by Jeff Price | Aug 3, 2015 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
Part 2 of 5 in a series: Dear Admiral Neffenger, Please Continue using risk based security – our biggest enemy is not bombs and guns, but political overreaction. Trying to protect everything results in protecting nothing. While there are nice phrases that play...
by Jeff Price | Aug 3, 2015 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
This is the first in a five-part series on a prescription for moving aviation security to a sensible, effective approach: Dear Admiral Neffenger, From one former Coastie to another, Semper Paratus, and congratulations on your appointment. While my Coast Guard career...
by Jeff Price | Jun 30, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security
I was reading an article from Wired Magazine earlier this month about all airlines having a security hole that hackers could easily get into and change flight plans. (read the full article here) Let’s just hold the phone a minute on this. . . and then you can...
by Jeff Price | Jun 23, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
Recently, one of our lawmakers introduced a bill to ban guns from airports, which begs the question “Is this the right thing to do?” (read the full article) I find this to be an interesting question. Let’s hear some feedback. I live in Colorado, a...
by Jeff Price | Jun 12, 2015 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
Several recent leaks to the media about TSA shortcomings have called into question whether TSA is effective at doing its job, and to a larger extent whether the aviation industry is actually secure. The big question is: what should be done about TSA? The question is...
by Jeff Price | Jun 3, 2015 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
The latest report about DHS red team personnel able to get prohibited items through screening checkpoints without being detected, an average of 95% of the time, is extraordinary. Even more extraordinary though is why the items were not being detected. According to the...
