by Jeff Price | Feb 11, 2016 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism
It’s called NextGen, and if not properly protected, the system designed to make aviation safer, may present the most dangerous risk to the national airspace system and even the nation itself, particularly if attacked by an insider threat. NextGen is the ongoing...
by Jeff Price | Feb 3, 2016 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats
In 2011, a former British Airways worker was convicted on four counts of preparing acts of terrorism. Inspired by the preaching and teaching of al Qaeda’s late propaganda minister, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Rajib Karim, a software engineer, told Awlaki he had access to British...
by Jeff Price | Jan 15, 2016 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Aviation Career, Basic Success Principles, Employment and Achievement, Life & Career Success
“Aren’t there some jobs where it doesn’t matter if you’re there or not?” This was a question posed by a student the other day. It came during a discussion when I was encouraging my students to make a difference at every job they are at. My answer: yes, in fact every...
by Jeff Price | Jan 15, 2016 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats, Personal Safety
Ever been camping? Imagine heading to the great outdoors for an extended camping trip. Hikes in the forest, walks on trails, skipping rocks on the lake, sitting around the campfire at night. But after a few days, we wake up one morning to find out that a wolf has...
by Jeff Price | Jan 7, 2016 | AAAE, Aviation Career, Conference Blogging, Policies and Procedures
The big issue this year continues to be the insider threat / employee security. Legislative staffers visited with industry leadership at the Summit about the various laws attempting to make their way through the House or the Senate, directed at improving airport...
by Jeff Price | Jan 7, 2016 | Aviation Career, Aviation Security, Conference Blogging, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures
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...
by Jeff Price | Jan 5, 2016 | Aviation Security
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....
by Jeff Price | Jan 1, 2016 | Aviation Career, Life & Career Success
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...
by Jeff Price | Dec 30, 2015 | Aviation Career, Life & Career Success
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,...
by Jeff Price | Dec 29, 2015 | Aviation Career, Life & Career Success
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...
