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Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #76
Trusted Traveler expansion, Australia's light-handed airport regulation, spotlight on outsourced airport screening, Spain's ghost airports, fixing TSA's broken technology procurements
February 8, 2012In this issue:
- Trusted Traveler expansion
- Australia’s light-handed airport regulation
- Outsourced airport screening in the spotlight
- Spain’s ghost airports
- Fixing TSA’s broken technology procurements
- Upcoming Conferences
- News Notes
- Quotable Quotes
Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #75
Secondary barriers more cost-effective than air marshals, EU airlines protest high speed rail subsidies, TSA checked-luggage screening fiasco, taxiing airliners with the engines off
January 10, 2012In this issue:
- Secondary barriers more cost-effective than air marshals
- EU airlines protest high-speed rail subsidies
- TSA’s checked-luggage screening fiasco
- Taxiing airliners with the engines off
- News Notes
- Quotable Quote
Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #74
Landmark noise settlement in Ft. Lauderdale, backscatter body scanners under new scrutiny, niche airlines and airports test new business models
December 9, 2011In this issue:
- Landmark noise settlement in Ft. Lauderdale
- Backscatter body scanners under new scrutiny
- Europe’s “Better Airports” report--not
- Niche airlines and airports test new business models
- Airport finance Webinar next week
- News Notes
- Quotable Quotes
TSA's PreCheck Trusted Traveler Program Is a Good Idea, But Has Some Big Flaws
November 7, 2011, 12:01pmThe TSA has rolled out the test phase of its PreCheck trusted traveler program at American’s hubs at Miami and Dallas/Ft. Worth and Delta’s hubs at Atlanta and Detroit. As an AA Platinum member flying mostly out of Miami (MIA), I volunteered and got selected.
So far, I’ve used the program twice—and both times I did not have to remove my shoes, belt, or jacket, nor did I have to take anything out of my bag (neither laptop nor liquids).
Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #73
Replacing federal airport grants with PFCs, cheering TSA's PreCheck, security theater vs. risk-based approach to cargo screening
November 4, 2011In this issue:
- Could PFCs replace federal airport grants?
- Two cheers for TSA’s PreCheck
- Why the rise in runway incursions?
- Cargo screening—security theater vs. risk-based approach
- Can privatization fix Brazil’s airports?
- News Notes
- Quotable Quotes
"Get Your Freak On" Baggage Screener Gets Disciplined by TSA
October 26, 2011, 9:57pmThe TSA continues to find ways to violate air travelers. After a baggage screener left Jill Filipovic, who was flying from Newark Airport to Dublin, Ireland, a note in her luggage that said, “Get your freak on girl,” I’m dismayed to see that the TSA only “disciplined” the screener who wrote a “highly inappropriate note” in the bag that was searched.
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February 2nd, 2012 - A Trip Is Ruined, but Marilyn Monroe Is Safe
Jacob Sullum
January 31st, 2012 - The TSA's War on Innocent Travelers
Gene Healy
January 31st, 2012 - Restraining Orders
Andrew Napolitano
December 19th, 2011 - Obama Feels Your Pain; OWS Forecloses on Outer Boroughs; Ron Paul Rocks: Reason Evening Links
Tim Cavanaugh
December 6th, 2011 - First Airline Fined Under Flight Delay Regulations, Four Years After Someone Decided We Needed Flight Delay Regulations
Katherine Mangu-Ward
November 15th, 2011 - What Does the TSA Have Against Belts?
Jacob Sullum
November 11th, 2011 - TSA's "Get Your Freak On" Screener Gets "Disciplined"
Robert Poole
October 26th, 2011 - Loaded Gun in Checked Luggage at LAX
Robert Poole
October 24th, 2011 - About Those Millions of Jobs Saved by the Auto Bailout...
Shikha Dalmia
September 20th, 2011 - Know Thy Libertarian Enemy
Matt Welch
September 13th, 2011 - Reason.tv: Reason-Rupe Poll - Do Americans Feel Safer After 9/11, TSA, and Foreign Wars?
Joshua Swain
September 1st, 2011 - Reason-Rupe Poll: 55 Percent of Americans Say We’ve Given Up Too Much Freedom and Privacy in the Name of Security Since 9/11
Emily Ekins
September 1st, 2011 - Reason-Rupe Poll: 55 Percent of Americans Say We’ve Given Up Too Much Freedom and Privacy in the Name of Security Since 9/11
Emily Ekins
September 1st, 2011 - Airport Security vs. The Constitution
A. Barton Hinkle
August 19th, 2011 - Flights from Nowhere
Steve Chapman
August 8th, 2011 - Air Traffic Control Modernization Held Hostage by FAA Shutdown
Robert Poole
July 28th, 2011 - No FAA Authorization Means No Airline Taxes. Predictably, Flyers Still Get Screwed.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
July 26th, 2011 - Making Sure the Self-Employed Keep an Eye on Their Employees
Jesse Walker
July 15th, 2011 - The TSA's Invasive Search Contest
A. Barton Hinkle
July 12th, 2011 - Is Your Suitcase Causing the Recession? An L.A. Times Special Report
Tim Cavanaugh
July 2nd, 2011 - Texas TSA Bill Succumbs to Squabbling
Jacob Sullum
June 30th, 2011 - Beware the Depends Bomber
Gene Healy
June 28th, 2011 - Texas TSA Bill Revived
Jacob Sullum
June 27th, 2011 - Go Ahead and Mess With Texas; It's Run by Pussies
Jacob Sullum
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