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(Left to right) AfA's Brandon Fried; Thomas Kenny, deputy director, FAA; John Beckius, TSA.

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has urged forwarders to advise customers of new screening rules which come into force on 31 October.

The Impracticable to Screen amendment ends on that date and will mean that cargo which is hard to screen using normal methods will not ...

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  • David Fuller

    June 07, 2023 at 3:32 pm

    How would the TSA propose that a shipper “join” a Certified Cargo Screening Facility? It’s not a gym, it’s a service provider. What will become of the sniffer programs? Are these not working? Has something happened in the industry to drive us to this new level of overreach? From watching the news, I’d say mental instability of passengers and crew is the biggest threat currently to air travel.