Removing Security Screening from Airports?
There have been several reports in the news lately of airports across the country having their security screening equipment removed by the TSA. This is actually pretty common as long as TSA is the owner of the equipment. Prior to 9/11 various entities were...Suicide by Small Plane
We’re heard the term before – suicide-by-cop. This is where someone threatens the police with a gun to get the police to kill the individual. On February 18, we witnessed suicide-by-small-plane. We did not witness a terrorist attack. We barely witnessed an...OIG’s New Report on general aviation security threats
The Office of the Inspector General released it’s report on TSA’s Role in General Aviation Security (click here for copy). In it, the Inspector General noted that the terrorism threat posed by general aviation aircraft is “limited and mostly...What are the real problems with regulating private aircraft?
With the mantra, “in the name of homeland security,” still frequently being hauled out to justify both good and bad ideas, let’s look at the latest measures proposed by the TSA – the Large Aircraft Security Program. Many who do not own private...Olislagers Speaks at TSA LASP Forum
Speaking on behalf of the American Association of Airport Executives, the State of Colorado and Centennial Airport (the nation’s 3rd busiest general aviation airport), airport director Robert Olislagers spoke at the TSA public forum in Houston on the Large...
