Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The airlines are in favor of these changes, currently bizjet operators offer customers the added convenience of no TSA to the most lucrative customer demographic (First Class).
I'm OK with provisions to allow frequent flyers with known backgrounds to skip security, but I'm not so sure that four scary-looking dudes should be able to walk up, charter a G-V for cash, and board with whatever contraband they like. That thing weighs as much as a CRJ900...
I'm sure most operators are pretty conscientious about who they fly, but there will always be that one guy who lets the smell of money get the better of his common sense.
This has nothing to do with people chartering aircraft; they are subject to TSA/security protocols....the LASP is applying commercial level security to people who fly on their own aircraft, and corporations who fly their own officers/employees...Yes, what TSA envisions is that, for example, any private individual who wants to fly onboard his OWN airplane (>12,500 lbs) would have to submit to a TSA check to board his own aircraft. Friends/family members...background check....officers/employees of a company on board company aircraft...background check...