Mar15, 2014 Include a Security Plan in your Flight Planing


What your security plan should include
Whether you’re traveling domestically or abroad, it makes sense to have a good security plan. Here’s what you need to do, according to the corporate aviation security experts with whom we spoke:

1. Research the destination. Take into account risks and emergency resources en route and at the destination.
2. Have a security coordinator back home who monitors the trip and can provide assistance and access to resources as needed.
3. Make sure every member of the trip party has an emergency number to call that is monitored 24/7 and that those in the group check regularly with the home base.
4. Select someone to be a central point of contact on the trip or for designated portions of it. Make sure this person has access to real-time in-country information about impediments like riots, political demonstrations, traffic accidents and road closures.
5. Find a trustworthy local security partner, either directly or through your handling service or security services provider. Such a partner can be invaluable in assessing hotel and ground-route security.
6. Determine trigger points for changes in security footings and evacuations. Allow for contingencies such as use of alternate airports and ground ¬routings, fuel-tankering policies and how to expeditiously secure supplemental lift.
7. Run a table top exercise based on the plan with trip participants before and/or during the trip.
8. Debrief each trip, especially if a security-related event has occurred. Incorporate lessons learned into future plans. —
source M.HRandy Padfield COO, AIN Publications / Allentown, Pennsylvania Area / Airlines/Aviation