The Aviation Security Viewpoint

Part 1

The two major considerations from the aviation security viewpoint of both land side and terminal security include the functional areas and physical boundaries. Functional areas considerations help in highlighting the need and importance of flexibility as well as adaptability in rapidly changing requirements in security. This consideration also allows for flexibility not only in meeting current requirements in security but also permitting future upgrading as well as structural modifications by future designers. Functional considerations allow for the incorporation of solutions such as safe standoff distances from the terminal for both parking bays and roadways (Wells et al. 2004).Other solutions include use of glazing materials and perimeter beams that are blast resistant, use of CCTV cameras at doorways and other relevant locations, inspection stations for vehicles that provide ample queuing for vehicles etc.

Physical considerations could take various approaches. One approach that has been variously used is the incorporation of a boundary of a physical nature between various levels of security. Such levels of security could include sterile as well as non-sterile areas. Landside and terminal security design should take into consideration circulation as well as openness architectural issues.According to Bazargad (2004), higher levels of security should be implemented at the design level for areas that are highly accessible to members of the public who are not screened as well as those areas that are largely unmonitored. With that in mind, boundary surfaces should be designed in such a way that they limit objects or weapons entry.At the design level, considerations should also be made for purposes of containing passengers at the sterile parts in attempt to decrease the probable security breach impact.

Part 2

One way to mitigate the modern day risks associated with IED,s and VBIED’s is to sensitize people and airport personnel that in this day and age bombs can be made to look like items we use in our day to day lives. Travelers and other airport personnel should be made aware that stereotypical bombs such as the ones in movies are either non existent or a rarity. Nowadays, as Zellan (2003) says, the common denominator with all explosives is their ability to explode. With that in mind anything that looks suspicious should be reported immediately and examined by a trained explosives expert.Another way to mitigate the threat from IED’s is the use of bomb resistant garbage bins at the terminals.

Trash bins have been identified as the leading concealment places for bombs in public places and while they cannot be entirely eliminated because of their importance in waste management the most logical thing to do would be to install bomb resistant garbage bins. They look and function just like the normal garbage bins but their structural design enables them to eliminate most of the horizontal fragmentation as a result of an explosive detonation.Another very important way to ,mitigate the IED’s risks and which should be used hand in hand with the other suggestions is the implementation of  well structured programs for terminal staff involving basics on how to detect unusual behaviors. Such things as a person wearing clothes unlikely for that particular period of year or people trying to blend into a grouping that clearly he or she does not belong to should be taken with suspicion and reported to relevant authorities.

References

Bazargad, M. (2004). Airline operations and scheduling. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Wells, T.A., & Young, S.B (2004). Airport planning & management, 5^th Edition.

McGraw-Hill

Zellan J. (2003). Aviation security: current issues and developments. Nova Publishers

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