by Jeff Price | Jul 26, 2017 | Aviation Security, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Uncategorized
In the early days of aviation security, passengers had to have their belongings sorted through by a screener. X-ray machines were brought in so that passengers wouldn’t have to have their personal belongings dumped out for all to see, and to make the process faster...
by Jeff Price | Jun 16, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
By Jeffrey C. Price TSA and the airlines have rolled out several new programs this week. First is the deployment of biometrics for boarding aircraft and at the screening checkpoints. Second is the deployment of CT machines into the screening checkpoint. What...
by Jeff Price | May 25, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
By Jeffrey C. Price TSA revealed a new pilot program that has passengers taking their laptops and more, out of their bags. In a statement released on May 24, 2017, TSA said: TSA Testing Adjusted Accessible Property Screening The Transportation Security...
by Jeff Price | May 12, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures, The Role of Government
DHS may soon announce, or has already announced (depending on when you’re reading this), that the ban on personal electronic devices larger than a smartphone carried in an airline cabin will expand to the UK and throughout Europe. Previous discussions on this...
by Jeff Price | May 3, 2017 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures, The Role of Government
(Part 5 in a 5 part series that takes a look at whether we are safer since 9/11) Much has happened since I started this short series in August 2016: We have a new President, there’s been an active shooter at another US airport and TSA has lost its Administrator and is...
by Jeff Price | Apr 10, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs, Policies and Procedures
The recent video of a passenger being pulled off an airplane in Chicago is disturbing, to say the least. While we don’t know all the sides to the story yet, there should never be a situation in which a non-violent individual gets to the point of having to be dragged...
