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Indirect Air Carrier Standard Security Program (IACSSP) CFR Title 49: Transportation PART 1548—INDIRECT AIR CARRIER SECURITY The Transportation Security Administration (released the final version of the Indirect Air Carrier Standard Security Program (IACSSP) through their web-based Indirect Air Carrier Management System (IACMS) https://extranet.tsa.dot.gov/iac/ It is available to be viewed and downloaded, in addition to the comments which were received during the review period. All Indirect Air Carrier (IAC) members of the Airforwarders Association should download this immediately and read and evaluate it particularly as it pertains to the deadlines which are imposed by the TSA in their cover letter. For non-members, here is a public viewable source INDIRECT AIR CARRIER SECURITY
There are more than 4,000 registered IACs involved in the air cargo industry, most considered small to medium-size enterprises. TSA has mandates to require 100% of domestic forwarders to be compliant with this program for scanning of all cargo loaded on passenger planes by August 2010.
TSA Courier Test Kit for X-ray Imaging Training & Self-Certification This kit is supplied in a lockable, heavy-duty Pelican Case, for carrying and secure storage. The case is foam plastic lined, that is slotted with cut-outs to hold the various components listed below. The components can be run through x-ray screening equipment as individual items, or can be assembled into simulated IEDs of different configurations, according to the components used. PRICE: $2000.00 CONUS Only Federal, state and local restrictions apply. Your company may not qualify to possess and maintain this kit. Purchase of this kit includes detailed instructions (Instructions not available until delivery has take place)
Training Kit Contents: Set of concealment shapes, opaque to x-ray beam. They are made from 1/16” (or 1/8”) thick lead sheet (as available). The lead is coated with a layer of plastic to prevent contact with the hands when handing, and mounted on a stiff strip of polycarbonate plastic. These shapes are used by people trying to conceal hazardous items (small handguns, IED components, ammunition, knives and scissors, etc.) from being seen on x-ray, because they prevent passage of the x-ray beam. Rectangular lead strip 8" X 4" X 1/16" thick "Bar" of lead, 8" x 12" x 1/16" thick Circle (disk) of lead, 5-1/2" dia. x 1/16" thick An inert hand grenade, with inert mechanical fuze Simulated, inert Improvised Explosive Device ("IED"), consisting of the following components: a. Simulated explosive charge, with each of the following subcomponents provided: -simulated dynamite (two cartridges), - simulated TNT demolition block,-simulated M112 C4 demolition block, - simulated sheet explosive ("detasheet"), - switch or timer and a detonator /initiator assembled with 24 gauge hookup wire, b. Assorted power supplies: -one Polaroid / Powercard type flat battery; -two 9 volt batteries; -2 size "AA" 1.5 volt batteries in a plastic battery holder c. assorted timers: -digital or analog travel alarm clock, modified as a switch -small analog pocket watch, modified as a switch-large analog alarm clock, modified as a switch d. 3 INERT electric detonators with bridgewire assembly, simulated charge and simulated base explosive charge e. Instructor guide Optional Items: (at additional cost) Functional Inert semi-automatic handgun with one magazine containing several inert correctly assembled cartridges
For New York Area Indirect Air Carriers - IACs serving JFK, LGA & EWR: As per security protocols put in place per Port Authority of NY/NJ Police, NYPD-Arson/Bomb & the Essex Co. Sheriff's Office - Bomb Detection Unit, all commercial entities and their executives, employees, agents and representatives are subject to background checks and random inspections by law enforcement.
Air Cargo Security Issues: During each day over 38 million major cargo shipments and 75 million courier shipments begin and end at our door steps. We take in cargo as a matter of course and welcome the couriers and drivers as they deliver products to us. Little consideration is given to much of this cargo as to where it has been, or who handled it, who shipped it or the fact of its relative safety or security, we just sign the form and take it in! Cargo is neither safe nor secure in transit but rather at risk during much of the transit cycle. Air cargo, as compared to all conventional forms of transit, gets its greatest security boost from delivery speed, anonymity and parcel size relative to other packages in the same igloo. Air cargo rarely sits still. Cargo at rest becomes cargo at risk. Air cargo on the other hand gets far less scrutiny than we would like and it is therefore an area of concern for security professionals. Tendered cargo at airside merely got a cursory x-ray screening. Little effort was put into interrogating the shipper, as the shipper is usually unknown and miles away. Air cargo is unattended unlike baggage, which tends to get matched to owners at one end of the flight or the other. Without a pedigree nor opportunity for scrutiny we run tremendous risks in accepting general air shipments as well as courier packages. Many parcels of a certain height and weight are opened for customs examination but then most are not properly reclosed or re-secured before boarding the aircraft. In-bond facilities in many countries are less than secure and they are the perfect formula for disaster. When you consider the US as being one of one thousand shippers, you can better understand the scope and magnitude of the problem globally. Do we curtail shipments from non-participating countries? Do we stop importing? Clearly the threat of terrorism via air cargo must become part of any shippers receiving policy and we must all be just a bit more careful in randomly receiving unannounced packages. In the United States the FAA and the DHS/TSA have instituted the Certified Cargo Screening Program, where each such forwarder (Indirect Air Carriers - IACs) must self-certify any shipments which are destined for air transport.
"To participate directly in the TSA’s Certified Cargo Screening Program, forwarders -- legally referred to by federal aviation security regulators as Indirect Air Carriers (IACs) -- must invest in scanning equipment that’s substantially more robust than that used to scan passenger baggage." “Forwarders participating in CCSP must purchase technology for which the cost may range from $150,000 to $500,000 per facility -- a price tag that cannot be met by most small and medium-size forwarders,” said Brandon Fried, executive director of the Airforwarders Association, in testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee’s subcommittee on transportation security and infrastructure protection. “As a result, they will face delays at the airport for cargo screening, causing them to miss flights and lose revenues,” he added. “This lost revenue, in the current economic environment with high fuel surcharges and razor-thin profit margins, could force forwarders out of business.”

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