by Jeff Price | Jan 31, 2014 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security
Throughout this 10-part series, I’ve addressed the question: Are We Safer since 9/11. When we were attacked on 9/11, I had already served several years in the aviation security industry and I felt I’d not done enough (as many of us did). Part of my...
by Jeff Price | Dec 29, 2013 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security
Shortly after 9/11 a 16-year-old boy took a Cessna 172 and flew it into the side of the Bank of America building in Tampa, Florida. Since it was only six months since the terrorist attacks, the hue and cry went up from the largely uneducated (on aviation) public,...
by Jeff Price | Dec 22, 2013 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Crime and Terrorism
I missed an important anniversary yesterday – the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The bombing was eventually linked back to the country of Libya, who used operatives working for Libyan Airlines, based in...
by Jeff Price | Nov 15, 2013 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
TSA says they will study the response to the airport shooting in Los Angeles and how to speed up the notification process. Good deal. So is everyone else in our industry and that’s a good thing. The story is here in USAToday. What I’m seeing in all...
by Jeff Price | Nov 7, 2013 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
In some sort of cosmic irony the nation’s aviation security leaders gathered just days after the shooting at Los Angeles international Airport to discuss the topics most important to them. The main topic of discussion however was not LAX. Its just too...
by Jeff Price | Nov 4, 2013 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
What should you do in an active shooter event? Did LAX do the right thing? Was the evacuation effective? There is a phrase I’ve heard in the aircraft rescue and fire fighting community, in answer to the question, “if you’re in a plane that crash, how far should...
