The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last month extended the compliance date for the Twelve-Five Standard Security Program (TFSSP), which will require new security measures for operators of aircraft with an mtow of 12,500 lb or more, and later announced it would also delay the Private Charter Standard Security Program (PCSSP).
The TSA pushed the start date for the TFSSP from December 1– also the deadline for implementation of PCSSP–to February 1. In postponing the beginning of the TFSSP, the security agency acknowledged that many of the affected operators are small entities that were not subject to aviation security regulations before issuance of the rule. Therefore, these operators had not conducted fingerprinting-based criminal history record checks (CHRC) on their employees, had not trained staff and flight crew on security measures or operated in accordance with a security program.
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