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Article: Congressman Markey and Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA) Unveil CAPA's Annual Aviation Security Report Card
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- U.S. Newswire
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- September 16, 2003
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- During a press conference
on Wednesday, September 17, 2003, Congressman Edward Markey (D-7th-
Mass.) and the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA) unveil
CAPA's Annual Aviation Security Report Card.
Congressman Ed Markey stated, that he reason he introduced the
Universal Screening of Air Cargo Act, H.R. 2455, is because 22
percent of all cargo is carried on passenger planes and is unscreened
and un-inspected. "My first objective is to pass the current
legislation to screen cargo on passenger planes and then pass
legislation to screen the cargo which goes onto cargo planes."
Captain Jon Safley, president of the Coalition of Airline Pilots ...