The South African air cargo industry is only paying lip service to security, according to Bob Garbett, MD of Professional Risk & Asset Management, chairman of the Business Aviation Association of Southern Africa (Baasa) and honorary director of the Civil Aviation Association of Southern Africa (Caasa).
“And I hope and pray that it will not take a disaster to force wider compliance,” he told FTW.
He described it as “a sad reflection on the aviation industry in South Africa” that the take-up by the forwarding and courier agents, consignors and air carriers of the Part 108 air cargo security measures has been “slow, and in some cases, even unenthusiastic”.
