by Jeff Price | Feb 23, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures
Unfortunately, incidents like the one that occurred earlier this week at JFK are not a terribly rare occurrence. The vast majority of these types of breaches are relatively harmless but they do reveal a gap in the system: people. As long as there are people in the...
by Jeff Price | Jan 9, 2017 | Aviation Security, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures
By Jeffrey C. Price “The Airport Writer” In the wake of the Ft. Lauderdale active shooter attack, three ‘solutions’ are beginning to emerge. Unfortunately, many of these solutions will provide the public a sense of safety, and politicians will...
by Jeff Price | Jan 9, 2017 | Aviation Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
By Jeffrey C. Price (Originally published on CNN 1/8/17) The recent attack at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport calls into question of how well our airports are protecting the public areas. In the history of aviation, there have been well over 1,000...
by Jeff Price | Dec 5, 2016 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
(Part 4 in a series that takes a look at whether aviation security is safer than it was in 2001) The greatest thing we can do to improve air security isn’t about processes and technologies, it’s about understanding – understanding our enemy,...
by Jeff Price | Nov 18, 2016 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
(Part III of a series that takes a look at the status of the US aviation security system) Aviation security is still not working – we’re still not winning – and here’s how I know. Shortly after 9/11, we adopted the term, the new normal. The New Normal described what...
by Jeff Price | Oct 26, 2016 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security
(Part 2 in a series examining aviation security 15 years after 9/11) One of my favorite movies in recent years is Draft Day, starring Kevin Costner. Costner plays the General Manager of the Cleveland Browns football team, and the movie follows the wheeling and dealing...
