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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. The TSA oversees security measures like luggage screenings, pat-downs and liquid bans, and they have been criticized recently for their performance at many major airports, where travelers have experienced extremely long waits in security lines. Does the TSA need a revamp? And is the agency keeping travelers safe?
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?
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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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