by Jeff Price | May 10, 2016 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
By Professor Jeffrey C. Price, lead author, Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats As waiting times at TSA checkpoints continue to increase, with even longer lines and longer waits predicted for the summer travel season, many...
by Jeff Price | Apr 28, 2016 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
By Jeffrey C. Price, Professor, MSU Denver Lead Author, Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats In the early days of TSA, when screening lines were wrapping around terminal buildings and passengers were waiting 3+ hours to get...
by Jeff Price | Mar 31, 2016 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures
By Jeff Price, Professor MSU Denver and lead author, Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats There have been a lot of stories in the media about this EgyptAir hijacking that “calls into question” airline and airport security in Egypt. But...
by Jeff Price | Jan 7, 2016 | Aviation Career, Aviation Security, Conference Blogging, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures
Although the airport security industry missed out on meeting TSA Administrator Neffenger, the annual security summit did provide some updates on other programs: ● Status of Rapback: Rapback is a criminal vetting process that automatically resubmits aviation worker...
by Jeff Price | Jun 3, 2015 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
The latest report about DHS red team personnel able to get prohibited items through screening checkpoints without being detected, an average of 95% of the time, is extraordinary. Even more extraordinary though is why the items were not being detected. According to the...
by Jeff Price | May 12, 2015 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Introduction to Screening, Overview of Aviation Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures
Recently, information came to light about part of a program implemented and used by the TSA since 2007 as a way to identify potential terrorists and subject them to closer inspection. The program has been criticized as being based on flawed scientific principles, and...
