CAPA is presently focused on a number of key concerns facing the airline industry and the millions who depend on its safe daily operation. In the post-9/11 world, airport security has become a critical aspect of national defense, and CAPA advocates a number of security improvements to include:

• Careful screening of all airport employees, including contracted workers, before they enter secure areas.  Screening would include a combination of security background checks, random physical screening (wand, pat-down, visual inspections and electronic portals), and biometric ID for passage into the SIDA area.
• Biometric Identification cards for all law enforcement, government workers such as FAA inspectors, all part 121 passenger and cargo pilots, aircraft mechanics and cabin crewmembers who have access to the flight deck.

• Inspections of cargo on the bottom side for all cargo carriers vs. screening based on dependence of the known shipper program.
• Immediate sharing of updated security directives and potential threats directly with the cargo and passenger pilots in command (the Captain), who play a critical role in aircraft security.
• Strengthening the Federal Flight Deck Officer program (FFDO), which trains and monitors pilots who carry firearms in the event of a hijacking or terrorist incident.
• Security measures to address the threat of shoulder-mounted rockets (MANPADS) that pose a grave danger to commercial air traffic.
• Increased airport surveillance and airport perimeter security.

• Flight time duty time issues to include; 1) length of crew duty day, 2) reserve rest periods for International crewmembers, 3) new flight time limitations based on circadian rhythms, limited flight hours based on compensatory rest before next duty sequence.

• Closer examination of cosmic radiation exposures and health affects of a long term career exposure to high altitude radiation.

• Pension protections for the career aviator.

• No Flight Deck imaging recorders…CAPA supports preventative measures for aircraft safety verses reactionary spending programs that secure the future of government agencies.
• No changes to the existing airman medical certificates.

From arming volunteer pilots, to physical cargo inspection, to ensuring pilots have opportunity for a healthy retirement, CAPA has effectively represented its members on a host of issues and remains committed to improving commercial aviation for flight crews and customers alike.