Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/40668
- Title
- A risk and cost-benefit assessment of Australian aviation security measures
- Author/Creator
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Stewart, Mark G.;
Mueller, John
- Institution
- The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, School of Engineering
- Description
- The Australian government Office of Best Practice Regulation has recommended the use of cost-benefit assessment for all proposed federal regulations. An assessment of increased expenditure on the Air Security Officer (ASO), or air marshal, program since 2001 suggests that the annual cost per life saved is greatly in excess of the regulatory safety goal of $1-$10 million per life saved. As such, the ASO program would seem to fail a cost-benefit analysis. In contrast, hardening of cockpit doors has a significantly lower annual cost per life saved, suggesting that this strategy is a cost-effective security measure.
- Relation
- Security Challenges Vol. 4, Issue 3, p. 45-61
- Relation
- http://www.securitychallenges.org.au/ArticlePages/vol4no3StewartandMueller.html
- Date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Kokoda Foundation
- Keyword(s)
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aviation security;
Australia;
cost effectiveness;
safety
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/40668
- Identifier
- ISSN:1833-1459
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