security surcharge authorized by the CAB to be included in the price of each airline ticket. Twenty-five cents of this surcharge is used to reimburse airport operators in providing law enforcement support and 34 cents is used to cover air carrier passenger and baggage screening costs. The present program is evaluated on a continuing basis to determine means and methods by which it can be improved. ANTIHIJACKING IMPROVEMENT PLANS 1. Development of more sophisticated and effective devices and X-ray screening equipment. 2. Increased efficiency of screening and law enforcement personnel. 3. Improved security posture of airports. 4. Implementation and adequate security procedures by foreign carriers operating in the United States. 5. Strict law enforcement and security support by foreign governments for U.S. air carrier aircraft operating in other countries. 6. Development of improved crew member anthijacking training programs. 7. An increased deterrent effect resulting from swift and effective apprehension and prosecution of offenders. 8. Development and implementation of additional and meaningful international agreements. 9. Greater emphasis on technical assistance to foreign governments in the interest of improved security. FOREIGN AIR CARRIER SECURITY Mr. CONTE. Would you explain how foreign air carriers are to be required to adopt security measures similar to those required of U.S. carriers? Mr. YOHE. At the present time, there is no requirement for foreign air carriers to meet the security requirements of U.S. air carriers. However, we have an NPRM 74-3 pending. If adopted, it would be enforceable that no foreign air carrier may land or take off a large aircraft in the United States, in scheduled passenger operations, unless it uses a security program for those operations that meets the standards prescribed below and all of the passengers and carryon baggage are screened prior to boarding in accordance with that security program. (1) Each foreign air carrier conducting operations governed by proposed section 129.25 shall in the conduct of those operations use a security program designed to: (2) prevent or deter the carriage aboard its aircraft of any explosives or incendiary device or weapon in carryon baggage or on or about the persons of passengers, except as provided in section 129.27, through screening procedures involving the use of security equipment or physical search; (3) prevent or deter unauthorized access to aircraft; (4) assure that baggage is checked in by a responsible agent or representative of the foreign air carrier; and (5) prevent cargo and checked baggage from being loaded aboard its aircraft unless handled in accordance with the foreign air carrier's security procedures. Mr. CONTE. How are these security measures on foreign carriers to Mr. YOHE. Surveillance of foreign air carriers to insure compliance Enforcement of the program could entail consultation with the re- sponsible air carrier and/or State and possibly certificate action SECURITY PROFILE SYSTEM STATUS Mr. CONTE. What is the current status of the profile system formu- lated and adopted for screening potentially dangerous passengers? Is a similar system in use or to be put in use in foreign carriers entering Mr. YOHE. The profile system of passenger screening has not been used since Janary 1973. In January, we began requiring all air carriers to conduct 100 percent screening of each passenger and their carryon baggage items. The carryon baggage items are inspected either phys- ically or by X-ray and each passenger is cleared by a metal detection Most foreign air carriers use a similar screening system but do not always screen 100 percent of their flights. They either spot check FAA/NTSB RELATIONSHIP Mr. CONTE. What will be the relationship you seek for your new associate administrator for aviation safety, centralizing FAA air safety responsibilities, and the parallel or complementary air safety responsibilities of the National Transportation Safety Board? Would you comment on the proposal pending to grant the NTS Board full and independent authority to investigate air carrier crashes or Mr. Dow. There will be no basic change in the overall FAA relation- ship with NTSB regarding air safety responsibilities. NTSB will con- The NTSB's pending proposal does not relate to air carrier acci- FLIGHT STANDARDS POSITIONS EMPLOYMENT Mr. McFALL. Virtually all of the activities under your flight standards program show personnel decreases. What is your present employment under this activitiy? Mr. Dow. The employment as of February 28, in the total under the flight standards activitiy is 4,588. We should say that the decreases in positions are primarily in what we call the aircraft program. In fact, 118 of the decrease is attributable to the modernization of the fleet, that is, bringing in the jet aircraft to replace the DC-3's. In the regulatory program, we have an increase of 46 in fiscal year 1975 year-end employment funded in this budget. So the regulatory program does have this employment increase. But the big offset, bringing in the new fleet, is a major reason for the decrease in positions. IMPACT OF FLEET MODERNIZATION Mr. McFALL. Most of your savings in this program results from the modernization of your aircraft fleet. The $5.8 million savings reflected in the budget is, however, about $2 million less than the annual savings you originally projected last May. Will there be any additional savings from this modernization program? Mr. Dow. In terms of positions, these 118 bring us to the total 301. So there will be no more position saving after 1975. The aircraft will start coming in probably in May. I would expect there will be some additional saving in dollars. Maybe Mr. Plissner has more details about the figures. Mr. McFALL. Is there some inflated cost that would reduce the amount of saving that was originally projected, perhaps? Mr. PLISSNER. NO. Mr. McFALL. My question indicated that the $5.8 million saving reflected in the budget is about $2 million less than the annual saving you originally projected last year. Mr. PLISSNER. Mr. Chairman, the $5.8 million is a program reduction that we have in this budget. However, we still anticipate the $7 million annual saving originally discussed. To total it up one would have to go back to some positions that dropped out of the budget prior to 1974, and those savings would no longer be displayed. In addition, the 118 positions that drop out by the end of 1975 will still be funded for a good portion of that year. Therefore, in 1976 there will be an additional saving resulting from eliminating man-years covered in 1975 but which will be zero in 1976. JUSTIFICATION MATERIAL FOR AIRCRAFT PROGRAM Mr. McFALL. Since we are talking about your aircraft program, we will insert pages 434 through 438 in the record at this point. [The pages follow:] |