Are We Safer 6 – Airport Access Control & Credentialing
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...Are We Safer: Part 5 – TSA
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...Are We Safer: Part 4 – In Flight Security
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,...Are We Safer – Part 3: The Screener Workforce
The screener workforce guards the front door of aviation security. Both prior to and after 9/11 the responsibility to ensure that all passengers and baggage or cargo has been screened prior to being allowed on board an airplane remains the responsibility of the...Are we Safer: Part 2 – Checked Baggage Screening
Determining whether we are better off today than we were prior to 9/11 in the area of checked baggage screening this one is no contest. Quite simply, prior to 9/11 checked baggage screening didn’t exist. Well, let me qualify that little bit, we did have this...
