New Messages
Q: Why has TSA imposed a 100% screening requirement for cargo moving on passenger aircraft?
A: Actually Congress and President Bush imposed the requirement with passage of the 9/11 Act. Under the act, TSA must implement the rule.
on 100% Screening & CCSP
Certified Cargo Screening Program
While federal law requires 100 percent screening of cargo on passenger planes by August 2010, forwarders still face a number of challenges to meet this mandate. The Airforwarders Association has been the industry leader in advocating for risk-based security solutions that are effective, yet still maintain an efficient supply chain that is so critically important to the American consumer, our national economy and thousands of business owners. As such, AfA is supporting CCSP as the right mechanism to achieve cargo screening goals without creating an expensive and problematic bottleneck at the airport. While AfA continues to support CCSP as an important tool to achieve 100% screening, the organization also is working tirelessly to addressed its recognized shortcomings and improve the existing program. The Association also remains open to alternative options for screening that provide effective screening at an efficient, rapid pace. Ultimately, whether it's CCSP alone or in combination with other tools, AfA believes that providing multiple feed points for screening and multiple options for access will lead to lower costs, improved service and efficiency and an equitable system for all forwarders.
Presentation On Achieving 100% Cargo Screenig - non SSI
Open Letter
"In my mind the only small ray of hope in the coming storm is the Certified Cargo Screening Program(CCSP) that the TSA has developed with a great deal of input from theindustry. As a small freight forwarder, I can't afford the airportindustrial grade screening equipment, just as I can't afford anindustrial grade bulldozer to plow my driveway. Spending a quarter to half amillion dollars on cargo screening equipment for each of my five small officesis just not in my budget for 2009."
Cindy Allen
NCBFAA Member
TSA Mandate Looms
The disruption if they (forwarders) don't join the CCSP will cost supply chain participants far more than they will have to pay to be compliant," Dave Brooks, American Airlines Cargo President said, adding: "The level of interest in the CCSP program has proven that the thinkers in the forwarding community are on board with the concept that they will always be better off if they can do their own screening.