Airport Security Training Inadequate
The panel of homeland security analysts has come to conclusion that airport security training received by baggage screeners, flight attendants and federal flight deck officers is not adequate. Training for airport security professionals has come under increased scrutiny after a leak of a classified TSA report revealing that screeners at Los Angeles and Chicago O'Hare airports had failed to detect more than 60 percent of potential bomb parts hidden in luggage during tests.
The airport personnel lack elementary skills in dealing with IED, identity theft and emergency situations such as attempts to hijack the plane.
The flight attendants are supposed to be in the every passenger aircraft flying over US and they must know how to protect themselves, passengers and the aircraft.
The TSA failed to provide an infrastructure for security training for flight attendants, costly mistake that can be paid in lives. The same problem exists for federal flight deck officers. Their skills of unarmed combat and weapons training are inadequate to to defend the plane against hijackers' attack. Baggage screeners are the least qualified workforce and because they are always under stuffed, they often receive insufficient training.
The people at the frontline of the airport security take on themselves responsibility to work in highly demanding environment, often at the expense of their personal lives, if their sacrifice is not awarded properly, their morale and performance suffer.
Airport Security Market Scope
Monte R. Belger of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration notes "The goal of aviation security is to prevent harm to aircraft, passengers, and crew, as well as support national security and counter-terrorism policy."
Airport security refers to the techniques and methods used in protecting airports and aircraft from crime.
Large numbers of people pass through airports. Such gatherings present a target for terrorism and other forms of crime due to the number of people located in a small area. Similarly, the high concentration of people on large airliners, the potential high lethality rate of attacks on aircraft, and the ability to use a hijacked airplane as a lethal weapon provide an alluring target for terrorism.
Airport security provides defense by attempting to stop would-be attackers from bringing weapons or bombs into the airport. If they can succeed in this, then the chances of these devices getting on to aircraft are greatly reduced. As such, airport security serves two purposes: To protect the airport from attacks and crime and to protect the aircraft from attack.