National Threat Advisory Bulletin .....

I think the Aviation regulatory body should take a leaf out of the U.S Homeland Security and start a National Threat Advisory Bulletin on a day to day basis ,the air traveler and the general public has the right to know what are the threat levels in the country on a particular day, for that matter every citizen has the right to know.

We work in a system which has taught us " no one needs to know any thing if he is traveling by air then he should know better " keep the information to your self, some time i ...wonder "does he know what i know....... i can not do any thing ....I look at him and that's all...

Funny and amazing , nothing ever happens here for the positive after IC-814 and 9/11 the logical step should have been to start this bulletin but we did not,I think some one is waiting for some thing to happen...we have faced terrorism for the past 20 or more years and have lost approximately more than 40,000 people to it. We should be going ahead laying down standards to secure our skies... but the amazing part is that we are not at all bothered...

People get killed we don't learn from our past and from our mistakes, the system provides a knee jerk reaction to cover up for lost opportunities....or for its lack of initiatives..

The new threat is emerging now here is...as Nepalese govt and the Moist have parted way's , the influx of the Maoist carders in to India can not be ruled out...as the borders are open between both countries ....there has always been a threat to Indian aviation from the Maoist( Nepal) and other Indian groups...who have the same political bearing's .

A change has to come in the mind set of the Aviation security system here....other wise we may face problems....

Aviation (Airline) security here works with its one hand tied behind its back...pressurised by the airline management to take short cuts and the regulatory body standing on our heads...for a quid pro quo......

Security Culture in India......

Every AVSEC professorial would agree that threat to the civil aviation comes from the assumption that there is no room for improvement and every thing is right and hunky dory. If a loophole exists ,then someone, some where will find it and try and exploit it to its fullest, are we looking at the future threats? the most dangerous threat to the aviation sector is the new and emerging threat posed by the "Internet".The more connected we are the more venerable we become.

There is a culture in airlines and that is catching like fire "sending a flight on time is more IMPORTANT than ,sending a SECURE flight".

AVIATION SECURITY is a forgotten sector here in India, we confuse it with SAFETY if a flight is safe for most in the airline it means that the flight is also "SECURE",after IC-814 we have not faced any major disaster that does not mean that we put our guard down.

The best defense against any terrorist does not come in the form of new technology or developments in EVDs or x-ray scanners or the latest CCTV "it comes in the form of the human brain and investment in sharpening human brain to its best possible capacity and that is an investment worth taking". It is always the man behind the machine.

I am not saying that technology is not good but i believe the more you take in technology the more venerable you become,lets not keep our flanks unprotected. A human asset will always be more important than the technology.Technology will always be an helping hand to the human brain.

While saying that, the investment in technology is below the desired level here and need a boost immediately, the investment in human brain is at a ok level when it comes to Aviation security we have not been able to create a much desired security culture among the passengers which is most important.

Aviation Security department in every airline is considered to be a nuisance as it asks WHERE ,WHEN and HOW, as of today we don't have a generation of AVSEC officers (apart from the officers who retire from the AVSEC regulatory body)who can later be the bed rock of airlines of the future,people want to leave this trade as salaries are low there are no promotions,frustration among the staff.....

lets hope we are able to develop a security culture in India.