by Jeff Price | Dec 11, 2012 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
12th Annual AAAE Annual Aviation Security Summit
Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Alexandria, VA Dec 11, 2012 General Session I Perspectives from Congressional Leadership Moderator: Joel Bacon, AAAE The Honorable Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Chair, Senate Appropriations...
by Jeff Price | Dec 10, 2012 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
12th Annual AAAE Aviation Security Summit (Blogging live – paraphrasing as necessary) December 10, 2012
Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Alexandria, VA General Session I
TSA Leadership Roundtable
Carter Morris, AAAE, Moderator
John Sammon, Asst., Administrator,...
by Jeff Price | Dec 10, 2012 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
12th Annual AAAE Aviation Security Summit (Blogging live – paraphrasing as necessary) December 10, 2012 Hyatt Regency Crystal City Alexandria, VA General Session I TSA Priorities and Perspectives Chip Barclay, A.A.E., CEO The Honorable John Pistole,...
by Jeff Price | Oct 26, 2012 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, General Aviation Airport Security
Several recent airport perimeter security breaches have brought the issue into the public spotlight. Normally, such scrutiny is reserved for the “front door,” of aviation security, which is the screening checkpoint and largely the domain of the TSA. The “back door,”...
by Jeff Price | Aug 14, 2012 | Aviation Security, Introduction to Screening, Passenger and Baggage Screening
The recent accusations of racial profiling being used by the TSA’s Behavior Detection Officers may hurt what is an otherwise effective security measure – the security questioning and behavior detection process. Opponents of the program have been waiting...
by Jeff Price | Aug 13, 2012 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security
With news today of the JetSki’er able to claim the fence and access the airport JFK the question of airport perimeter security is again raised. The first thing we need to look at in this case is what happened. JFK has a perimeter intrusion defense system which...
by Jeff Price | Jul 29, 2012 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
It’s been a week since the shooting in Aurora and I thought it was about time to comment. Based on the phone calls I was receiving that day, it seems my commentary sometimes applies outside the world of aviation security. I’m not going to compare myself to...
by Jeff Price | Jul 25, 2012 | Air Cargo, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs, General Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Introduction to Screening, Passenger and Baggage Screening
Blogging live from the Colorado Airport Operators Association, Annual Conference, 2012, Vail, Colorado (paraphrasing as necessary) Douglas Hoffsass – Assoc. Administrator, Office of the Administrator, TSA The Right Reverend Hoffsass continues his nationwide tour...
by Jeff Price | Jul 18, 2012 | Aviation Security, General Aviation Airport Security
Recently, several sewing needles turned up in catered meals on Delta Airlines. While there are public health and safety concerns, and the FBI is investigating, it begs the question, just how secure are the catering facilities that bring food onto commercial aircraft....
by Jeff Price | Jul 17, 2012 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
The attempt by a Skywest pilot to steal an aircraft at the airport in St. George, UT raises several security questions. From early reports, it appears that Skywest had confiscated the employee’s airline and hopefully, his airport credentials, denying him his...
