ARINC and Airlines Deploying Web-Based Cockpit Access System

ARINC and 29 participating aircraft operators are deploying a system that allows gate attendants to quickly determine whether an employee is authorized to use a cockpit jumpseat.

The Web-based application, called CASS for cockpit access security system, queries separate airline employee databases over ARINC's secure global network to verify that the information supplied by the entry requester matches what is on file.  Besides cockpit jumpseat access, CASS can be used to identify other airline employees that have authorized access to aircraft and airport facilities.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) approved CASS last September following two years of development and testing by ARINC, the TSA, the FAA, and participating operators.

CASS is now available for use by all U.S. airlines and other aircraft operators that have a TSA-approved aviation security program.  02-25-2006.

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