Originally Posted by
Cha-cha-cha
There's been a lot of talk in the media recently about private jets. Not that I'll ever be able to take one, but just out of curiosity (and probably other people may also be interested in the answer,) if you take a private jet, do you still have to go through the regular TSA shoes-off no-liquids etc. security? I suppose that if you fly from a private air strip you don't, but if you fly from a regular airport, do you have to go through security with everyone else before you can get to your plane? Or is not having to deal with the TSA another perk for those rich enough to fly private jets?
Thanks to any knowledgeable persons who could cast light on this idle question.
You do not have to go through TSA security with private jets.
I fly private jets part time and can tell you the rules are rumoured to change. We will see how the lobbying efforts go. I do have to keep tabs on the documents of people aboard and for example, before international flights, transmit that data to CBP and get permission to take off (and hit the ADIZ), and then permission to land in the US for CBP inspection and so they can run all the pax names (eAPIS I think). I don't have my flight kit in front of me, but IIRC the cut off is a minimum of an hour before planned take off.
These rules have been voluntary for the last 6 months but became mandatory today actually.
Ciao,
FH