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...
by Jeff Price | Jan 12, 2010 | Aviation Security, Overview of Aviation Security
I say this knowing full well that I am an educator, a trainer in the aviation security industry, and the co-author of a textbook on aviation security, but the real problem with TSA (and many others in control of aviation security), is the lack of individuals that are...
by Jeff Price | Jan 8, 2010 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Current Affairs
In recent interviews on Denver’s Fox 31 News and on 9News, I tried to answer the most commonly asked question whenever there is a security incident: “How can we improve the system?” A good follow up question to that is: “At what point does all...
by Jeff Price | Jan 8, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
According to CBS News in L.A., TSA faces allegations that its employees at Los Angeles International Airport were caught on tape using drugs. The investigation began last year when a TSA worker was arrested for allegedly counterfeiting parking passes in the employee...
by Jeff Price | Jan 7, 2010 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Current Affairs, The Role of Government
It seems that Rep. John Mica has joined the opposition to the appointment of Erroll Southers to the head of TSA. Mica is criticizing what he perceives is Southers lack of executive management experience. Among rumors that Southers was nominated only after more...
