by Jeff Price | Aug 22, 2013 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, Introduction to Screening
A recent Government Accountability Office report (click here for the report) showed TSA personnel sleeping, showing up late to work, abusing leave time and other lesser infractions, but along with those they also found TSA personnel guilty of theft, and allowing...
by Jeff Price | Jul 19, 2013 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, Introduction to Screening
The original intent of PreCheck, TSA’s risk-based security strategy to allow known travelers alternative screening, meaning they can keep their liquids and laptops in their bag, their jacket and belts on and their dignity and efficiency in place, is about to...
by Jeff Price | Jul 2, 2013 | Aviation Security, Introduction to Screening
You may be noticing more canines in the screening checkpoint these days. This is part of TSA’s risk-based security strategy and is known as managed inclusion. Taking of advantage of airports with pre-check managed inclusion takes randomly selected passengers...
by Jeff Price | Jul 1, 2013 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
I have been asked about a new movie is coming out about TWA 800, the flight that crashed off the coast of Long Island on July 17, 1996. Conspiracy theorists have long speculated that the aircraft was downed by a surface-to-air missile, instead of the NTSB explanation...
by Jeff Price | Jun 19, 2013 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism
Recently, a former airline employee won a $1.4 million judgment against Air Wisconsin Airlines for reporting him as a potential security risk. The Colorado Supreme Court denied Air Wisconsin immunity from the defamation lawsuit, which is now headed to the US Supreme...
by Jeff Price | Jun 9, 2013 | Aviation Security, Introduction to Screening, Passenger and Baggage Screening
The TSA announced they are reversing their earlier policy that would have allowed small pocket knives, hockey sticks and a few other items back in the cabin of the aircraft. Regardless of the right or wrong’ness of this step, it seems Pistole is learning that...