by Jeff Price | Oct 19, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security
Today the airlines decided to ask TSA to move air marshals from the first class seats so they could make a few more bucks! This is absurd! This is the path to the last 9/11 so apparently some sharp folks at the airlines, you know, the same ones that charge you a fee...
by Jeff Price | Oct 6, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security
There was really interesting piece recently posted on CBS4.com posing the question, are we safer than we were before 9/11 from terrorists attacks in our airports? The article examines a highly criticized practice relating to airport safety called “security theater.”...
by Jeff Price | Sep 21, 2010 | Aviation Security, General Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Introduction to Screening
There have been several reports in the news lately of airports across the country having their security screening equipment removed by the TSA. This is actually pretty common as long as TSA is the owner of the equipment. Prior to 9/11 various entities were...
by Jeff Price | Sep 8, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security
The Associated Press recently reported on a story about 3 LAX terminals that were briefly shut down after an airport contract worker left an exit from a secure area unattended. The case of the open gate is unfortunately, but not all that uncommon. What’s...
by Jeff Price | Aug 31, 2010 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening
Remember when the Emergency Broadcast System would do those tests on TV? They still do from time to time, but without the threat of being annihilated by Soviet ballistic missiles, we don’t seem then much anymore. However, terrorists and bad guys continue to...
by Jeff Price | Aug 23, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security
The main problem with the JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater’s ‘escape’ from Kennedy Airport is that employee’s actions highlight the security threat from airline and airport employees. While this gentleman did not pose a particular...
