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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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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Terrorism in London: Lessons for the US This weekend’s terrorist attack in London left seven people dead and almost 50 injured. London police fatally shot the attackers, and ISIS claimed responsibility.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There’s not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.
Design and Architecture
Securing Public Spaces, Super Wealthy Asians Vehicles are increasingly being used as weapons, as seen in the London Bridge attack over the weekend and in New York’s Times Square last month. The Compton-based company Calpipe is designing security bollards to help make public spaces safer. And novelist Kevin Kwan satirizes the “crazy rich” Asian jet set and their luxurious tastes in his latest book, “Rich People Problems.”