Global Threats in Civil Aviation Workshop - AVSEC Training

The AVSEC & Emergency Training organized a workshop on Global Threats in Civil Aviation on June 4-5, 2019, in Prague. The event was attended by representatives from Germany, Latvia, the Russian Federation, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Current threats such as hijackings and bombings were summarized in the first part of the workshop. Besides, the importance of both classic profiling and the use of modern CCTV systems to automate the profiling of passengers has been highlighted. The new kind of the threats, including insider and cyber threats were introduced to the workshop participants.

Another case, which has to be considered as one of the types of insider threat are the pilots’ suicides. The insider threats are closely connected to the psychological resistance not only of pilots, but also of other civil aviation workers. Experts on behaviour and training in critical situations, as well as psychosocial assistance to people involuntarily affected by narcotic substances, presented their contributions. The participants had the opportunity to enjoy the practical training of self-defence and they were acquainted with the possibilities of abuse of commonly available substances to produce explosive and incendiary mixtures.

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Text: Jana Podolková, June 6, 2019
Photo: Denisa Podolková, Global Threats in Civil Aviation Workshop, Prague, June 4 –5, 2019