Maintaining Federal Security Screening at All Airports
Maintaining Federal Security Screening at All Airports
August 2, 2018 — CNN is reporting that the TSA is considering eliminating passenger screening at more than 150 small and medium-sized airports, serving aircraft with 60 seats or fewer, across the US. According to the report, the proposal states "passengers and luggage arriving from these smaller airports would be screened when they arrive at major airports for connecting flights instead of the current practice of joining the already screened population at the larger airport."
Read more »CWA Opposes the Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
CWA Opposes the Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
Originally posted by the Communications Workers of America on July 9, 2018
CWA opposes the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and calls on members of the U.S. Senate to reject this nomination.
Read more »AFA Participates in Commercial Aircraft Vulnerability and Mitigation Program Exercise
AFA Participates in Commercial Aircraft Vulnerability and Mitigation Program Exercise
The Commercial Aircraft Vulnerability and Mitigation Program (CAVM) was established in 1990 in response to the directives of the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism and the Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990. The CAVM program was reiterated after September 11, 2001 in the Aviation Security and Transportation Act of 2001.
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Why are you tuning out preflight safety announcements? Because you can tune in to your devices.
Why are you tuning out preflight safety announcements? Because you can tune in to your devices.
Originally posted by The Washington Post on June 27, 2018
Admit it, you don’t pay attention to those preflight safety announcements anymore. I don’t, either. “Now, we request your full attention as the flight attendants demonstrate the safety features of this aircraft” goes in one ear and out the other.
Read more »Flight Attendants Have Higher Rates of Many Cancers, Study Says
Flight Attendants Have Higher Rates of Many Cancers, Study Says
Originally posted by TIME Magazine on June 25, 2018
Flight attendants are exposed to a number of known cancer-causing risks, but few studies have rigorously quantified that risk, and researchers say they are an understudied occupational group.
Read more »Separated Families Intersecting with Aviation
Separated Families Intersecting with Aviation
June 20, 2018
Flight Attendants are first responders. We take pride in the job we do to connect people, bring families together, and serve as ambassadors of freedom as we fly to every corner of the earth. When we see someone in distress, we want to help. AFA condemns any action to purposefully separate children from their parents.
Read more »TSA: Fliers will face more scrutiny for powders in carry-on bags
TSA: Fliers will face more scrutiny for powders in carry-on bags
Originally published in USA TODAY on June 19, 2018.
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