Story ID: 117March18
CrewID Expands to Include Ground Crew
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: With predictions of the world-wide expansion of business aviation, the PlanePeople subsidiary is touting the security aspects of its global ID system.
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CrewID, a global credentialing service for pilots and flight crewmembers, expanded its web-based employee identification card system to include ground-crew workers and showed the enhancement earlier this month at the NBAA Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference in Long Beach, California. While many operators are not required to have crew identification cards, those that implement them are able to more easily mitigate the risk of unauthorized people entering secure areas to possibly tamper with aircraft or obtain sensitive data.

“This industry has been in need of a universal credentialing system for years,” said CrewID CEO Michael Sundheim. “Furthermore, facilitating the safety and security of the aviation industry is always our number-one objective when on-boarding new products and expanding our services.”

According to the Reno, Nevada-based company, its technology provides real-time verification of crew status and qualifications on any device anywhere in the world. It is applicable for any size operator and complies with relevant ICAO and UN Security Council requirements/recommendations.