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Ayos to, what did Forrest Gump say again, stupid is as stupid does?
New Miaa policy for check in bags
First posted 01:51am (Mla time) Jan 06, 2006
By Nikko Dizon
Inquirer
Editor's Note: Published on Page A15 of the January 6, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE Manila International Airport Authority (Miaa) is set to implement a "100 percent sanitized baggage" procedure in which departing passengers would not be allowed to hold onto their checked in luggage once these have passed through the initial X-ray screening.
"It's a security enhancement procedure required by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)," said retired Brig. Gen. Angel Atutubo, Miaa assistant general manager for security and emergency services.
International airlines operating at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia), however, have warned that the new system would only result in chaos and longer lines in the cramped departure areas of Terminal 1 and the Centennial Terminal 2.
"These additional procedures would only add to the chokepoints in the terminals," Santi Medrana III, vice chair of the Airline Operators Council (AOC), told reporters.
The AOC also expressed concern that the new security procedure would result in more lost
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bags and delayed flights.
There are more than 2,000 departing passengers during peak hour flights at Terminal 1 alone.
Under the sanitized baggage scheme, after the initial X-ray, passengers would turn over their bags to porters who would bring it to the check in area.
Atutubo said their porters are deputized security personnel who have undergone security training.
The Miaa official added that some 60 porters would be deployed in Terminal 1 while another 18 would be stationed in Terminal 2.
Atutubo showed reporters a copy of ICAO Annex 17, series 2004, which he said is the Miaa's basis for the new security procedure.
The ICAO regulation read: "From 1 January 2006, each Contracting State shall establish measures to ensure that originating hold baggage intended to be carried in an aircraft engaged in international civil aviation operations is screened prior to being loaded into the aircraft."
Medrana, however, said the regulation did not state that passengers should not be allowed contact with their checked in luggage.
"I think semantics is the issue," he said. "The security measures are already in place-there's the X-ray, the pat down or body frisking, and the hand wand or detector."
Atutubo, meanwhile, urged airlines to observe the dry run of the new security procedure so that they could recommend improvements.
A dry run was scheduled yesterday afternoon, as well as on Jan. 9 and 12.
New Miaa policy for check in bags
First posted 01:51am (Mla time) Jan 06, 2006
By Nikko Dizon
Inquirer
Editor's Note: Published on Page A15 of the January 6, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE Manila International Airport Authority (Miaa) is set to implement a "100 percent sanitized baggage" procedure in which departing passengers would not be allowed to hold onto their checked in luggage once these have passed through the initial X-ray screening.
"It's a security enhancement procedure required by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)," said retired Brig. Gen. Angel Atutubo, Miaa assistant general manager for security and emergency services.
International airlines operating at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia), however, have warned that the new system would only result in chaos and longer lines in the cramped departure areas of Terminal 1 and the Centennial Terminal 2.
"These additional procedures would only add to the chokepoints in the terminals," Santi Medrana III, vice chair of the Airline Operators Council (AOC), told reporters.
The AOC also expressed concern that the new security procedure would result in more lost
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Write the editor
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bags and delayed flights.
There are more than 2,000 departing passengers during peak hour flights at Terminal 1 alone.
Under the sanitized baggage scheme, after the initial X-ray, passengers would turn over their bags to porters who would bring it to the check in area.
Atutubo said their porters are deputized security personnel who have undergone security training.
The Miaa official added that some 60 porters would be deployed in Terminal 1 while another 18 would be stationed in Terminal 2.
Atutubo showed reporters a copy of ICAO Annex 17, series 2004, which he said is the Miaa's basis for the new security procedure.
The ICAO regulation read: "From 1 January 2006, each Contracting State shall establish measures to ensure that originating hold baggage intended to be carried in an aircraft engaged in international civil aviation operations is screened prior to being loaded into the aircraft."
Medrana, however, said the regulation did not state that passengers should not be allowed contact with their checked in luggage.
"I think semantics is the issue," he said. "The security measures are already in place-there's the X-ray, the pat down or body frisking, and the hand wand or detector."
Atutubo, meanwhile, urged airlines to observe the dry run of the new security procedure so that they could recommend improvements.
A dry run was scheduled yesterday afternoon, as well as on Jan. 9 and 12.