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...
by Jeff Price | Dec 30, 2014 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
A recent report of airline employees smuggling guns through commercial airliners has raised security concerns about the “insider threat.” Read, listen or watch the story here: NPR WSJ Arise America NBC The key question is: is this a threat? While...
by Jeff Price | Nov 27, 2014 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
Recently, an economics professor wrote a short piece for USA Today talking about how TSAs rituals do not make us any safer. While that was the headline, the article posited that we’re probably spending more money than we need to on security. In that respect, Art...
by Jeff Price | Nov 26, 2014 | Life & Career Success, Uncategorized
Okay, I’ve never been to prison, nor jail so I can’t say for certain, but you watch enough of those locked up scared straight shows on A&E and I guess you can get a pretty good idea that things in prison operate a bit differently than the world...
by Jeff Price | Nov 26, 2014 | Life & Career Success, Uncategorized
The late great Dr. Stephen Covey once said that courage is raising the level of initiative. Dr. Covey of course is a far more eloquent speaker than I am. Being the godly man that he was I doubt he would ever put it the way I heard it: “raising the level of...
by Jeff Price | Nov 17, 2014 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
Many airport access control systems are coming up for an upgrade. Many are over 10 years old so it’s about time. Will you integrate biometrics into your next or upgraded access control system? While not presently required by TSA, biometrics provide a significant...
by Jeff Price | Sep 29, 2014 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
On 9/11 the FAA was caught completely off-guard as terrorists took over four aircraft and pulled of the most tragic and devastating attack using aviation in the history of the world. As an agency, the FAA was never in the intelligence loop, did not foresee the...
