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The airline industry gets a lot of bad press, what with the occasional terrorist threat, security hassles and new fees for blankets and the like, but they deserve to get credit for when they’re doing things right. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), an airline industry trade group, 2009 was the second safest year [...]
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U.S. airports will now be randomly swabbing the hands of passengers to check for traces of explosive materials. You may be familiar with this technique as it was previously used with carry-on baggage of some passengers. Soon now, though, travelers can expect to see the increased random use of ETD [explosive trace detection] technology in [...]
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European winter. Airline security. The asteroid apocalypse. These were the topics of the discussion when us editors of Risk Managment got together to record this fourth installment of the RiskCast for your listening pleasure. Those of you who listen to the whole thing will get to hear a candid conversation about our biggest fears. Morgan’s [...]
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Three bomb-sniffing dogs at the Philly International airport failed their recertification tests and have been relieved of duty. While laying off security dogs may sound like overkill, even in the new climate of airline security sensitivity, one expert notes that “these dogs are not ornamental. They are there for a purpose. If the purpose is [...]
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