Unbelievable

It took awhile, but the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) finally is getting around to doing for non-commercial aviation what its done for the airlines. In early October, the TSA proposed a new set of security regulations targeting privately operated (i.e., Part 91) large airplanes, those with a maximum gross takeoff weight greater than 12,500 pounds. Its part of the agencys proposed new large aircraft standard security program, or LASSP, which attempts to consolidate overlapping rules and create new ones. The TSA "anticipates that this proposed rule would require approximately 10,000 aircraft operators and 315 airport operators, most of whom are not currently required to do so, to implement security programs." While we have no way to know, we think thats underestimated. And we doubt the TSA knows, either.

Key Takeaways:

• The TSA has proposed new security regulations, called the Large Aircraft Standard Security Program (LASSP), targeting privately operated large aircraft (over 12,500 pounds) in non-commercial aviation.
• These proposals introduce extensive and costly requirements for approximately 10,000 aircraft operators and hundreds of airports, including mandatory personnel training, background checks, federal air marshal carriage, advance passenger manifests, and airline-style security searches, all at the operator's expense.
• Aviation industry organizations have voiced strong concerns, viewing the proposals as an unprecedented and burdensome imposition on general aviation, questioning whether the extensive requirements provide commensurate security benefits.

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