by Jeff Price | Apr 11, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Existing and Emerging Threats
Aviation employee screening is an initiative that is gaining a lot of momentum so it’s time to fully address it. Throughout the history of aviation security, employees have been directly responsible or assisted in the facilitation of numerous attacks. Many of...
by Jeff Price | Mar 27, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Current Affairs
Can I trust my pilot? After 9/11, cockpit doors were reinforced to keep the bad people out. But what happens when they are already inside. The details of the Germanwings 9525 crash are still filtering out but from what appears to have happened, is that the co-pilot,...
by Jeff Price | Mar 24, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, General Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
Although the article states that airport police are a “patchwork” that doesn’t report to the TSA, lets remember a few things. TSA does not report to the Department of Justice and although the air marshals and a few other TSA employees do have police...
by Jeff Price | Mar 18, 2015 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats, General Aviation Airport Security, Overview of Aviation Security
I was getting ready to slam Adam Minter here about this article, then I read through it carefully. He has several good points and from what I can tell, this is a fairly well researched piece. First, it’s hard to measure deterrence. Can anyone tell me how often a...
by Jeff Price | Mar 10, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, General Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Overview of Aviation Security, Policies and Procedures
It goes by many different names. Officially it is called the Access/ID Media, but there are various forms. There are badges that only identify the individual, then there are those that identify the individual and allow them to access doors and gates around the airport...
by Jeff Price | Mar 4, 2015 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Basic Success Principles, Happiness, Life & Career Success
Today, Father Jacob, one of the priests in our parish, gave an exceptional homily (sermon). Father Jacob is from India and I usually can’t understand his accent so I tend to check out a bit, but today was different. Today, the message was very clear. He talked...
by Jeff Price | Feb 24, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, General Aviation Airport Security
Jeff Price, aviation security specialist and owner of Leading Edge Strategies of Arvada, CO has been appointed as a Board Member for the Safe Skies Alliance. The National Safe Skies Alliance (http://www.sskies.org/) is an FAA-funded, non-profit, membership-based...
by Jeff Price | Jan 29, 2015 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism
Aviation security issues have been getting a lot of attention in the media these past couple of weeks. The three big issues are: Tweeted bomb threats causing flight delays and other disruptions Weapons smuggling by airline employees Highest record of confiscated guns...
by Jeff Price | Jan 25, 2015 | Life & Career Success
I’m sure that by now, many of you have forgotten or let your New Year’s resolutions lapse. But, it’s not too late to restart, but maybe with a different perspective – one that may lead you to your goals. We like to use the beginning of the year...
by Jeff Price | Jan 18, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, General Aviation Airport Security
I was recently on a panel on CNN discussing the latest al Qaeda threat to aviation. In their online publication, Inspire magazine al Qaeda outlined a strategy for how to make a bomb that would get past a screening checkpoint at an airport. In that same week, I fielded...
