BA chief blasts screening at US airports
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October 28, 2010, Thursday
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THE chairman of British Airways claims the United States is making excessive demands about screening airline passengers, including insisting on measures it doesn't require on US domestic flights.
BA Chairman Martin Broughton complained specifically about separate checks for laptop computers and forcing people to take off their shoes, saying such measures are "completely redundant," the Financial Times reported yesterday.
"America does not do internally a lot of the things they demand that we do," Broughton was quoted as saying. "We shouldn't stand for that. We should say, 'We'll only do things which we consider to be essential and that you Americans also consider essential.'"
Broughton aired his complaint on Tuesday at the annual conference of the UK Airport Operators Association. BA said the report was accurate, but did not have a text of his remarks.
Broughton added that British authorities should not "kowtow to the Americans every time they wanted something done."
"We all know there's quite a number of elements in the security program which are completely redundant and they should be sorted out," Broughton was quoted as saying.
Colin Matthews, chief executive of BAA PLC, which owns Heathrow airport, says security is subject to regulations set by US, European and domestic authorities. "There are some aspects which have been frustrating to everyone, but equally everyone understands we have to keep the passenger safe," Matthews told BBC radio.
BA Chairman Martin Broughton complained specifically about separate checks for laptop computers and forcing people to take off their shoes, saying such measures are "completely redundant," the Financial Times reported yesterday.
"America does not do internally a lot of the things they demand that we do," Broughton was quoted as saying. "We shouldn't stand for that. We should say, 'We'll only do things which we consider to be essential and that you Americans also consider essential.'"
Broughton aired his complaint on Tuesday at the annual conference of the UK Airport Operators Association. BA said the report was accurate, but did not have a text of his remarks.
Broughton added that British authorities should not "kowtow to the Americans every time they wanted something done."
"We all know there's quite a number of elements in the security program which are completely redundant and they should be sorted out," Broughton was quoted as saying.
Colin Matthews, chief executive of BAA PLC, which owns Heathrow airport, says security is subject to regulations set by US, European and domestic authorities. "There are some aspects which have been frustrating to everyone, but equally everyone understands we have to keep the passenger safe," Matthews told BBC radio.
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