'Everyone must be onboard' if IATA's OneRecord is to work
IATA’s OneRecord will benefit the air cargo industry, but only if everyone is on board, ...
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It’s not just e-freight that’s hoping Gacag can be a fix-all solution.
The other topic de jour is the Ebay problem ? untrained shippers sending dangerous goods by air through the post, and, of course, the lithium battery (and fakes) issue. Airports, who have to deal with the discovered goods, airlines, forwarders, handlers and shippers, as well as online retailers, all need to know the rules. Punitive penalties on airlines is a solution mentioned by some. And, of course, Gacag is another ...
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Ted
March 09, 2011 at 9:27 pmAlex, when people say "IATA has been called upon to give clear leadership" don't they understand that IATA is the airlines themselves? The association, at least in principle is supposed to represent and reflect its membership. That it is otherwise is what those who expect it to deliver ought to focus on and affect. And change is what IATA is most leery of, including how to deal with forwarders and ground handlers who don't have a vote or even a real seat at the table.
Alex Lennane
March 15, 2011 at 3:45 pmTed, thanks so much for your comment. It seems as if the airlines have been sorely disappointed by those who are supposed to represent them, but judging from what I saw last week, it looks as if IATA is, finally, changing – and perhaps will represent its members better.
There will be more from IATA here later this week.
Ted
March 17, 2011 at 4:44 pmI hear you and remain a skeptical hopeful. I had an opportunity to talk to Michael Steen the other day as well, encouraging. While the roadmap is being drawn, I see the biggest challenge in what so much in this country is plagued by – Congress – and how to educate and find a way to convince representatives to grow a spine, use their brains and stop kneejerk reactions, such the the recent TSA EA, which ultimately endanger the supply chain as much as terrorism, and I realize that's saying a lot. And the EU isn't much better. It's a steep hill to climb.