by Jeff Price | Jan 7, 2010 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Current Affairs, The Role of Government
It seems that Rep. John Mica has joined the opposition to the appointment of Erroll Southers to the head of TSA. Mica is criticizing what he perceives is Southers lack of executive management experience. Among rumors that Southers was nominated only after more...
by Jeff Price | Jan 6, 2010 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Current Affairs, The Role of Government
Ask virtually anyone on the street “who is responsible for airline security,” and the answer will most likely be, “TSA.” Unfortunately, it’s not that simple and could mean that airlines will have to pay more and take on more security...
by Jeff Price | Jan 5, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs
Finally, nine years after 9/11 and people are starting to understand the real economic impact of security. Today, CBS news reported that a 2008 survey showed that 41 million trips were avoided due to security hassles resulting in a cost of $28 billion to the U.S....
by Jeff Price | Jan 2, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
Absurd: wildly unreasonable, illogical or inappropriate. Pick one of these descriptors and they all apply to the recent news about Erroll Southers, President Obama’s appointee to head TSA. So now some information has come out about Erroll Southers and that he...
by Jeff Price | Dec 29, 2009 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats
As more and more news reports begin to come out about this incident, along with the inevitable “what needs fixing,” stories, let’s take a look at what really needs fixing. The No-Fly and TIDE List TIDE is the Terrorist Identities Datamart...
by Jeff Price | Dec 26, 2009 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Existing and Emerging Threats
The attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 brings aviation security back to center stage. The attempt of course brings many questions back to the forefront about aviation security, questions I have addressed in this blog previously. So, let’s use an...
