What is the 100 percent screening requirement, and how will it affect the air cargo industry?
• On Aug. 3, 2007, President Bush signed into law the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Act) P.L. 110-53(2007). The 9/11 Act requires TSA to establish a system for industry to screen 100 percent of cargo transported on passenger aircraft in the United States at the piece-level, commensurate with passenger baggage. The legislation also set an interim milestone of 50 percent screening to be reached by February 2009. By August 2010, cargo not screened in accordance TSA-approved processes and procedures cannot be uplifted by a passenger aircraft in the United States. Historically, this requirement would fall to the air carrier. However, we understand that there is simply not sufficient capacity or space to meet this requirement without carrier delays, cargo logjams, and increased transit times. Therefore, TSA has established a multi-dimensional strategy to reconcile the requirements of the mandate, the security needs of passengers, and the needs of a U.S
