Overview and Timeline regarding efforts on Human Trafficking:

Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) has led global airline industry awareness for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) since 2009 and has developed the first industry specific training. AAI provides for vulnerable communities by leveraging partnerships with the airline industry and is comprised of over 16,000 airline employees who “travel to make a difference”.

AAI is the only organization conducting live Counter-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) Training at airports. As of January 2018, AAI has conducted 91 C-TIP Events that now link over 7,000 front line air transport professionals with law enforcement. As each flight attendant interacts with a minimum of

500 passengers per week for hours at a time, AAI C-TIP trainees are capable of monitoring over 168,000,000 passengers per year! If all 200,000 Members from the U.S. based Association of Professional Flight Attendants alone were trained, they can effectively monitor over 5.2 billion passengers. According to ICAO 3.7 billion passengers flew in 2016.

First there was two Congressional Briefings, and when airlines did not respond, AAI began providing our Counter-Trafficking In Persons (C-TIP) Program in Airports. Here is the timeline:

2010 July – Washington DC, AAI Congressional Briefing to Airlines with Congressman Chris Smith

2010 October – Washington DC, AAI Congressional Briefing to Embassies with Congressman Joe Pitts

 AAI Training and Presentations

1. 2011 Jan. – DFW, Traffic 911, APFA, AFA, PNH Haiti, Pre-Super Bowl Training
2. 2011 Jan. – Miami, PNH Haiti, U.S. Southern Command TIP Presentation

1. 2011 May – IAD, Governor McConnell and IAD signing of VA Trafficking Bills and Training
2. 2011 June – Washington DC, Testimony House Committee on Foreign Affairs
3. 2011 Sept. – Sacramento – ITMI (International Tourism and Management Intl) Training
4. 2012 Nov. – Honolulu, HNL Training
5. 2012 Jan. – SFO, with Congresswoman Jackie Spears, Training
6. 2012 March – DCA, with Rep. Chris Smith and Joe Pitts, Training
7. 2012 Apr. – SFO ITMI International Tourism and Management HQ, Staff Training
8. 2012 Sept. – Indianapolis, Travelers Aid International Conference Training
9. 2013 Jan – MSY, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Training
10. 2013 May – Washington DC, Embassy of Ukraine, Presentation with Ambassador Motsyk, Rep. Smith -Presentation
11. 2013 June – Kiev, Ukraine, Ministry of Infrastructure at OSCE with Rep. Smith, Training
12. 2013 Oct. – Interpol, Human Trafficking Conference in Lyon, Presentation
13. 2013 Sept – ASIS, Chicago, Security Conference presentation with DHS Presentation
14. 2014 Jan. – Washington DC, Testimony, House Committee on Foreign Affairs Testimony
15. 2014 Jan. – SJC, San Jose, California with Congressman Honda, Training
16. 2014 April – 2014 Oakland, California with Congresswoman Barbara Bell, Training
17. 2014 April – Washington DC, AAI Members, ECPAT Signing (1st NGO to sign ECPAT Code)
18. 2014 April – Washington DC at United Nations Foundation Train the Trainers Session Training
19. 2014 June  – London, DISPAX Conference Training
20. 2014 June – Humanitarian Summit Presentation, United Nations, NY
21. 2014 Sept. – SAC, Sacramento International Airport Authority Training
22. 2014  Feb. – PHX, Phoenix, AZ pre-Super Bowl Training
23. 2014 Aug – Tampa, FL, TPA with Innocents at Risk Training
24. 2014 Oct. – Chicago, ORD, Safe Conference Training
25.  2014 Dec. – Alexandria VA, Spectrum Group staff, TIP Awareness in Airline Industry  Presentation
26. 2015 Jan. – MSP, Airport Police Minneapolis International Airport Group 1 Training
27. 2015 Jan. – MSP, Airport Police Minneapolis International Airport Group 2 Training
28. 2015 Feb. – ORD, Chicago O’Hare Intl. Airport, Dept. of Aviation Chicago, Group 1 Training
29. 2015 Feb. –  ORD, Chicago O’Hare Intl. Airport, Dept. of Aviation Chicago, Group 2 Training
30. 2015 Apr. – Las Vegas Association of Flight Attendants Board of Directors Training
31. 2015 April – Las Vegas, NV, Train the Trainers at LAS Training

