more on JetBlue,

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:14:30 -0700
> From: Pam Dixon <pam () pamdixon com>
> Subject: more on JetBlue, for IP if you wish
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
>
>
> Dave,
>
> Last year Aviation Daily ran a short piece about 11 airlines -- including 
> JetBlue -- that installed video surveillance equipment in the passenger 
> cabins. JetBlue said that it didn't store its video, but these new 
> data-sharing revelations bring the company's privacy promises into doubt. 
> Also, the new information about JetBlue's passenger data sharing makes me 
> wonder all over again about the Long Beach TSA pilot program (see last 
> item) that JetBlue was involved in. What exactly were those "enhanced 
> security screening procedures?"
>
> --Pam Dixon
> pam () pamdixon com
>
>
>
> Aviation Daily
> September 10, 2002
> Vol. 349, No. 49; Pg. 3
>
> Value Of Surveillance Cameras In The Cabin Remains Unknown
>
> Though Senate passage of the Homeland Security Act last week focused 
> public attention on guns in the cockpit, the measure also tasks TSA to 
> create another layer of defense -- guidelines for using video surveillance 
> systems in flight. As airlines begin to use the cameras, flight crews face 
> the challenge of not being distracted by monitoring passenger behavior and 
> neglecting other areas of safety.
> "The worst case scenario is one pilot might end up monitoring the camera 
> constantly like a security guard on the ground," said Hans Weber, 
> president of San Diego, Calif.-based Tecop International, a company 
> specializing in technology for aircraft safety and security. "The benefits 
> of video surveillance are small in comparison to cockpit doors. If they're 
> used properly they can make a pilot's job easier. But pilots using the 
> cameras could get overly distracted. I don't see them as essential."
> Pilots have the option of turning the screens off during critical phases 
> of flight, said JetBlue VP of Technical Operations and Aircraft Planning 
> Tom Anderson. The airline is installing video surveillance technology on 
> its 27 Airbus A320s using its Live TV feed.
> FAA has funded 11 U.S. carriers, including United Airlines, Delta, 
> Continental and JetBlue, to install and test video surveillance equipment. 
> Weber said the agency is waiting for input from those carriers before 
> issuing guidelines on their use.
> Weber said privacy groups could create opposition to surveillance cameras 
> if the images are captured and stored. JetBlue said it has no plans to 
> store images, and hadn't received negative feedback from pilots or 
> passengers so far about using cameras. "The benefits outweigh any 
> disadvantages," Anderson said.
> --<snip>
>
>
>
> -----
>
> Ground Handling International
> December 2002
> Easing the flow. (Ground Handling News).
>
>    Responding to complaints from airlines, airports and travellers, the US
> Transportation Security Administration has taken the first significant step
> toward eliminating random gate screening of passengers who already have 
> cleared
> security checkpoints.
>
>    Acting TSA head James Loy revealed that pilot programmes were being 
> launched
> at Los Angeles International airport in cooperation with American Airlines and
> at Long Beach Municipal airport, in cooperation with JetBlue Airways: 
> these will
> dispense with the usual intrusive personal searches. As part of the tests, TSA
> will conduct all passenger identification and enhanced security screening
> procedures at the primary security checkpoint, which will require all 
> customers
> to obtain boarding passes before going to the checkpoint.
>
>    Speaking at the Aero Club of Washington, Loy admitted that reducing
> inconvenience levels for passengers was one of his primary goals. "Every
> unnecessary step eliminated from the security process tends to lower the 
> hassle
> factor," he affirmed. In addition, Loy said he hopes a pilot programme 
> involving
> universal Transportation Worker Identification Cards will start immediately in
> Philadelphia and Los Angeles and that this could eventually blossom into a
> trusted traveller programme, or registered traveller programme as he 
> termed it.
> <snip>
> .........

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