by Jeff Price | Jun 28, 2016 | Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Overview of Aviation Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
The suicide attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport highlights the necessity of keeping airport security lines short and moving fast. A line of hundreds of people waiting for thorough security screening may lead to greater safety once past the...
by Jeff Price | May 26, 2016 | Are We Safer, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Passenger and Baggage Screening
The crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 early last Thursday and the recovery of some wreckage Friday was a tragic end to a week that had begun with viral video of huge lines at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints in the United States. These two developments...
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 | Apr 5, 2016 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
By Jeff Price, Professor, MSU Denver, and lead author, Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats As the Brussels airport reopens after the devastating suicide bombing attacks last week we are all wondering what we should be doing, and how...
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 | Mar 23, 2016 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
The suspected attacks on the airport in Brussels raises questions about the safety of Americans traveling both in the US and abroad. What can passengers do to protect themselves from the same tragedy, and what should US airports and the TSA be doing in response?...
by Jeff Price | Mar 22, 2016 | Aviation Career
“The worst vice is advice,” Al Pacino in the movie, The Devil’s Advocate. For years, there was a rumor circulating around the United Airlines hiring process that pilot applicants, (if they were from out of town and staying in the designated hotel) could never be seen...
