Mon, Feb 14, 2005
Setting Agenda For NATA's Year Ahead
The National Air
Transportation Association's (NATA) Airline Services Council (ASC)
met in Washington, DC, last week, focused on strategic business
issues and Airport Operating Area (AOA) safety and security. This
gathering of ASC members was of particular importance because
participants set the 2005 agenda of key issues and initiatives for
the council and supporting NATA staff.
Highlights of the meeting included:
- Discussions with Admiral David M. Stone (Ret.), Assistant
Secretary for Homeland Security at the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), addressing current and future security
initiatives that impact service providers in the AOA
- Presentation and discussion: Airline Bankruptcies:
Opportunities, Risks, and Defensive Strategies - Wiley Rein &
Fielding LLP, Morten Beyer & Agnew, Morris Anderson &
Associates Ltd.
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Alliance
Agreement Implementation Plan - US Department of Labor Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, Director, Office of Outreach
Services and Alliances, Lee Anne Jillings
- Airport Operating Area Security Summit -- TSA Headquarters
policy makers discussed air carrier and cargo security
initiatives
- Strategic discussions were held by ASC members and included
subject matter experts and government officials to address the
question "What does 2005 have in store for the airline services
sector of the aviation industry?"
High on the list of
priorities identified by the council were the following issues:
Safety Management System development and implementation - airline
service provider benchmarking of ramp safety
- Airport authorities providing services offered by ASC member
companies
- Secondary containment requirements imposed by the Environmental
Protection Agency for fueling trucks
- Opt-out program for private screening companies
- Air Cargo Security Notice of Proposed Rule Making and potential
for expansion of Secure Identification Area
- Requirements for Airport Employee Screening at checkpoints
- Airport authority imposition of Commercial Driver's License
(CDL) requirements for all AOA/ramp operations
- Restrictive, inconsistent, and redundant airport employee
badging processes and screening requirements
- Implementation of the Transportation Workers Identification
Credential (TWIC)
- Impact of English as a second language on safety and
security
- Attracting and retaining qualified airline service
employees
"This week's meeting of the ASC with TSA and OSHA officials, as
well as the strategic discussions held among industry peers,
further demonstrated the value and the on-going need for a venue to
share current issues and concerns facing the airline services
sector of the industry," said NATA president James K. Coyne
(right). "The voice of the airline service providers is definitely
heard in Washington via the active participation of the NATA
Airline Services Council members."
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