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...
by Jeff Price | Aug 16, 2016 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats, Personal Safety
As I sit here watching a rerun of the movie Saving Private Ryan, I am reminded of the history lessons I learned growing up and all of the books about World War II that I used to read. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the Nazis rolled through Europe, every...
by Jeff Price | Jul 22, 2016 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Personal Safety
The details surrounding the attack centering on Munich’s Olympia Einkaufszentrum shopping mall are still being ascertained, but one thing remains certain: The headlines announcing tragic events such as these are becoming all too common. Whether the perpetrators of...
