by Jeff Price | Apr 30, 2012 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
Dateline: 84th Annual AAAE Conference and Exposition Transportation Security Policy Committee Meeting PreCheck update: more airlines continue to sign up for the program. The problem continues to grow, but is only available to a small percentage of the traveling public...
by Jeff Price | Apr 30, 2012 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
Dateline: 84th Annual AAAE Conference and Exposition (blogging live from the American Association of Airport Executives Annual Conference, Phoenix, Arizona – please forgive spelling and grammatical errors) Chairman Deborah Hersman focused her comments on the...
by Jeff Price | Apr 29, 2012 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
Dateline: 84th Annual AAAE Conference and Exposition (blogging live from the American Association of Airport Executives Annual Conference, Phoenix, Arizona – please forgive spelling and grammatical errors) AAAE Annual: Cargo Security in a Post-Mandate World...
by Jeff Price | Apr 3, 2012 | Aviation Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
With millions of hits a controversial video has been circulating the Internet in which an individual claims to be able to defeat the TSA body imagers. TSA’s response has been unsurprising in that they have not provided any real rebuttal to the man’s...
by Jeff Price | Feb 18, 2012 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats
When an alarm system is broken, you fix it, you don’t turn off the alarm. But that’s what Congressman Mike Rogers-R (Alabama) who is also the chairman of the Transportation Security Subcommittee Congressman said in a recent Bloomberg article – he...
by Jeff Price | Jan 25, 2012 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs, General Aviation Airport Security, Pilot Training
Look guys, pick a career, cop or pilot. Shortly after 9/11, airline pilots decided that the cockpit would be far safer if they were allowed to carry firearms. In response, the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program was born. Ever since its creation, a few thousand...
by Jeff Price | Dec 13, 2011 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
Aviation Security Summit, Day Two, General Session II Aviation Industry Perspectives Jeff Price C.M. Principal, Leading Edge Strategies, Associate Professor, Metropolitan State College of Denver Stephen Alterman, President, Cargo Airline Association Duane McGray,...
by Jeff Price | Dec 13, 2011 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
Aviation Security Summit, Day Two, General Session II Addressing the Insider Threat: Airport Access Control and Perimeter Security Jeanne Olivier, A.A.E. Asst., Director, Aviation Security and Technology, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Laurie Aaron, VP,...
by Jeff Price | Dec 13, 2011 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
Aviation Security Summit, Day Two, General Session I Aviation Security: A Look Back and A Look Ahead Carter Morris, SVP Transportation Security Policy, AAAE Douglas Hofsass, Deputy Asst., Administrator, TSNM, TSA Doug Hofsass has been with TSA for quite sometime. He...
by Jeff Price | Dec 13, 2011 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
Aviation Security Summit, Day Two, General Session I U.S. Customs and Border Protection Leadership Discussion Carter Morris, SVP Transportation Security Policy, AAAE David Aguilar, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. CBP (written in real-time during the session – please...