by Jeff Price | Jan 25, 2012 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs, General Aviation Airport Security, Pilot Training
Look guys, pick a career, cop or pilot. Shortly after 9/11, airline pilots decided that the cockpit would be far safer if they were allowed to carry firearms. In response, the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program was born. Ever since its creation, a few thousand...
by Jeff Price | Dec 9, 2011 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
I will be blogging live, from the AAAE Annual Aviation Security Summit, next week.
by Jeff Price | Nov 23, 2011 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats
Ever notice in all the Die Hard movies that once the bad guys are dead, they stay dead? They don’t continue to inspire hundreds if not thousands of others? Too bad movies don’t imitate real life. For the past few years, YouTube has been the place for those...
by Jeff Price | Oct 18, 2011 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Introduction to Screening, Passenger and Baggage Screening
Let’s Make a Deal – behind door number one is a no-hassle trip to your airplane, with no guarantee it will be hijacked or bombed. You’ll be flying old school. Behind door number 2 is a body imager, whereupon your saturated fat bursting self will be...
by Jeff Price | Sep 15, 2011 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
I was stopped by police for suspicion of armed robbery. Okay, it happened in 1987, but I first, I didn’t do it, and second, I was the “victim” of profiling. Seems I was driving aggressively and at a high rate of speed, through a large parking lot,...
by Jeff Price | Sep 11, 2011 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
It was never my life’s mission to become an aviation security “expert.” In fact, I had only recently gotten out of a commercial airport security position and fully into general aviation airport management, when 9/11 happened. My intent at that time...
