raised questions over the safety of the full-body x-ray scan machines‚ as well as the privacy concerns over the enhanced pat downs. III. Challenges: a. The TSA is planning to eventually replace all magnetometers (that detect metal at airports) with full-body x-ray scan machines. The issue of privacy has been raised by passengers who were opposed to having their x-ray body images appear on screen as naked. Other objections include questions over the possibility of the machine’ capability
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Terrorist Attack and the Changes in Airport Security The terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001‚ have forever changed the security measures taken at all airport/ airlines across America. The tragedy that unfolded on this day‚ called for improvement of our airport security. Following the September 11th terrorist attacks‚ new policies‚ procedures‚ management‚ and tightened airport/airline security were put into place. Prior to the September 11th attacks‚ airports/ airlines in the United States were
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GSAT Training Help Guide What are the threats? Airports‚ like other parts of the transport network‚ could be attacked by terrorists. Terrorists may attempt to hijack aircraft or to get bombs on board an aircraft or place bombs in the terminal. The terrorist threat to aviation has been at a high level for some time and looks unlikely to change in the near future. What if someone doesn’t have an Airport Identity Card or has the wrong type of ID Card? Don’t be afraid to ask where someone’s
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the same. Consequently‚ the mundane way in which we treated airport security was tested on September 11‚ 2001 exposing one of the biggest security oversights. The overhaul that preceded brought added a “nuisance mindset” to air travel. The main purpose of the changes to prevent yet another terrorist from masterminding another attack on U.S soil utilizing modes of transportation as a weapon. Prior to 9/11‚ aviation transportation security was the responsibility of the Federal Aviation Administration
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and spending billions of dollars on an incompetent bureaucracy. Since late 2001‚ when the Transportation Security Administration was first created‚ American’s have been fooled into feeling safe at airports and on airplanes. The TSA was established after the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. The purpose of the TSA is to protect U.S. transportation‚ especially in airport security and the prevention of aircraft hijacking. It is time for the truth; the TSA is worthless and American’s
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sacrifice worth the security that we gain? After reading through numerous articles and statistics of whether people are actually safer or not the answer is we will never know. Through most of the publicity and some of the failed terrorist attacks like the time square bombing we might know that those attacks have been stopped. What we don’t know is how many attacks have we deterred? How many terrorists have we stopped from even attempting there attacks? Because knowing the security they have to go through
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simple security measures like we
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Jacki DiSanto Aviation Security and Policy Seminar AERN 45791 Next Generation Checkpoint Technologies The goal of aviation checkpoints is to protect airports‚ airlines and passengers against terrorist threats. Since the attacks on September 11‚ 2001‚ aviation checkpoints have undergone significant changes. “Among the changes include advances in technology‚ systems‚ and processes‚ and an increase focus on accountability” (Mock‚ 2009). The Transportation Security Administration (TSA)‚ which was
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(Transportation Security Administration) search people at airports. That is their job. Sadly‚ they are very bad at their job.Their highly intrusive searches have driven kids to tears‚ to do what? See if the 6 year old clutching onto his mom for dear life sobbing is packing a gun? Well‚ yes and nothing can be done to stop it. The TSA should not be gotten rid of… just reworked completely. Planes have gotten more advanced over the years and now have criminals. See how airport security Isn’t on that list
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to simply have security scout the area for anything unusual. At an airport‚ for example‚ security guards should be constantly patrolling the area and if they notice anything strange‚ they should check it out. There should be some sort of system to check bags for harmful items and of course a metal detector. Some sort of smaller system should be placed in any type of area that terrorist are known to attack‚ not just airports. It should not have to be as extensive as airport security‚ but there should
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