AST Digital Magazine October 2017 Digital-Oct | Page 74

Volume 17
October 2017 Edition
Traveling Back to the US from Africa X-Ray
Screening
Guest OpEd by Dominic J. Arcuri, Security Specialist and
Former Aviation Security Trainer
Properly trained X-Ray operators are one layer of security
that is critical in the protection of aircraft in our skies.
programs, administrators and budget planners
leaving one of the most critical layers in aviation
security devoid of effectiveness.
As civil aviation organizations in Africa con-
tinue to improve operations and their level of
compliance ambition expands, there is one
critical area which remains deficient through-
out much of the Continent.
Until it is addressed, direct flights back to the
United States from the Continent elusive.
With current aviation security concerns centered
on preventing acts of terrorism, baggage screen-
ing procedures play an important role in any civil
aviation authority’s airport security plan.
In much of Africa, this skill-set is under provided.
Proper training and mandatory certification in
X-Ray screening seems to have evaded many
The primary task of an AVSEC X-Ray Operator is to search
for those materials that can bring a plane down.
The primary task of an AVSEC X-Ray Operator
is to search for those materials that can bring a
plane down.
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