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Leading Edge Strategies
Aviation consultant and founder of Leading Edge Strategies, and author of Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats
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Jeffrey Price
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FROM Jeffrey Price
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Is the TSA Making Travelers Safer? LAX increased security following Thursday’s EgyptAir crash over the Mediterranean. That means a greater police presence at the airport, but most security is handled by the Transportation Security Administration.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
TSA Fails Security Tests The acting head of the TSA was asked to step down after gaping flaws were found in airport security. In tests by the TSA’s inspector general, screeners at airport checkpoints failed to detect weapons and other banned items 95% of the time. ABC News first reported the findings. Should fliers be worried?
To the Point
FAA Bans Flights to Tel Aviv Due to rocket debris found near Ben Gurion Airport, Delta Airlines cancelled flights in and out of Tel Aviv. Now the FAA has followed suit, banning American carriers for at least the next 24 hours. Jeffrey Price is an aviation consultant and author of Practical Aviation Security : Predicting and Prefenting Future Threats.
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Opening the Curtain
Sleeping with your son Remember that cool kid in high school? The one with the awesome jacket and that effortless edge. He was something of a rebel: used nasty language in just the right way. Made it all look so easy. Now remember that other kid who tried to copy him? Same jacket, same foul language but he couldn’t quite pull it off?
Orange County Line
Two Republicans, Loretta Sanchez Vie for 3rd Supervisorial Seat With the election of Supervisor Todd Spitzer to the Orange County District Attorney's office, three prominent OC politicians seem likely to run for the 3rd District, which goes from Yorba Linda to the north to Irvine in the South and extends into OC's canyon countries.
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Rethinking public school funding in California LAUSD teachers are striking for the second day. Many people are questioning the state’s model for funding schools. California spends around $10,800 per pupil, which is less than the national average. But maybe that money could be better spent if the district itself were smaller and more manageable.