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2 Stakeholder Needs and Requirements
Pages 18-20

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... It is these select stakeholders together who have both the capability and the responsibility to ensure aviation security and, therefore, to whom the panel directs the recommendations contained in this report. Regardless of the balance of financial responsibility between airports, air carriers, and the government for aviation security, all are stakeholders in that all have certain expectations of and a need for operating and managing explosives-detection equipment over its life cycle.
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... Explosives-detection equipment manufacturers, therefore, would benefit if the quality system and standard associated with FAA certification were also internationally recognized as credible. Al RPORT AN D Al R CARRI ER OPERATORS' NEEDS Traditionally, air carriers have been held financially responsible for aviation security.3 Air carriers are required to provide metal-detector portals, x-ray radiographic screening equipment for checked and carry-on baggage, and security personnel at passenger security checkpoints.
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... STAKEHOLDERS' NEEDS IN A CRISIS SITUATION There are situations in which the operation of airport security equipment can be expected to be closely examined, which include · specific threats against a particular flight (e.g., a bomb threat) a period of general high threat level (e.g., the FAA concludes that the probability of a terrorist incident is much .
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  • detects explosives

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