by Jeff Price | Mar 18, 2015 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats, General Aviation Airport Security, Overview of Aviation Security
I was getting ready to slam Adam Minter here about this article, then I read through it carefully. He has several good points and from what I can tell, this is a fairly well researched piece. First, it’s hard to measure deterrence. Can anyone tell me how often a...
by Jeff Price | Jan 29, 2015 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism
Aviation security issues have been getting a lot of attention in the media these past couple of weeks. The three big issues are: Tweeted bomb threats causing flight delays and other disruptions Weapons smuggling by airline employees Highest record of confiscated guns...
by Jeff Price | Jan 18, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, General Aviation Airport Security
I was recently on a panel on CNN discussing the latest al Qaeda threat to aviation. In their online publication, Inspire magazine al Qaeda outlined a strategy for how to make a bomb that would get past a screening checkpoint at an airport. In that same week, I fielded...
by Jeff Price | Dec 30, 2014 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
A recent report of airline employees smuggling guns through commercial airliners has raised security concerns about the “insider threat.” Read, listen or watch the story here: NPR WSJ Arise America NBC The key question is: is this a threat? While...
by Jeff Price | Sep 29, 2014 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
On 9/11 the FAA was caught completely off-guard as terrorists took over four aircraft and pulled of the most tragic and devastating attack using aviation in the history of the world. As an agency, the FAA was never in the intelligence loop, did not foresee the...
by Jeff Price | Sep 25, 2014 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
As part of the airstrikes into Syria against ISIL the United States also decided to hit some old Al Qaeda friends – apparently these folks were planning to put bombs in electronic devices and smuggle them onto airplanes. Here’s the story along with a short...
