Security

News and information about crew, passenger, aircraft and airport security issues.

Jun 30, 2009 - 11:46 AM
Under a Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill for fiscal year 2010 that was passed by the House last week, lawmakers lauded the Transportatio
Jun 29, 2009 - 11:16 AM
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) appears to be taking seriously the 7,000-plus submitted comments opposing the proposed large aircraft secu
Jun 18, 2009 - 11:39 AM
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General released a report on “TSA’s Role in General Aviation Security” that concludes: “We determ
Jun 11, 2009 - 12:06 PM
Four men and one woman aligned with Plane Stupid, an activist group opposed to airport expansion in Europe, cut through the chain-link perimeter fence on t
Jun 11, 2009 - 6:30 AM
An amendment to the Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act approved last week will allow the aviation industry to review and provide inpu
Jun 2, 2009 - 11:34 AM
Following growing objections from the general aviation community, the Transportation Security Administration relaxed some security restrictions that went i
May 21, 2009 - 11:10 AM
A provision that would establish a general aviation working group to advise the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on GA security issues is conta
May 19, 2009 - 12:28 PM
A Transportation Security Administration directive mandating badging at airports serving commercial air carriers is scheduled to go into effect June 1.
May 13, 2009 - 4:43 AM
Forty of FlightSafety International’s full flight simulators located at 15 learning centers in North America have been qualified under the EASA flight simu
May 1, 2009 - 7:33 AM
The governor of Montana is the latest to weigh in on a controversial Transportation Security Administration (TSA) directive that would impose new security