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The solution to situations like Istanbul isn’t more screening, it’s Customer Service.

by Jeff Price | Jun 28, 2016 | Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Overview of Aviation Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening

The suicide attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport highlights the necessity of keeping airport security lines short and moving fast. A line of hundreds of people waiting for thorough security screening may lead to greater safety once past the...

How safe are U.S. airports?

by Jeff Price | May 26, 2016 | Are We Safer, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Passenger and Baggage Screening

The crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 early last Thursday and the recovery of some wreckage Friday was a tragic end to a week that had begun with viral video of huge lines at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints in the United States. These two developments...

How do you fire the TSA?

by Jeff Price | May 10, 2016 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening

By Professor Jeffrey C. Price, lead author, Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats   As waiting times at TSA checkpoints continue to increase, with even longer lines and longer waits predicted for the summer travel season, many...

Forget Walt Disney, TSA needs Dr. Phil

by Jeff Price | Apr 28, 2016 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening

By Jeffrey C. Price, Professor, MSU Denver Lead Author, Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats   In the early days of TSA, when screening lines were wrapping around terminal buildings and passengers were waiting 3+ hours to get...

Top 5 ways to determine if your local airport has done the right things to prevent another Brussels style attack (and 5 things YOU can do).

by Jeff Price | Apr 5, 2016 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs

By Jeff Price, Professor, MSU Denver, and lead author, Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats As the Brussels airport reopens after the devastating suicide bombing attacks last week we are all wondering what we should be doing, and how...
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Man dead after accessing a runway at Denver International Airport (DIA) and being struck by plane

by Lisa Haas | May 9, 2026 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs | 0 Comments

Late Friday night, May 9th, a man accessed the airfield at Denver International Airport and was struck and killed by a...
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A year later, the bill proposing to abolish the TSA is sitting in committee taking a very long nap. This is the way Congress quietly disposes of ideas it doesn’t want to touch (S.1180 – Abolish TSA Act of 2025 has been in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation since March 27). The bill raises an important question: if the TSA were dismantled, what would replace it? The blog article below, written last year, still offers some useful perspective as you consider your own position on the issue.

https://leadingedgestrategies.com/the-unseen-shield-what-we-lose-if-we-dismantle-the-tsa/

#TSA #airportsecurity

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