cargo serviceman [ cargo servicewoman ]

Examples of potential existing vulnerabilities are: access to passenger aircraft by baggage handlers, cleaners, caterers, maintenance and servicing personnel, et cetera; individuals posing as crew members using stolen uniforms and identification; individuals posing as armed law enforcement officials, including RCMP air marshals, using forged identification; cargo aircraft, where there is a lack of cargo screening and employees or others such as cargo and animal handlers carried on these aircraft; and charter and private aircraft that are boarded in areas of the airport separate from the terminal building.

He said that despite September 11, airport ground personnel, aircraft cleaners, mechanics, baggage handlers, janitorial staff and sales clerks are still not scrutinized for proper security clearance and low cost, poorly trained employees are still at the helm of security checks.