33. 2015 June – EWR, Newark International Airport, Association of Flight Attendants Training
34. 2015 July – DFW, Dallas Ft. Worth Airport, Association of Professional Flight Attendants Training
35. 2015 Oct. – Budapest, Hungary with Government of Hungary Training 
36. 2015 Oct. – Budapest, Hungary with Government of Hungary Training
37. 2016 Jan. – San Francisco International Airport Training pre-Super Bowl Training
38. 2016 Jan. – San Francisco International Airport pre-Super Bowl Training
39. 2016 Jan. – San Jose Norman Minetta International Airport pre-Super Bowl Training
40. 2016 Jan. – San Jose Norman Minetta International Airport pre-Super Bowl Training
41. 2016 Jan. – Oakland International Airport, pre-Super Bowl Training
42. 2016 Feb. – Dulles Airport Managers, Training
43. 2016 April – Dutch Government, Amsterdam Schipol Airport, KLM and Airport Presentation
44. 2016 May – Dallas, Regional Airlines Association Annual Conference, Presentation
45. 2016 June – Riga Latvia, AVSEC Conference on In Flight Emergency Response Training
46. 2016 Aug 24 – Bogota, Colombia International Airport, Ministry of Interior and UNODC Training
47. 2016 Aug. 30 – Las Vegas International Airport Training
48. 2016 Aug. 31 – San Diego International Airport Training
49. 2016 Oct. 2 – DFW, Critical Incidence Response Team, American Airlines Training
50. 2016 Oct. 14 – Dulles International Airport Training
51. 2016 Sept. 21 – University of District of Colombia Training
52. 2016 Oct. 25 – Houston International Airport with Rep. Lee’s Commendation Award and Training
53. 2016 Nov. 1 – Dallas, American Airlines Training Staff, AA Flagship University Training
54. 2016 Dec. 2 – Jamaica, Kingston, Shamere McKenzie Training
55. 2017 Jan. 26 – Houston, Hobby Airport Pre Super Bowl, Trainers Accreditation Seminar Training
56. 2017 Jan. 27 – City Council Nassau Bay – Pre-Super Bowl Training Training
57. 2017 May 3 – Jackson-Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport GA Training
58. 2017 May 18 – Anchorage, Ted Stevens International Airport Training
59. 2017 May 23 – Vienna Academie Diplomatique UNODC Presentation
60. 2017 May 25 – Vienna, Side Event for Commission on the Prevention of Crime, Presentation
61. 2017 June 7 – Dallas, National Conference Traveler’s Aid – Presentation
62. 2017 June 15 – Kingston International Airport Training
63. 2017 June 15 – Kingston International Airport Training
64. 2017 June 16 – Montego Bay International Airport Training
65. 2017 June 17 – Ocho Rios International Airport Training
66. 2017 July 10 – Testimony Senate working Group, Force Multipliers, Air Transport Industry
67. 2017 July 21 – Cartagena Airport, Colombia – Law Enforcement Training
68. 2017 July 21 – Cartagena Airport, Colombia – Airport personnel Training
69. 2017 Aug. 14 – Manila International Airport – AirAsia personnel Training
70. 2017 Aug 15 – Kuala Lumpur International Airport – AirAsia personnel Training
71. 2017 Aug 16 – Jakarta International Airport – AirAsia personnel Training
72. 2017 Aug. 18 – Bangkok Intl. Airport – Air Asia personnel Training
73. 2017 Sept. – Vienna UNODC Global MOU to jointly conduct TIP  – Presentation
74. 2017 Sept. – Vienna AAI Roundtable, Role of Aviation, IATA, DOS, UNODC
75. 2017 Sept. – Dubai, Emirates AVSEC Presentation
76. 2017 Oct. – Singapore, ICAO Presentation
77. 2017 Oct. – Tirana, Albania, INTERPOL Presentation
78. 2017 Nov. 27 – McLean, VA., Madeira School Training
79. 2017 Nov. – Washington DC, United Nations Association Presentation and Awards ceremony
80. 2017 Nov. – Doha, 2017 INTERPOL Presentation
81. 2018 Jan. 23 – Minneapolis International Airport pre-Super Bowl Training
82. 2018 Jan. 30 – Mc Carran Las Vegas International Airport Training
83. 2018 Feb. 21 – Charlotte International Airport Training
84. 2018 Apr. 18 – Haneda Tokyo Airport Training
85. 2018 May 7 – Washington, DC, Testimony to Helsinki Commission  – Presentation
86. 2018 – May 9 – Miami, Presentation to the Aviation Festival
87. 2018 May 15 – San Salvador, El Salvador – Hospitality Sector Training
88. 2018 May 16 – Guatemala City, Uber Drivers Training
89. 2018 May 17 – Antigua, Guatemala, Hospitality Sector and Uber Training
90. 2018 May 20 – Geneva, Release of ICAO Guidelines, U.N High Commission on Human Rights, Presentation
91. 2018 Jun 25 – Fresno Yosemite International Airport – Training
92. 2018 July 10 – Presentation to AA Regional Airlines
93. 2018 Aug. 22 – Icelandic Air Training for Trainers – Training Full Day
94. 2018 Aug. 27 0 AAAE training for Chicago Dept of Aviation Training – Training Full Day
95. 2018 Aug 29 – Singapore Asia Pacific Aviation Training Symposium – Presentation
96. 2018 Sept 6 – Association of Asia Pacific Airlines Cabin Safety workshop Presentation
97. 2018 Sept 18 – Philadelphia International Airport – am Training
98. 2018 Sept 18 – Philadelphia International Airport – pm Training
99. 2018 Oct. 28 – Qatar Airways Conference – Presentation
100. 2018 Nov. 7 – European Airline Training Symposium – Presentation
101. 2018 Nov. 9 – UN Practical Solutions to eradicating Human Trafficking – Presentation
102. 2018 Dec. 18 – AAAE training for Chicago Dept of Aviation (Training – Full Day)
103.  2019 Jan 18 Las Vegas McCarran Airport am Training
104. 2019 Jan 18 Las Vegas McCarran Airport pm Training 
105. 2019 Jan 29 Atlanta End Human Trafficking Summit – 5 Presentations
106. 2019 Feb. 13 Charlotte Airport all day training with AAAE Training 
107. 2019 Mar.7 – Bucharest, Romania training for US Embassy Training 
108. 2019 Mar. 8 Bucharest Romania – training for US Embassy Training