have a nice day. Feel safe.
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hunch is that the airline industry is behind this. One more way to get GA
out of "their" airspace. What is clear is that this regulation was
promulgated in the waning days of the prior Administration.
If you haven't written to your representatives in the Under-Secured Area
(USA) please do so without delay. Please reference the specific "security
directive" number given below in your correspondence.
Ron
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rob Duncan <duncan@airbase1.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Subject: [IAA NOTAMS] TSA Security Badging
To: duncan@airbase1.com
I just got off the phone with the Western Skyways engine service shop.
Although their facility is on the far other side of the Montrose, CO airport
from the airline terminal building, they are now required to badge all of
their employees. After June 1 (unless the alphabet groups get their act
together) If you do not have a new MONTROSE security badge, you can not
disembark from your aircraft to buy a sparkplug. A Western Skyways employee
must escort you. The badge application is lengthy long and will cost you
$150 to apply. It is not usable at any other airport.
So I called the Grand Junction Airport head of security, and received the
same bad news. We will need $175 GRAND JUNCTION ONLY badges for those of us
that regularly work on the TBM Avenger, CAF museum, or if you just have any
airplane hangared or tied down at the airport. TSA has defined that these
badges are required at all "Air Operation Areas" - which is anywhere an
airplane can go on the airport property - for those airports serviced by
airlines. So this includes any tie-down parking and self-serve refueling
stations even if located away from the airline terminal. One badge per
airport.
A phone call to AOPA got a "we are working on it" reply although I have seen
NOTHING yet officially from AOPA, EAA, etc. The person on their phone said
"but you will need a security badge at your home airport ONLY if it is
serviced by airlines, therefore not many pilots are affected" and was quite
surprised when I replied with "what if I wanted to fly to
*another*airport?" Admittedly I was not working very far up the AOPA
food chain, but
he noted my displeasure at lack of information being published by AOPA, and
would inform the AOPA Security Vice President. I "think" that was a good
thing.
This Security Directive (SD 1542-04-88F) was unilaterally enacted by TSA on
December 10 and will become effective on June 1.
You might also watch this TSA-related newscast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMB6L487LHM
Have a nice day. Feel safe.
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