Posted on February 19th, 2010 by leadingedgestrategies
We’re heard the term before – suicide-by-cop. This is where someone threatens the police with a gun to get the police to kill the individual. On February 18, we witnessed suicide-by-small-plane. We did not witness a terrorist attack. We barely witnessed an attack on a government building. Had Stack intended on causing mass casualties, he certainly did not pick an effective tool for the job.
What does this say about general aviation security? Should we be concerned? Want the solution? Read on.
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Posted on June 19th, 2009 by leadingedgestrategies
The Office of the Inspector General released it’s report on TSA’s Role in General Aviation Security (click here for copy). In it, the Inspector General noted that the terrorism threat posed by general aviation aircraft is “limited and mostly hypothetical…the current status of [general aviation] operations does not present a serious homeland security vulnerability requiring [...]
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Posted on February 1st, 2009 by leadingedgestrategies
With the mantra, “in the name of homeland security,” still frequently being hauled out to justify both good and bad ideas, let’s look at the latest measures proposed by the TSA – the Large Aircraft Security Program. Many who do not own private aircraft have no problem at all with the government restricting their use. However, let’s [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2009 by leadingedgestrategies
“It appears that TSA issued the NPRM without a comprehensive vulnerability assessment of the GA industry; an assessment that also takes into account the security measures that the GA industry has voluntarily taken.”
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Posted on January 22nd, 2009 by leadingedgestrategies
With a memorandum issued this morning, President Barack Obama has put the brakes on all regulations and rulemaking that is in progress, until an Obama appointee or designee reviews and approves any new or pending regulations. The White House memo did not specifically call out the GA LASP but it looks like this will at [...]
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