Translation of "Sécurité des passagers sur l'aire de trafic " (French → English) :

Responsibility for Safety of Passengers on the Apron

apron safety line

(a) passengers move on the apron and embark and disembark safely, in accordance with procedures that meet the Commercial Air Service Standards and that are specified in the air operator’s company operations manual;

(n) safety procedures relating to the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers and their movement on the apron;

mandatory checking of all luggage by X-ray or other methods before the passengers are authorized to present themselves at the check-in counter; mandatory verification of passenger identification at the checkpoint and upon embarking; implementation of electronic passenger and employee identification systems; improvement and validation of the system used to control access to restricted areas; RCMP presence in all schedule 1 and 2 airports in Canada; implementation of an emergency intervention plan to counter ground terrorism, which could be customized according to each category of airport; application of legislative measures to count ...[+++]er the ground rage of violent passengers; ground safety inspections of aircraft, which should be done by airline personnel other than flight personnel or aircraft service agents; better control of access to boarding docks or the tarmac, using a system of electronically locked doors to eliminate the need for keys; increased consultation with employees as per the terms and conditions stipulated in part II of the Canada Labour Code; appropriate training for airline personnel provided jointly by Transport Canada and the airline; and the implementation of a safety program, including procedures that can be escalated according to the level of risk.

In any case such as this the choice must be arbitrary, and we recommend, without being dogmatic, we hope, that there be patrols, armed or unarmed, at major airport concourses; guards over all aircraft on the ramp at all commercial airports; physical or technical search of all persons boarding an aircraft at the ramp; search of all hand baggage, checked baggage, and supplies going on a major passenger aircraft; reinforced locked doors between the flight deck and the p ...[+++]assenger cabin; sky marshals armed with suitable weapons on board each major passenger flight; and the captains and first officers on each major passenger flight be suitably armed.