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Airport Security

• President Obama on Airport Security Failure
  Robert Poole
  December 29, 2009, 6:12pm
• Flight 253 to Detroit Shows How Our Airport Security Lacks Focus
  Robert Poole
  December 29, 2009, 11:10am
• Are We Going to Get Serious About Aviation Security?
  TSA has spent over $40 billion, yet amateurs are still getting on planes with explosives
  Robert Poole
  December 29, 2009
• Attempted Flight Bomber Was a Known Terrorist and Was Allowed to Fly
  Adrian Moore
  December 26, 2009, 2:54pm
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #52
  Who should run airports? TSA's mission creep, the liquids ban stays with us and more
  Robert Poole
  December 4, 2009
• How Might TSA Screw Up Repair Stations?
  Robert Poole
  December 2, 2009, 5:34pm
• Airport Security (Lack Thereof) or the Right Methods?
  Shirley Ybarra
  November 9, 2009, 10:46am
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #51
  TSA screening technology, private screeners and airport privatization
  Robert Poole
  November 5, 2009
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #50
  Unionized airport security screeners, registered traveler and air travel delays
  Robert Poole
  October 31, 2009
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #49
  Where airport grants really go, privatizing New Orleans Airport, and airport security and suicide bombers
  Robert Poole
  September 30, 2009
• Improving Transportation Security
  Robert Poole
  September 17, 2009, 1:14pm
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #48
  Registered traveler, high-speed rail vs. air travel and airport pricing
  Robert Poole
  August 31, 2009
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #47
  TSA's unchecked power, private airport in Branson, the future of registered traveler
  Robert Poole
  July 11, 2009
• Registered Traveler Breakthrough Would Improve Airport Security
  Robert Poole
  June 16, 2009, 3:45pm
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #46
  Registered traveler, TSA and private pilots, airport congestion and parking privatization
  Robert Poole
  June 15, 2009
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #45
  Topics include: short-haul flights vs. rail; post-Midway airport privatization; MANPADS defenses; airport landing slots in Europe; the Maginot Line of airport screening; FAMs vs. FFDOs; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  May 21, 2009
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #44
  Topics include: whole body scanning; runway safety areas; air marshals vs. armed pilots; luggage pilfering and airport security; outsourced commercial airports; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  April 13, 2009
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #43
  Topics include: inspecting cargo; slot auction problems; misguided bizjet security regs; airport privatization in a soft market; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  March 18, 2009
• TSA Coming Up Short on Cargo Checks
  Robert Poole
  March 17, 2009, 10:46am
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #42
  Topics include: stealth attack on airport privatization; TSA's flawed study on private screening; airport expansion vs. inter-city rail; limited profiling endorsed; airport competition; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  February 17, 2009
• Who Is Going to Pay for Air Cargo Screening?
