IABSC Member Benefits

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Join the IABSC today to become a member of this fast-growing organization that is guiding the development and performance of baggage handling systems for airlines and airports. You’ll be connected immediately to key suppliers, consultants and customers – to help drive the BHS industry to new levels of efficiency!

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Airline Members

• IABSC provides a venue for airlines to drive new technologies
• Airlines can educate industry about their needs
• Airlines can receive technology and Congressional updates
• Will receive PGDS and policy updates from TSA
• Can understand total cost of ownership
• Will learn about Best Practices and Lessons Learned
• Will learn how the impact of Covid-19 may affect BHS design & operations
• Will provide Networking opportunities

Airports

• Airports can educate the industry about their needs
• Will understand Best Practices and methods for improving operations
• Will understand total cost of ownership
• Discover lessons learned
• Will learn how the impact of Covid-19 may affect BHS design & operations
• Can receive best practice write-ups
• Will receive TSA and Congressional updates
• Provided with networking opportunities with all segments of industry

Architects/BHS Consultants

• Will understand how various BHS technologies can drive building design
• Will receive PGDS updates and policy/regulatory updates from TSA
• Lessons learned
• Learn how Covid-19 impacts and future BHS design will affect and airline ops
• Discover best practice examples and project White Papers
• Will receive TSA and Congressional updates
• Provided with networking opportunities

General Contractor/ Construction Managers

• Provides BHS education of employees
• Provided with networking opportunities
• Learn how Covid-19 impacts will affect BHS design and airport integration
• Will receive best practice write-ups
• Discover lessons learned
• Will receive TSA and Congressional updates

Suppliers

• Opportunity to present your company and technology to the IABSC members
• Will be able to educate industry leaders about disruptive technologies and new solutions
• Provided with networking opportunities
• Discover project decision makers
• Will receive TSA and Congressional updates
• Discover lessons learned
• Learn how Covid-19 impacts will require new technology to enhance BHS safety, security & operations
• Understand funding sources

Industry Insights

What Our Members Really Think

Explore a deeper layer of the baggage handling industry through member-only resources, tools, and connections. If you’re in this industry, membership isn’t just beneficial—it’s essential.

"At Southwest, bags are very important to us because they fly for free. They are part of the customer's journey. We carry more than 125 million bags per year. The IABSC keeps us engaged with the baggage industry, keeps us updated with the new technology, with the vendors, the OEM's, the manufacturers.

"The IABSC provides me an opportunity to connect with industry people and more pointed to our direction is the BHS OEM's at a high level. We are surrounded by the top leadership that can make a change or make adjustments in the industry. Not all organizations are this way.”

"It's a great opportunity to chat with partners and customers in a non-pressure and relaxed environment."

"I joined because several people told me how good it was and told that I should go to a meeting. I wanted to join because it helps me understand the industry, the people in it, and the problems they would like to fix.

"This is a place to talk about the challenges, not just security challenges, but also challenges facing the BHS industry. I think it is important for us to solve these problems together and IABSC is the way to do that"

"I get to collaborate and create partnerships with other people in the industry in ways that wouldn't be possible without the relationships I have built through IABSC."

"Number One: networking and keeping me in contact with people I work with, competitors innovations in the industry, and the new players coming into the market. All the way around it keeps me connected."

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