Front Cover -- Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword from the First Edition -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Companion Website -- Chapter 1: Overview of the Aviation Industry and Security in the Post-9/11 World -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Aviation Industry: An Overview -- Aviation Security and Responding to Threats -- Aviation Economics -- Aviation Security Funding -- Aircraft Operations: An Overview -- Airline Management -- Airline Economics -- Airports: An Overview -- Airport Ownership and Operation -- Airport Security Operation -- Airport Funding -- Agencies and Organizations -- Regulatory Agencies -- Industry Trade Organizations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Crime and Terrorism in Aviation: A Retrospective -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Historical Context on Acts of Air Terror -- 1930-1960: The First 30 Years -- 1960-1980: The Early "Jet Age" -- Middle East and Asia -- Dawson's Field -- Airport Attacks -- Other Notable Lessons from the 1970s -- 1980-1990: Aviation Security Policies Are Set -- TWA Flight 847 -- Air India Flight 182 -- PSA Flight 1771 -- Pan Am Flight 103 -- 1990-2001: A False Sense of Security -- FedEx Flight 705 -- Operation Bojinka (a.k.a. the Manila Air Plot) -- TWA Flight 800 -- Flight Crew Suicides -- The Millennium Bomber -- September 11, 2001 -- Post-9/11 Attacks -- Richard Reid (a.k.a. the Shoe Bomber) -- MANPAD Attacks (Kenya and Iraq) -- Russian Airliner Bombings -- London Bomb Plot -- Northwest Flight 253 (a.k.a. Underwear Bomber) -- General Aviation Aircraft-IRS Building -- Yemen Air Cargo Plot -- Moscow Domodedovo Airport Terminal Bombing -- Underwear Bomber II -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Policies and Procedures: The Development of Aviation Security Practices -- Objectives -- Introduction.

International Civil Aviation Organization -- ICAO Annex 17: Security -- ICAO Post-9/11 -- Additional ICAO Annexes Addressing Security -- U.S. Aviation Policies -- Anti-Hijacking Act of 1971 -- Anti-Hijacking Act of 1974 -- Act to Combat Terrorism (1978) -- Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 -- Aviation Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1996 -- Airport Security Improvement Act of 2000 -- Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 -- Transportation Security Administration -- Federal Government Takeover of the Screening Process -- Creation of the Federal Security Director -- Revitalization of the Air Marshal Program -- Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Record Checks -- Screening Aviation Employees -- Screening Checked Baggage -- Air Cargo Security Procedures -- Security Fees -- Chemical and Biological Weapons -- Cockpit Doors -- General Aviation Charter Flights -- Passenger Manifests on International Flights -- Screening Partnership Program (a.k.a. Opt-Out) -- 9-1-1 System for Aircraft -- Air Transportation Safety and Stabilization Act (2001) -- Homeland Security Act of 2002 -- Vision 100: Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act -- Aircraft Operators -- Airport Operators -- General Aviation -- Implementing the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 -- International Aviation Policies -- European Union -- European Civil Aviation Commission -- Canada -- Australia and the Asia-Pacific Rim -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: The Role of Government in Aviation Security -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Transportation Security Regulations -- Part 1500: Aviation Security -- Part 1503: Enforcement Actions -- Part 1520: Sensitive Security Information -- Part 1540: General Rules of Security -- How Regulations are Changed -- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking -- Changing an Airport or Aircraft Operator Security Program.

Changed Condition Affecting Security -- Intelligence and Intervention -- Handling Intelligence Information -- What Intelligence Information Can and Cannot Do -- Fusion Centers, TLOs, and InfraGard -- Domestic and Regional Aviation Security -- North American Aerospace Defense Command -- Department of Homeland Security -- Transportation Security Administration -- Federal Security Director -- Transportation Security Inspectors -- TSA's Office of Intelligence -- Federal Air Marshals -- Special Programs -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Customs, Immigrations, and Agricultural Enforcement Agencies -- Other Federal Agencies -- State Aeronautical Agencies -- Local Law Enforcement -- Required Law Enforcement Support for Commercial-Service Airports -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Commercial Aviation Airport Security -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Challenge of Commercial Airport Security in the United States -- Airport Security Coordinator -- Airport Security Program -- Applicability and Testing -- Enforcing the Airport Security Program -- Operations -- Terminal Area -- Sterile Area -- Security Areas -- Access Control Systems -- Access Control: General Description -- Airfield Perimeter -- Authorized Signatory -- Credentialing -- Personnel Identification Systems -- Training -- Challenge Program -- Escorting Programs -- Transportation Worker Identification Credential -- Contingency Plans and Incident Management -- Incident Management -- Security Tools and Considerations -- Public Advisories -- TSA Programs for Airport Security -- Security Operations Center -- Closed-Circuit Television -- Perimeter Security Considerations -- Vehicle Access Control Programs -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Introduction to Screening -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Evolution of Screening in the United States.

