US Customs Seals for airline employees question

[besafe2]

Do any of you federal folks know for sure the exact rules for when airline employees are required to have the Customs seals ? Thanks in advance.

[richcecil]

Do any of you federal folks know for sure the exact rules for when airline employees are required to have the Customs seals ? Thanks in advance.

Customs Seals? have the Airlines gotten that tough?:rolleyes:

[besafe2]

Customs Seals? have the Airlines gotten that tough?:rolleyes:

Yes we are now all required to have Customs Seals. I've got mine & of course not a problem as I don't even as much as have a traffic ticket. But we are being told so many different stories, so I would like to know what the real requirement is ?

[1depd]

What exactly is a Customs seal? I haven't heard anything about them and I work as a CBPO. It could be, and most likely is, just a different term for something.

[FlyMIA]

I had a short internship at Miami International Airport in high school. The Custom seal indicates that a airport or airline employee is allowed to be around the passenger terminal and passenger aircraft. I am guessing a clear criminal history no major traffic violations etc.. Is what makes you able to have the sticker.
I have not been around airport employers for two years now so things might have changed.

[Big Sexy]

What exactly is a Customs seal? I haven't heard anything about them and I work as a CBPO. It could be, and most likely is, just a different term for something.

Maybe they're refering to the Customs Seal that allows them to be in the Customs area. Here, even those of us who do not work at the airport, still have airport access cards, with Customs Seals, as well as the LEO seal.

[chewy]

Ya, it has nothing to do with the airlines. Any employee that is going to have access to the international area in the restricted places that has Customs, INS or Agriculture have to have a seperate seal allowing them access to that area. Those areas are controlled by CBP and requires another DHS background check different than the one for the rest of the airport. If you are never in that area then you won't need it. You'd have to check with your airport for guidelines as they are all a little different.

[Joeyd6]

Is she talking about the SIDA bade witha Customs endorsement?

[Big Sexy]

Is she talking about the SIDA bade witha Customs endorsement?

That's the impression BIG is under.

[besafe2]

Ya, it has nothing to do with the airlines. Any employee that is going to have access to the international area in the restricted places that has Customs, INS or Agriculture have to have a seperate seal allowing them access to that area. Those areas are controlled by CBP and requires another DHS background check different than the one for the rest of the airport. If you are never in that area then you won't need it. You'd have to check with your airport for guidelines as they are all a little different.

Chewy:
This is what I'm talking about. The Customs Seal goes on our SIDA badge. Before only those who were required to have seals were the employees who worked the inbound int'l arrivals. Once the airplane had been cleared & went to domestic outbound anyone could work it.

Now we are been told it is a Customs requirment that all employees at my airline at my airport obtain a seal even if they never work these int'l flights. The question I was asking (maybe I didn't do a good job) is this really a US Customs requirement that we all have these seals or is the company lying to us meaning they are the ones requiring it ?

Like I said in the first post I got mine not a problem, but if the company is not telling the truth I don't like it. So all help is more than appericated on whatever you folks can find out.

[Norm357]

Is she talking about the SIDA bade witha Customs endorsement?

I gots one. ;)

[ngcsubutterbar]

I gots one. ;)

got TWIC?

[basher52]

Chewy:
This is what I'm talking about. The Customs Seal goes on our SIDA badge. Before only those who were required to have seals were the employees who worked the inbound int'l arrivals. Once the airplane had been cleared & went to domestic outbound anyone could work it.

Now we are been told it is a Customs requirment that all employees at my airline at my airport obtain a seal even if they never work these int'l flights. The question I was asking (maybe I didn't do a good job) is this really a US Customs requirement that we all have these seals or is the company lying to us meaning they are the ones requiring it ?

Like I said in the first post I got mine not a problem, but if the company is not telling the truth I don't like it. So all help is more than appericated on whatever you folks can find out.

It is not the company. If you work at an international airport, ANY area can be considered a Customs area, think about it. So, the push is on to require vetting for the customs seal for everyone.

[chewy]

Chewy:
This is what I'm talking about. The Customs Seal goes on our SIDA badge. Before only those who were required to have seals were the employees who worked the inbound int'l arrivals. Once the airplane had been cleared & went to domestic outbound anyone could work it.

Now we are been told it is a Customs requirment that all employees at my airline at my airport obtain a seal even if they never work these int'l flights. The question I was asking (maybe I didn't do a good job) is this really a US Customs requirement that we all have these seals or is the company lying to us meaning they are the ones requiring it ?

Like I said in the first post I got mine not a problem, but if the company is not telling the truth I don't like it. So all help is more than appericated on whatever you folks can find out.

I don't know why the would require it for everyone if you weren't ever dealing with the international area. My only idea would be that they wanted all employee's to have it so if someone had to be used over there in an emergency or something they wouldn't have to deal with that issue. Otherwise it doesn't make sense... but then again I've worked for Customs for 11years and very rarely does anything they do make sense!

[chewy]

It is not the company. If you work at an international airport, ANY area can be considered a Customs area, think about it. So, the push is on to require vetting for the customs seal for everyone.

That's not really true, The Customs hall and the international freight areas are the Customs area. They are seperated from the other areas of the airport and domestic flights/freight by fences, walls etc. Customs areas are well defined and controlled and once a passenger leaves our area they are no longer under the authority of CBP unless we keep eyes on them for Nexus purposes. Customs has no authority in a domestic terminal unless it has outbound international flights but the inbound international flights are seperate from the domestic flights. If your at a small airport where they are all mixed together I can see requiring the seal but if not (and to my knowledge all airports have a seperate area for international) it's just our management trying to push everyone around again... par for the course.