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IATA Chief Sees Support for Checkpoint of the Future Becoming Reality

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

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There is growing government support for an intelligence-driven, risk-based approach to screening passengers at airport checkpoints, says the new head of the International Air Transportation Association (IATA). Tony Tyler, who took the helm at IATA earlier this summer, says he is “very pleased” with steps being taken by the U.S. Department of Homeland security toward a risk-based approach to passenger screening. Speaking at the annual Aviation Security World Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam earlier this month, Tyler likes how Homeland…

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