by Jeff Price | Mar 29, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures
Here’s the deal: TSA is correct in everything they posted about the pat-down that has gone viral. It looked like all procedures were followed – it still sucks they have to do it, but I understand the threat. It looked like the pat-down was even a bit more thorough...
by Jeff Price | Mar 21, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Existing and Emerging Threats, Policies and Procedures
Early on Tuesday, March 21st, the TSA posted an emergency amendment to its carry-on policy prohibiting electronics larger than a cell phone in the cabin on flights from a number of airports. The UK announced a similar ban later the same day. This type of restriction...
by Jeff Price | Mar 17, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Policies and Procedures
(This article, written by myself and Lori Beckman, originally appeared in the February 2017 issue of Aviation Security International Magazine, and is reprinted here with permission. To view the article in its original format, click HERE.) How do we differentiate...
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...
