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Employee Portals are only to be accessed for work purposes only.         NO FLYING PERIOD. ALL OTHER REASONS FOR ACCESSING THE EMPLOYEE PORTAL IS ARE NOT VALID AND IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.  

Although we try to protect our members from these violations, we are up against TSA, DPS, The DFW Airport Board and the Grapevine Municipal Courts. As you see our jurisdiction is severely limited, Prevention is the best solution. Please access the employee portals for work puposes only. You must access through TSA Security Checkpoints for all other purposes. NO EXCEPTIONS, NO PIGGYBACKING, NO EXCEPTIONS.

Badge Sponsor/Badge Holder Responsibilities
I. Definitions:
A. Airport Identification/Access Badge (Airport ID/Access Badge) is a pictureidentification badge issued by the Airport operator granting unescorted access to specific areas of the Airport.

B. Airport Security Coordinator (ASC) is the appointed person who acts as a liaison between the Airport and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and who also enforces and discharges his duties under the DFW Airport Security Plan and this section.

C. Badge Holder is an employee who has been issued an Airport ID/Access Badge in accordance with the DFW Airport Security Plan and this section.

D. Badge Sponsor is a person authorized to approve a badging application for a prospective employee who requires unescorted access into secure areas of DFW Airport.

E. Badge Sponsorship is the written authorization granted by the Airport Operator through the Chief Executive Officer to:
1. Airport Board staff;
2. tenant air carriers;
3. Airport tenants who have a direct lease with the Board and who are
responsible for one or more security access points leading into the SIDA;
and 4. government agencies with direct responsibilities to DFW Airport.

F. Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) includes all areas in the Air Operations Area (AOA) of DFW Airport, including those portions of the Central Terminal Area (CTA), freight handling operations areas, and aircraft maintenance facilities where domestic and foreign air carriers enplane and deplane passengers, conduct freight
forwarding operations, and sort and load/unload baggage under the control of the automated access system. 3-7

G. Secure Area (non-SIDA) is that secure portion of the terminal beyond the security checkpoint, but not beyond an aircraft jetbridge boarding gate. II. A badge holder or person commits an offense:
A. if the Badge Holder enters the secure area or SIDA through an Automated Access Control System (AACS) portal without first presenting their personally issued Airport ID/access badge for authorized and recorded entry or allows another person entry behind them, also known as "piggybacking" or "tailgating", including the badge readers located at the entry point of each security checkpoint; B. if the Badge Holder does not possess, or fails to prominently display, an Airport ID/Access Badge while in the SIDA or secure area, in compliance with 49 CFR
1542.211; C. if the Badge Holder displays a defaced Airport ID/Access Badge or displays a badge on which information has been purposely covered; D. if the Badge Holder allows another person to use his/her Airport ID/Access Badge; E. if the person gains access to the SIDA or secure area by using another badge holder's Airport ID/Access Badge;
F. if the Badge Holder fails to challenge unbadged individuals in the SIDA or secure area; G. if the SIDA/AOA Badge Holder fails to “properly escort” a person that was escorted into the secure area of SIDA. Proper escort means that once the escort is begun, the escorting person must maintain visual and audible contact with the person being
escorted at all times. Only SIDA/AOA badge holders may provide escorts;
H. if the Badge Holder carries/possesses firearms or escorts an unbadged individual carrying firearms into the SIDA/AOA without approval of the Airport Security Coordinator;
I. if the Badge Holder uses his/her Airport ID/Access Badge to facilitate the commission of a federal or state criminal violation.
III. Badge Sponsor’s Responsibilities Sponsors shall be responsible for the individuals they grant SIDA/secure area access privileges to and shall deny SIDA/secure area access to their areas as they deem
necessary. Sponsors shall be the primary points of contact with the Access Office of the Airport Board for notification of badging policy changes and security issues relevant to the conduct of persons who have been granted SIDA/secure area access. IV. Any and all security violations that are not covered by this section that create a security concern shall be treated as a security violation in accordance with this section.

 

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