Contemporary issues in aviation security

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Contemporary issues in aviation security

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Contemporary issues in aviation security

Profiling

Introduction

Profiling is a selective risk investigation of a person which is carried out by trained personnel to air passengers before they are allowed to board on their flights in aviation industry . Just like the stop and frisk rule which is applied in the streets , when conducting a profiling operation , passengers are analysed according to their behaviour and appearance alongside their travel documents and come

up at a decision if these people meets the expectations of international travel requirements . If proven otherwise , the selected passengers are put through a thorough security check . The aim of this exercise is to reduce the risk involved due to the recent upsurge in terrorism activities involving people who pose themselves as passengers . It is a preventive as well as a precautionary measure which has had a lot of success and some drawbacks due to criticism from individuals and various civil rights groups . Behavioural profiling aims at separating the passengers with potential to cause harm from those who are not . Profiling aims at separating the passengers who have the potential to pose threat from others who have no potential to cause danger to other travellers

Background information

The initial profiling of passengers in aviation industry was carried out in 1994 when the Computer -Assisted Passenger Pre-Screening System (CAPPS I ) was still on the development stage . The routine profiling got as recommendation after the crashing of...