Five years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, concerns continue to be raised about the nation¿s system for protecting commercial aviation. One layer of the aviation security system involves the ability of the fed. gov¿t. to respond to actual or potential security threats while a commercial aircraft is in flight. This report examines in-flight security threats & current fed. efforts to respond collaboratively to them. It is an unclassified version of a previously classified report, & summarizes the overall findings & recommendations while omitting sensitive information about the in-flight security threat resolution process, including specific agency roles & responsibilities & coordination challenges that have occurred & steps agencies have taken to address them.
Red Teams and Counterterrorism Training. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. Smith, J., 2009. ... C.C. Thomas, Springfield, IL. Winter, J., 2012. Exclusive: Massacre suspect James Holmes' gun-range application drew red flag.
This new book examines additional proposals and actions not only from Congress, but the FAA as well.
Red Teams and Counterterrorism Training. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. Winter, J., July 22, 2012. Exclusive: Massacre Suspect James Holmes' Gun-range Application Drew Red Flag. FOXNews, retrieved July 24, 2012, ...
Soon, investigation revealed the hijackers had trained at flight schools operating out of general aviation airports, leading to a huge outcry by the media and within the government to mandate security
TSA has implemented numerous initiatives designed to enhance aviation security, but has collected limited information on the effectiveness of these initiatives in protecting commercial aircraft.
Airport and Aviation Security: U.S. Policy and Strategy in the Age of Global Terrorism is a co
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has spent billions of dollars on aviation security programs.
2 According to several FAA insiders, they believed Canavan was forced out of the job. This theory flew in the face of what a DOT press release described as “a mutual agreement to move on” between Mr. Canavan and FAA Administrator Jane ...
Thomas, Aviation Insecurity, 190. 49. Many of these firms had offered low bids so as to be able to compete for more lucrative contracts. Michael Moss and Leslie Eaton, “Aviation Firms Ever Mindful to Cut Costs,” New York Times, ...