by Jeff Price | Sep 7, 2021 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Uncategorized
Just a couple of years ago, at an industry conference, an individual in their early 20s stood up during a panel session and asked what the big deal was about 9/11 and why we have all these security measures. As if the death of 2,977 people in the worst attack the U.S....
by Jeff Price | Sep 11, 2020 | Are We Safer, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Passenger and Baggage Screening
Is this real life? Or is it just dystopia? When 9/11 happened, most of us couldn’t comprehend such a tragedy. Now, 19 years later, most of us live our pandemic lives every day, still unable to comprehend such a tragedy. Just how different are the two disasters...
by Jeff Price | Aug 25, 2020 | Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Personal Safety
“Should or should we not, follow the advice of the galactically stupid?” Tom Cruise as Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee in ‘A Few Good Men.’ Since Congress is going back anyway, let’s ask them to take a few minutes and kill the Healthy Skies Act,...
by Jeff Price | Jun 24, 2019 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
The Toronto airport again has played a role in aviation security. It was 134years ago, June 23, 1985, when the deadliest airline bombing in history took down Air India Flight 182. The flight had departed from Vancouver, made a stopover in Canada en route to London,...
by Jeff Price | Jan 18, 2019 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs, Passenger and Baggage Screening
As the shutdown continues with no end in sight, some people are speculating that TSA screeners may go on strike. Or, that more TSA workers will continue to walk off the job, have “blue flu,” or find an employer that can make a payroll, resulting in massive air system...
by Jeff Price | Jul 26, 2017 | Aviation Security, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Uncategorized
In the early days of aviation security, passengers had to have their belongings sorted through by a screener. X-ray machines were brought in so that passengers wouldn’t have to have their personal belongings dumped out for all to see, and to make the process faster...