by Jeff Price | Jan 28, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, Introduction to Screening
The Air Line Pilots Association have a point. In their recently released White Paper on “Meeting Today’s Aviation Security Needs: A Call to Action for a Trust-Based Security System” ALPA calls for a risk-based assessment of passengers as a security...
by Jeff Price | Jan 13, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Introduction to Screening
A recent Gallup poll showed that many American’s support ethnic profiling in our airports. I do not. Here’s why. It doesn’t work. The question is often asked, should we profile? Well, not profiling is like saying “don’t breathe.” We...
by Jeff Price | Jun 23, 2009 | Aviation Security, Introduction to Screening
Clear, the company that developed the Registered Traveler program in the U.S. announced today that it is ceasing operations. All Clear lanes are shutting down effective immediately. Here was the message sent to Clear users: “At 11:00 pm PST today, Clear will...
by Jeff Price | Feb 5, 2009 | Aviation Security, Introduction to Screening
A recent article in the New York Times discussed the issue of profiling. Click here for the article. Essentially, the article concluded that strong profiling is not effective at detecting malfeasors (people who want to do bad things). Therefore, why profile at all?...
