Aviation Security Since 911
How has aviation security improved since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001? What do reliable sources in the literature say with reference to safety and security in 2015? And how effective is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at keeping air travelers safe? This paper covers those issues and in particular provides a number of good sources commenting on the quality (or lack of quality) displayed by the TSA employees.
Generalizations about aviation security in the Post-911 era
For most people who travel by air, the screening at the airports in 2015 is certainly more thorough than it was prior to 911, but there are continuing problems with TSA, as will be documented in this paper. But at the beginning of this paper it is worth reviewing the "Mission" of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in terms of what the U.S. Government wants the public to know: "Safety is our passion"; "Excellence is our promise"; "Integrity is our touchstone"; "People are our strength"; and "Innovation is our signature" (www.faa.gov). Has the FAA lived up to its Mission? That seems open to question. While it is true that although there have been terrorist ("lone wolf") acts on the ground; no terrorist acts have taken place on board U.S. commercial aircraft since 911. Is this because of the competency of the TSA? Or are there other reasons to explain why flying is safer since 911?
Since 911, what is the TSA doing to protect passengers in a professional way?
"More than a decade after 911, it is a national embarrassment that our airport security system remains so hopelessly bureaucratic and disconnected from the people whom it is meant to protect & #8230; to eliminate risk from flying, we have made air travel an unending nightmare for U.S. passengers…" (Kip Hawley, former head of TSA).
Why is Kip Hawley speaking out after his three-and-a-half year term as head of TSA? He basically admitted in a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article (that is well referenced in a blog in www.techdirt.com) that the screening system is broken. Hawley also is quoted in the WSJ saying that the TSA's assigned job is to "manage risk" but "not to enforce regulations"; and he made that statement apparently because...
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