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When Charlie Sheen, playing Charlie Harper, starred in the popular TV sitcom 2 1/2 men it was a running joke on the series that he was able to be well supplied with women in his life due to all of the poor fathers out there. Charlie provided a father figure for them because they lacked… Continue Reading
It is ironic that today’s topic may relate directly to the shootings at the Washington Navy Yard. If passenger screening is the front door, then airport access control and credentialing programs represent the back door to the aviation security system. From initial reports coming out of Washington today shows that the shooter may have used… Continue Reading
So, did your parents mess you up also? Yeah, mine too. But I’m pretty sure I’m messing my kids up just as bad. I thought Tracy and Stein, in their book Kiss That Frog: 12 Great Ways to Turn Negatives into Positives in Your Life and Work, had one of the best approaches on dealing with… Continue Reading
Ever had to follow a sibling into the bathtub, after they’ve gotten out but without the water being drained and refilled? Sinking down into the dirty water, as the floaties and the muck left behind stick to your skin – and what’s the film on top of the water anyway? No fun is it? And… Continue Reading
Fear, doubt, worry. If there were just three Horsemen of the apocalypse instead of four they would probably be named fear, doubt and worry. After all, what can be more terrifying? The interesting thing about these emotions as we tend to not only create them ourselves we distort them and make them bigger than they… Continue Reading
On the anniversary of 9/11 I guess it is only fitting to assess the largest change in aviation security to come out of that tragedy, the creation of the Transportation Security Administration. Since its creation in November 2001 this much-maligned agency has been at the center of the aviation security debate for the last decade, not… Continue Reading
Okay, well I was about 15 or 16 and used that ‘never been kissed,’ line to get Lindsay (I’ll keep her last name private for her protection) to kiss me one night in front of my parents house. She was dating one of the popular guys and I guess decided to do me a favor and… Continue Reading
At the beginning of every semester I ask the students in my aviation job targeting class “why should I hire you?” I can usually make it through a room of about 25-30 students with only one or two getting the right answer. The vast majority give me some sort of pithy comment, or senior superlative… Continue Reading
The primary security responsibility of the air carrier is to keep the airplane and its passengers reasonably safe and protected from unlawful acts of interference. This includes ensuring individuals, their belongings and cargo that are allowed on board by the airline, have been properly screened or inspected by an approved method. This also means ensuring that passengers… Continue Reading
We all experience happy times, and we all experience sad times. There are times when life is good and times when life is bad. No one is immune to these facts of life. But, author and speaker Mark Sanborn, in his book, Up, Down or Sideways: How to Succeed when times are Good, Bad and in… Continue Reading