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 | Dec 4, 2019 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, General Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, General Aviation Airport Security
On July 17 of this year, police responded to a drone with fireworks attached to it discovered on top of a building in downtown Los Angeles. Further details have not been released about the incident, but it does represent just one of the many threats drone operations...
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 | Oct 2, 2017 | Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Personal Safety
The threat to American citizens has changed significantly in the past few years and it is past the time that we adapt. When mass shootings occur, discussions on the radio focus on what happened and what could have been done, and should be done, to prevent future...
by Jeff Price | May 12, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures, The Role of Government
DHS may soon announce, or has already announced (depending on when you’re reading this), that the ban on personal electronic devices larger than a smartphone carried in an airline cabin will expand to the UK and throughout Europe. Previous discussions on this...
by Jeff Price | May 3, 2017 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures, The Role of Government
(Part 5 in a 5 part series that takes a look at whether we are safer since 9/11) Much has happened since I started this short series in August 2016: We have a new President, there’s been an active shooter at another US airport and TSA has lost its Administrator and is...
