Airport Chain of Command for Security Issues
Apr 3, 2011 | 11:02 pm
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Apr 4, 2011 | 9:10 am
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I remember reading a mileage run trip report a while back, by someone who really knew what they were doing, and a TSO tried to give him some crap about no one else being available (higher up), whereupon he said if that person wasn't available, the airport would have to be shut down (I probably have the details wrong, but you get the gist of it).
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Apr 4, 2011 | 10:23 am
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I spent some time trying to figure all of this out (being a process person), and please... not to slam any individual... yet it's amazing how quickly the TSA (and the DHS) have become a fully evolved and staffed bureaucracy. And I take it there was a re-org a few years back, that really shuffled up the FSD and Regional Director org-chart. Just when you get a feel for the structure, it shifts some. I'm really suprised that there isn't a private (or not so public) forum for talking about the internal workings of the organization (as there appears to be for Fortune-50, military branches, and larger government organizations). Aside from how the TSA does their role, with the growth and re-orgs it's a real challenge to keep track of everyone (and all of the roles)! 
Apr 4, 2011 | 11:11 am
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Ask in this order...
TSO -> STSO -> TSM -> FSD
An STSO (or LTSO acting as an STSO) is required to operate a checkpoint, and a TSM is required to operate an airport. An FSD may run several airports and is not necessarily present, but his office will be accessible by phone at all times.
--Jon
TSO -> STSO -> TSM -> FSD
An STSO (or LTSO acting as an STSO) is required to operate a checkpoint, and a TSM is required to operate an airport. An FSD may run several airports and is not necessarily present, but his office will be accessible by phone at all times.
--Jon
Apr 4, 2011 | 12:31 pm
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Ask in this order...
TSO -> STSO -> TSM -> FSD
An STSO (or LTSO acting as an STSO) is required to operate a checkpoint, and a TSM is required to operate an airport. An FSD may run several airports and is not necessarily present, but his office will be accessible by phone at all times.
--Jon
TSO -> STSO -> TSM -> FSD
An STSO (or LTSO acting as an STSO) is required to operate a checkpoint, and a TSM is required to operate an airport. An FSD may run several airports and is not necessarily present, but his office will be accessible by phone at all times.
--Jon