by Jeff Price | Aug 29, 2011 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Current Affairs, Introduction to Screening
It’s too early to tell if TSA’s new approach to behavior detection will work. Click here for full story. Unfortunately, the United States has a history of taking something that works really well, adapts it, but not without taking out the thing that made it...
by Jeff Price | Jul 26, 2011 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Uncategorized
USAToday (click for the story) reported that crime outside of airports is higher than other areas of many cities. However, I take issue with the listing that Denver International Airport received. Check out the list here. Denver International Airport received a...
by Jeff Price | Jul 19, 2011 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
There is a lot of entertainment recently with the controversy over the Longmont, Colorado woman who allegedly groped a TSA screener. While this is a turnabout from what usually occurs, it’s not likely to change TSA’s procedures. Currently, under the 4th...
by Jeff Price | Jul 7, 2011 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats
The latest threat to aviation security now appears to be bombs that are implanted or inserted inside the bomber. Whose to say the next buxom blonde at the checkpoint, isn’t packing bosoms that go boom? Well, let’s look at a few key points. Click here for...
by Jeff Price | Jun 28, 2011 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs
I’m sure everyone has now heard about the TSA requiring a 95-year-old woman to remove her diaper as part of a pat-down at a screening checkpoint. Frequent readers of this blog may expect me to talk about profiling or the use of K-9’s instead of this...
by Jeff Price | May 24, 2011 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures
It’s always good to see the folks from TSA headquarters and find out the latest and greatest. Last week they were at the American Association of Airport Executives Annual Conference, in Atlanta. Several of the usual suspects were on hand, along with, at one...