[JYO] Update from AOPA Web site 9/16/01 7:17PM

Mineta announces rapid response teams on airport, aircraft security 
— U.S. Secretary of Transportation (DOT) Norman Y. 
Mineta today announced the creation of two Rapid Response Teams to deliver 
detailed recommendations for improving security within the national aviation 
system. Augmenting the work of senior DOT and FAA experts, six national 
leaders in aviation and security protection will participate in this 
comprehensive review, and will deliver to Secretary Mineta its 
recommendations no later than October 1, 2001. One Rapid Response Team will 
’s airports, the other on aircraft 
security, focusing on cockpit access. The two Rapid Response Teams, which 
will directly report to Secretary Mineta, will be coordinated by Deputy 
“Last week, we successfully 
restored operations within our national a”“
Our efforts must now turn to developing long-term, sustainable security 
improvements within our airports and the aircrafts themselves as we continue 
”“These are 
complex issues, but we have a strong base on which to build. We can and will 
build on existing analysis as the Department of Transportation prepares to 
’m confident that each of these 
” 
Participating in the Rapid Response Team on airport security will be: Herb 
Kelleher, chairman of the board of directors of Southwest Airlines; Raymond 
Kelly, former commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service and veteran law 
enforcement officer; and Charles M. (Chip) Barclay, president of the American 
Association of Airport Executives (AAAE). Participating in the Rapid Response 
Team on aircraft security will be: Robert W. Baker, vice chairman of American 
Airlines; Robert A. Davis, former vice president of engineering and 
technology for The Boeing Company; and Capt. Duane Woerth, president of the 
Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).

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