To extend the 10-year period for disqualifying offenses, what action may an airport operator take?

• A. Update the airport's security vendor contracts
• B. Write it into the Airport Security Program (ASP)
• C. Extend via local ordinance
• D. Submit a waiver to TSA

Answer: (B)

Extending the 10-year window for disqualifying offenses is a change to the airport’s approved security requirements, and those requirements live in the Airport Security Program. The ASP is the federally approved document that governs how the airport handles security, including who is disqualified and for how long. To make any extension official and enforceable, the airport must amend the ASP and have TSA review and approve that amendment.

Updating vendor contracts doesn’t alter security requirements, local ordinances cannot override federal rules, and waivers to TSA aren’t the standard mechanism for changing how the disqualification period works. The right path is to incorporate the extension into the Airport Security Program so the change is part of the airport’s approved security framework.