by Jeff Price | Nov 23, 2011 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats
Ever notice in all the Die Hard movies that once the bad guys are dead, they stay dead? They don’t continue to inspire hundreds if not thousands of others? Too bad movies don’t imitate real life. For the past few years, YouTube has been the place for those...
by Jeff Price | Feb 22, 2011 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Current Affairs, Introduction to Screening, Passenger and Baggage Screening
Is Twitter to be blamed for the failure of screeners to detect a gun, five times through a TSA checkpoint? A TSA employee testing the Advanced Imaging Technology (i.e. body scanner) at DFW was able to smuggle a firearm through the AIT’s on five separate...
by Jeff Price | Aug 8, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Uncategorized
Recently, the NTSB released the report on Continental Airlines 1404 that went off the runway at Denver International Airport in December of 2008, due to crosswinds. The NTSB stated that the Captain did not hold proper crosswind correction on the rudder. While this...
by Jeff Price | Apr 8, 2010 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats
Keeping in mind that the news reports are still coming in, let’s talk about what we know so far about the smokes-on-a-plane story developing at Denver International Airport. From what has been reported it appears that a Qatari man, possibly a diplomat, was...
by Jeff Price | Mar 9, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
In the aftermath of the attempt to get Erroll Southers confirmed President Obama has finally selected another person to head the TSA, Robert Harding. I must admit, I do now know very much about Mr. Harding nor does anyone else in the aviation community. Certainly not...