Screening under the Transportation Security Administration -- Sterile Area -- Sterile Area Breaches -- Screening Checkpoint Operations and Design -- Design -- Operations -- Entry Lane Protection -- Exit Lane Protection -- Screening: Terminal Operations and Profiling -- Travel Document Verification -- Profiling -- TSA's Behavior Recognition Programs -- Aviation Watch and See Something, Say Something -- Secure Flight -- Intelligence-Driven Risk-Based Screening -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Passenger and Baggage Screening -- Objectives -- Screening Passenger and Carry-On Baggage -- Passengers -- Carry-On Baggage -- Checkpoint of the Future -- Screening Checked Baggage -- Checked Baggage -- Building a Checked-Baggage EDS Screening System -- Checked-Baggage Screening Approved Alternatives -- Screening Aviation Employees -- Special Issues in Screening -- Canine -- Opt-Out: The Screening Partnership Program -- Registered Traveler -- Aircraft Charter Screening -- Screening Conducted by the Domestic or Foreign Aircraft Operator -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Airline Security: Historical Context -- Aircraft Operator Standard Security Program -- Title 49 CFR Part 1544-Aircraft Operator Security: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators -- Applicability of the Regulations -- Subpart B: Security Program -- Aircraft Operator Security Programs -- Aircraft Operator Security Operations and Screening Responsibilities -- Airline Security Coordinators -- Law Enforcement Operations Related to Airline Security -- Law Enforcement Personnel -- Carriage of Firearms in Checked Baggage -- Carriage of Accessible Weapons -- Prisoner Transport -- Transportation of Federal Air Marshals -- Security of the Aircraft on the Ground and in Flight -- In-Flight Security.

Other Aircraft Operator Security Requirements -- Training -- Contingency and Incident Management Planning -- Receipt of Air Cargo -- Airline Security Issues -- Positive Passenger/Baggage Matching -- Catering and Vendor Services -- Airline Security Staff Operations and Issues -- Aircraft Security Requirements -- Airline Employee Safety -- Air Rage -- Flight Crew Protection -- Protecting Airline Personnel While Traveling -- Self-Defense for Crewmembers and Passengers -- Violent Passenger or Terrorist -- Federal Flight Deck Officer Program -- Foreign Aircraft Operations -- Title 49 CFR Part 1546 Foreign Air Carrier Security -- Threat and Threat Response -- Additional Considerations of Foreign Air Carrier Operations -- Border Protection -- Global Entry -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: General Aviation Security -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Securing General Aviation -- How 9/11 Changed General Aviation -- Pilots -- Airspace -- Temporary Flight Restrictions -- General Aviation Airport Security Program -- GA Airport Security Best Practices -- State of GA Security -- Attempts to Secure General Aviation -- State Actions -- AOPA's Airport Watch -- Fixed-Base Operator Security -- Secure Fixed-Base Operator Program -- Helicopter Security -- Training for GA Airport Security and Law Enforcement Personnel -- Alien Flight Student Program -- Flight School Security Awareness Training -- Maryland-3 -- Aircraft Security under General Operating and Flight Rules -- 12-5 Standard Security Program -- Agricultural Aircraft Security -- Corporate Aviation Security -- Intelligence -- In-flight Security -- Flight Crew Training -- Other Security Practices -- NBAA TSA Access Certificate Program -- DCA Access Standard Security Program -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Air Cargo Security -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Terrorism and Crime in Air Cargo.

The Nature of Air Cargo.