by Jeff Price | Jun 13, 2022 | Aviation Career, Pilot Training
You may or may not know that I am also a pilot. I began flying while still in college as I pursued my degree in Professional Pilot. So when a reporter contacted me for a story to ask a question about something she overheard while boarding a plane, I was happy to...
by Jeff Price | Mar 30, 2022 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Aviation Career, Basic Success Principles, Life & Career Success
Do you think it was a good thing that Captain Chesley Sullenberger had a flight plan on that day he landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River? Obviously, the flight plan did not call for an encounter with a flock of geese, nor a water landing but the...
by Jeff Price | Mar 9, 2022 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
Domestic terrorism is clearly on the rise. According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies[1], as of 2020, right-wing groups and individuals comprise the majority of domestic terrorism incidents, particularly between 2014 and 2020. The assault on the...
by Jeff Price | Sep 14, 2021 | Aviation Security
by Jeff Price | Sep 7, 2021 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Uncategorized
Just a couple of years ago, at an industry conference, an individual in their early 20s stood up during a panel session and asked what the big deal was about 9/11 and why we have all these security measures. As if the death of 2,977 people in the worst attack the U.S....
by Jeff Price | Jul 13, 2021 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security
“Watch this,” I told my two boys who were up with me on Sunday morning, July 11th, as Richard Branson took off for his historic spaceflight. “You are about to see history being made.” Branson’s flight to the US recognized Karmin line...
by Jeff Price | Feb 10, 2021 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
Somehow, TSA has tasked their personnel and those individuals working at airports with mask enforcement duties. The FAA does not have a regulation for terminal buildings. The TSA regulations on terminal facilities focus on security, not on public health, so how this...
by Jeff Price | Jan 21, 2021 | 6 Minutes of Aviation Safety and Security, Uncategorized
The recent story about an individual living at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport, apparently within the Security areas, is extraordinary. It is not that unusual to have homeless people, or others who are stranded in their travels, that live for a few days...
by Jeff Price | Jan 15, 2021 | 6 Minutes of Aviation Safety and Security
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