  Robert Poole
  February 6, 2009, 12:17pm
• Airport Policy and Aviation Security Newsletter
  Robert Poole
  January 23, 2009
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #41
  Topics include: cost-effectiveness of U.S. airport security; new technology for perimeter security; Jacksonville, Long Beach consider privatization; PFCs and FAA reauthorization; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  January 1, 2009
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #40
  Topics include: world airport privatization study; why Registered Traveler is not a security program; airports and competition; checking boarding passes at the gate; terminal bomb scanner; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  November 1, 2008
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #39
  Topics include: new tool for managing the airside; protecting airports and airliners from missile attacks; runway pricing gains support; TSA overkill on business jets; first Midway, now three others; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  October 1, 2008
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #38
  Topics include: TSA faulted on covert testing; breaking up BAA; Secure Flight and watch list problems; New York airport pricing battle update; airport privatization continues, despite Fitch's negativity; Phoenix-Gateway tries new funding approach; and oth
  Robert Poole
  September 1, 2008
• Good News and Bad News on Trusted Traveler
  Robert Poole
  August 18, 2008, 8:53pm
• TSA Doesn't Look Into Airport Security Screener Failures
  Robert Poole
  August 13, 2008, 1:11pm
• Registered Traveler Computer Loss: Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing
  Robert Poole
  August 6, 2008, 9:07am
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #37
  Topics include: continuing controversy over airport pricing; Registered Traveler goes nationwide; air cargo screening mandate; new parking system at SeaTac; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  July 1, 2008
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #36
  Topics include: re-regulate the airlines?; airport employee screening; more checkpoint improvements; America's first all-new privatized airport; aircraft survivability; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  June 1, 2008
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #34
  Topics include: Midway privatization: six first-class teams; slot auctions for LaGuardia; second-generation checkpoints; next steps on runway incursions; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  April 1, 2008
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #33
  Topics include: expanding airports via technology; Midway privatization a "go"; Registered Traveler keeps expanding; hypocrisy on airport grants; going beyond weight-based landing charges; more outsourced airport screening; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  March 14, 2008
• Feds Want to Search Your Laptop and Cell Phone
  Chris Mitchell
  March 5, 2008, 12:48pm
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #32
  Topics include: expanding airports via technology; Midway privatization a "go"; Registered Traveler keeps expanding; hypocrisy on airport grants; going beyond weight-based landing charges; more outsourced airport screening; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  March 1, 2008
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #31
  Topics include: DOT returns to congestion pricing; low-cost carrier terminals; advances in checkpoint technology; randomized security patrols; conflicting findings on airport privatization; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  January 1, 2008
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #30
  Topics include: Reason's New York airport congestion pricing study; slot auctions versus runway pricing; IATA's WSG the wrong answer to airport delays; questionable anti-MANPADS program; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  December 1, 2007
• Laugh or cry at airport security?
  Adrian Moore
  October 24, 2007, 6:30am
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #29
  Topics include: Midway privatization deal seems imminent; new questions about TSA screeners' performance; progress and setbacks for Registered Traveler; airport vs. airlines in New Zealand; America's first "common-use" airport; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  October 1, 2007
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #28
  Topics include: fixing New York's airport delays; progress on passenger checkpoints; what went wrong at BAA?; screening cargo on airliners; terrorist dry runs; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  September 1, 2007
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #27
  Topics include: landing fees at general aviation airports; the expanding Registered Traveler program; countering shoulder-launched missiles; airport privatization poison pill; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  July 1, 2007
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #26
  Topics include: the government ID card loophole; airlines vs. LAX, round 1; capacity expansion via airport privatization; market pricing for LaGuardia
  Robert Poole
  May 1, 2007
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #25
  Topics include: proposed airport funding changes: sensible or not?; TSA's "regulation vs. service provision" conflict; LAX vs. airlines, again; clerics vs. airport security; whither U.S. airport privatization?; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  April 1, 2007
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #24
  Topics include: airport worker screening; landing fees for private planes at air-carrier airports; backscatter X-rays: privacy vs. security; AMBER Alerts at checkpoints; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  March 1, 2007
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #23
  Topics include: newsletter changes; data-mining and risk-based screening; LaGuardia and O'Hare slots; the return of U.S. airport privatization; Registered Traveler keeps growing; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  January 1, 2007
• Conflict of Interest Still a Live Issue for TSA
  Adrian Moore
  December 9, 2006, 8:45pm
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #22
  Topics include: Registered Traveler finally going national; TSA conflict of interest; a potential airport opt-out in Key West; the boarding pass loophole; upgrading carry-on screening; and other news.
  Robert Poole
  December 1, 2006
• Do Dems promise worse aviation security?
  Adrian Moore
  November 27, 2006, 5:44am
• Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #21
  Topics include: what to do about liquid explosives; alternatives to checked baggage; fine-tuning air cargo security; and Registered Traveler
  Robert Poole
  September 1, 2006
• Refocusing Airport Security
  Risk-based screening system is needed to fight terror
  Robert Poole
  August 20, 2006

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