by Jeff Price | Feb 12, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, Introduction to Screening, Policies and Procedures
TSA announced today that approximately 10,000 of their workers will began the process of getting Secret clearances so they can receive better intelligence related to the current threats. Click here. While I applaud TSA’s latest action, I’m stunned that it...
by Jeff Price | Feb 10, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, Introduction to Screening
Hands down the pants, hands down the pants, looking like a fool with your hands down your pants! Recently, travelers in Canada have been asked to stick their hands down their pants, or in their pockets, so that screeners can swab their hands (after the fact) to...
by Jeff Price | Feb 10, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, The Role of Government
As if on cue from my last blog entry, TSA has ordered Richmond airport in Virginia to issue an airport ID badge to a convicted felon, so he can work as a screener for the TSA!!! See the article here. In the words of our President, ‘let me be clear.’ Title...
by Jeff Price | Feb 9, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, Passenger and Baggage Screening
An article in USAToday explains exactly why TSA’s credibility is always questioned, particularly by those in the aviation industry. The article discusses the new whole body imagers and their potential impact on airport passenger flow and screening lines. The TSA...
by Jeff Price | Feb 3, 2010 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
While Northwest Flight 253 has been making many of the security headlines lately, there is another debate going on that is drawing less attention, but is very important. By this year, the industry is expected to be conducting 100% screening of air cargo placed on a...
by Jeff Price | Feb 2, 2010 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
The news is just starting to emerge that the airport may have mishandled Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas day. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 17 (Aviation Security) and TSA regulations, Title 49 CFR Part 1542, the aircraft should...
by Jeff Price | Jan 28, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, Introduction to Screening
The Air Line Pilots Association have a point. In their recently released White Paper on “Meeting Today’s Aviation Security Needs: A Call to Action for a Trust-Based Security System” ALPA calls for a risk-based assessment of passengers as a security...
by Jeff Price | Jan 22, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, Passenger and Baggage Screening
New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg has introduced legislation to address security breaches at the nation’s airports. The new law would: … Mandate use of security cameras at all airport terminal checkpoints and secure-area exits and require regular testing to...
by Jeff Price | Jan 20, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
The headline is from the movie “A Few Good Men,” spoken by Jack Nicholson. With Erroll Southers bowing out under pressure from Sen. Jim DeMint from his appointment to head TSA, all that has happened is that the country is less safer today. DeMint’s...
by Jeff Price | Jan 13, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Introduction to Screening
A recent Gallup poll showed that many American’s support ethnic profiling in our airports. I do not. Here’s why. It doesn’t work. The question is often asked, should we profile? Well, not profiling is like saying “don’t breathe.” We...
