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Needles in Airline Food – What else is in there?

by Jeff Price | Jul 18, 2012 | Aviation Security, General Aviation Airport Security

Recently, several sewing needles turned up in catered meals on Delta Airlines. While there are public health and safety concerns, and the FBI is investigating, it begs the question, just how secure are the catering facilities that bring food onto commercial aircraft....

Skywest pilot attempts to steal plane

by Jeff Price | Jul 17, 2012 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized

The attempt by a Skywest pilot to steal an aircraft at the airport in St. George, UT raises several security questions. From early reports, it appears that Skywest had confiscated the employee’s airline and hopefully, his airport credentials, denying him his...

Huffington Post article

by Jeff Price | Jun 7, 2012 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Uncategorized

I just wanted to make a clarification regarding the recent article in the Huffington Post. In the interview I attempted to clarify that prior to 9/11 there were many problems with airport policing, however after 9/11 while some of those problems still exist at a few...

Doing it Right: LAX Police

by Jeff Price | Jun 7, 2012 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats

Recently, an article was published in the Huffington Post regarding airport policing in which myself and several other security experts were quoted.  There are several airports I have trained at, that have exemplified outstanding airport policing practices and I would...

9/11 Crisis Management: Lessons Learned

by Jeff Price | May 31, 2012 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized

Blogging live from the Colorado Airport Operators Association, Annual Conference, 2012, Vail, Colorado (paraphrasing as necessary) 9/11 Crisis Management: Lessons Learned, Ken Greene – Deputy Manager of Aviation for Operations, Denver International Airport,...

AAAE Annual: Be Prepared and Proactive – General Aviation Airport Security Update

by Jeff Price | May 2, 2012 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized

Dateline: 84th Annual AAAE Conference and Exposition AAAE Annual: Be Prepared and Proactive – General Aviation Airport Security Update Robert Olislagers, A.A.E. Executive Director, Centennial Airport Scott McMahon, Morristown Municipal Airport Kerwin Wilson, GA,...
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Beyond the Checkpoint: Shifting the Risk in TSA’s New Gold+ Initiative

by Jeff Price | June 1, 2026 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, The Role of Government | 0 Comments

The Transportation Security Administration is moving forward with its new "TSA Gold+" program, an operational shift...
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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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