Leithen Francis
Flightglobal
Friday, January 8th, 2010
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has
warned against regulators over reacting in the wake of the recent
terrorist attempt on a Delta Air Lines passenger aircraft bound for the
USA.
“It takes real political maturity to remain calm and not fall
into the trap of knee jerk reactions such as imposition of new security
measures,” it says.
“Additional security measures are only justified when it can
be demonstrated that the benefits outweigh the additional burdens they
impose on society.” it adds.
Following the 26 December attempted bombing of a Delta Air Lines
flight from Amsterdam Schiphol to Detroit, the Dutch airport announced
it would be introducing full body scanners.
But the AAPA says “there is insufficient evidence regarding
the effectiveness” of full body scanners, “to justify their
immediate deployment”.
“Rather than focus on ever more intrusive passenger screening,
the key lesson from this, and previous terrorist incidents, is the
critical importance of effective intelligence gathering and
analysis,” it adds.
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