Counter Terror Gazette

Aviation Security Quality Control: striving for excellence

18 Apr 2011

Annex 17 of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), is the primary source of Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) for the establishment and management of a State’s national civil aviation system, by addressing preventive and responsive security measures. The fundamental challenge for the establishment and management of such a civil aviation security system is to create an aviation security regime that is highly effective in preventing acts of unlawful interference and ensures compliance with specific regulations but does not unduly interfere with the efficiency of civil aviation, impose excessive costs or intrude unnecessarily into private rights or civil liberties.  Diana M. Stancu outlines the national aviation security quality control system as envisaged by ICAO and considers various stakeholders’ responsibilities for providing an effective and robust system.  

Quality as a concept describes the relationship between requirements and outcomes, the difference between what we expect and what we get. It requires the pursuit of excellence, which is achieved through continuous improvement and mutual learning, cooperation and involvement of all aviation related staff. MORE ONLINE.