Although the airport security industry missed out on meeting TSA Administrator Neffenger, the annual security summit did provide some updates on other programs: ● Status of Rapback: Rapback is a criminal vetting process that automatically resubmits aviation worker fingerprints to determine if an individual who already has an airport identification badge, has subsequently been arrested… Continue Reading
Your 2016 New Years Aviation Security Resolutions
It’s 2016 and have you set your New Year’s Resolutions yet? Not the ones you’ll forget about in two weeks, but the ones that will make your airport, your airline, your facility, yourself, a hard target when it comes to terrorist and criminal threats. I know it’s a busy time of the year, so let… Continue Reading
Practical Goal Setting for 2016, Part 5
Practical Goal Setting for 2016, Part 5 Step 3: Prepare for the Journey and Execute! New Year’s is the time when most people set goals. . . and when most people stop pursuing goals. Some of us make it a few days, or weeks, while some people have given up before they’ve sobered up! But,… Continue Reading
Practical Goal Setting for 2016, Part 4
Practical Goal Setting for 2016, Part 4 Step 2: figure out what you REALLY want, and why. If you’ve followed the goal setting steps thus far, you should have a pretty good-sized list of stuff you want, things you want to accomplish, the kind of person you want to be, and how you’re going to… Continue Reading
Practical Goal Setting for 2016, Part 3
It’s time to take step 1: figure out what you want. Some of you will find this very easy because you’re the sort whose always known where you’re going, while others aren’t sure which path to take. If you’re not sure where you’re going, or where you want to go, just pick a path and… Continue Reading
Practical Goal Setting for 2016, Part 2
Goal setting can be overwhelming. Once we’re done writing down everything we want to do, become, see, and have in our lives, we are left with a prodigious to-do list and don’t even know where to start. There are a variety of books, apps and processes that are supposed to help guide you in building… Continue Reading
Practical Goal Setting for 2016, Part 1
As we approach the New Year many of us began the process of goal setting for the next year. Unfortunately, within about the first two weeks the vast majority of people who have set goals, will have either forgotten about them or allow them to be pushed aside by other priorities. I thought it would… Continue Reading
Airport doth Protest
Operations were disrupted at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, when activists from Black Lives Matter were able to shut down at least one terminal at the airport, for a period of time, and caused traffic jams for inbound travelers. Other airport operators should pay close attention as this may become a more popular form of protest moving… Continue Reading
15th Annual AAAE/DHS/TSA Aviation Security Summit, Part I
Many who attended this year’s Aviation Security Summit were disappointed that industry leadership unfortunately did not get the opportunity to meet with the new TSA administrator, Peter Neffenger. According to his representatives, he has had a heavy travel schedule and was feeling under the weather. Particularly unfortunate because his first exposure to the airport security… Continue Reading
Star Wars Premiere May Attract Another Kind Of Evil Empire
The premiere of the seventh and likely the most highly anticipated installment of the Star Wars films, is bringing the fans and their costumes out in droves, but may also attract the wrong element. While I hate to be the guy that tosses a metaphorical wet blanket on all the fans sleeping outside theaters, I… Continue Reading