Transport committee  Thank you very much.

Transport committee  I'd like to give you a global answer and then defer to NACC, which I believe is going to be here testifying on Thursday and specifically addressing Canadian airports. Globally, what IATA has seen is that perimeter security is the weak point across very many airports. There are u

Transport committee  I can comment at a high level, representing IATA: we're completely opposed to racial and ethnic profiling. Racial and ethnic profiling is not a security procedure. However, we do believe that behavioural profiling, whereby you take a look at how a person is reacting and interact

Transport committee  Well, what I would like to say on this is that the exact circumstances of Abdulmutallab's travel that we have had related to us indicate that in fact he was not on a no-fly list, a no-fly or selectee list, and that we was travelling with a valid U.S. visa that had been issued, I

Transport committee  I'm talking about a situation that may be two or three years down the road, because currently the way CATSA carries out its mission is not consistent with an idea of having separate tracks for NEXUS or Global Entry cardholders. But on the higher level of philosophy, essentially

Transport committee  Let me start by saying that Transport Canada, on a major portion of the question you just asked, is headed in the right direction. IATA has put together security management systems. My colleague here has talked about safety management systems. Transport Canada has been very sup

Transport committee  Mr. Bevington, you're right: the basic fundamentals of risk management. We find that what the airline experience has been, especially since September 11, is that emergency rules and emergency orders that are written in the heat of the moment wind up becoming national policy, and

Transport committee  I think the sniffing device has turned out to be a very interesting exercise in government contracting and science. The science of the sniffing devices appears to work. It appears that you can put a person into the sniffers and get a very good idea of whether or not they have a r

Transport committee  You're absolutely correct. Since 9/11 we've seen a dramatic downturn in the number of passengers choosing air travel for flights that are 300 miles or less, because, quite frankly, you can probably drive there faster. We're very concerned about that. This especially hits the sma

Transport committee  Yes, you're absolutely right. Let me just offer a little perspective on the information that we received concerning delays after December 25. Five hours and thirty minutes was the longest delay in Canada; three hours was the average. In Europe our airlines were reporting that de

Transport committee  I am not able to speak French.

Transport committee  I certainly think the question has to be asked: what is the biggest threat to commercial aviation today? Many of us believe that it's a threat posed by explosive devices. The capabilities and the detection strengths that whole-body imaging has are not necessarily the same strengt

Transport committee  You have two programs here, between the United States and Canada, that we certainly believe need to be leveraged more. As I discussed, you have NEXUS and Global Entry. It would occur to us that the more information passengers are willing to give to a government regulator to ide

Transport committee  It's very similar, yes.

Transport committee  That's quite all right. I'm changing topics to airline security. Good morning, members of the committee. I'd like to thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. IATA appreciates the leadership of the committee in addressing critical aviation safety and security issu