TIACA Urges TSA to Reduce Cargo Reporting Requirements
The Transportation Security Administration should lift the requirement that carriers report monthly air cargo screening statistics, said The International Air Carrier Association Chairman Oliver Evans in a letter to TSA Administrator John Pistole. Evans said the 100 percent level for…
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screening of inbound cargo under the National Cargo Security Program was achieved nine months ago, but the reporting requirement remains in place. Evans said this is of "great concern" because "the requirement places a significant labor and data collection burden" on the air cargo industry because companies must expend both human and IT resources to meet the requirement. Evans said Pistole should use his powers under the 2013 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act to certify that TSA has achieved screening of 100 percent of air cargo and to then lift the reporting requirement.