by Jeff Price | Dec 5, 2016 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
(Part 4 in a series that takes a look at whether aviation security is safer than it was in 2001) The greatest thing we can do to improve air security isn’t about processes and technologies, it’s about understanding – understanding our enemy,...
by Jeff Price | Nov 18, 2016 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
(Part III of a series that takes a look at the status of the US aviation security system) Aviation security is still not working – we’re still not winning – and here’s how I know. Shortly after 9/11, we adopted the term, the new normal. The New Normal described what...
by Jeff Price | Oct 26, 2016 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security
(Part 2 in a series examining aviation security 15 years after 9/11) One of my favorite movies in recent years is Draft Day, starring Kevin Costner. Costner plays the General Manager of the Cleveland Browns football team, and the movie follows the wheeling and dealing...
by Jeff Price | Aug 16, 2016 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats, Personal Safety
As I sit here watching a rerun of the movie Saving Private Ryan, I am reminded of the history lessons I learned growing up and all of the books about World War II that I used to read. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the Nazis rolled through Europe, every...
by Jeff Price | Jul 22, 2016 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Personal Safety
The details surrounding the attack centering on Munich’s Olympia Einkaufszentrum shopping mall are still being ascertained, but one thing remains certain: The headlines announcing tragic events such as these are becoming all too common. Whether the perpetrators of...
by Jeff Price | Jul 20, 2016 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, General Aviation Airport Security, Overview of Aviation Security
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by Jeff Price | Jul 8, 2016 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Passenger and Baggage Screening
Seems TSA is considering putting MORE checkpoints but outside of terminal buildings. Let me count the several different ways this is a bad idea. 1. Wherever you create a checkpoint, you create a line and, you create a CHOKEpoint – huge amounts of people standing...
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...
