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Learning from Toyota…What Does Aviation Security Have in Common with “Unintended Acceleration”? »

By John H Huey on Mar 11, 2010 in Current Affairs | 54 Comments

While we all wish Major General Harding well as new (assuming his rapid confirmation) Administrator of TSA, it might be apt to point out a few cautionary parallels with the task he will have at hand with the recent meltdown at Toyota. There are a few simple rules that can be applied to many large [...]

More Adventures in Screening »

By John H Huey on Feb 19, 2010 in Current Affairs | 52 Comments

Editor’s Note: John Huey, a security professional involved with Aviation Security issues for over 28 years, has now published several articles for NoQuarter. Learn more background details about John Huey and his constructive critiques in his first post published at NoQuarterUSA.net on January 5, 2010: “From An Insider: The Need for Risk-Analysis, High-Threat Screening Lanes [...]

What Part of This Do We Not Understand? »

By John H Huey on Feb 2, 2010 in Current Affairs | 29 Comments

Editor’s Note: John Huey, a security professional involved with Aviation Security issues for over 28 years, has now published several articles for NoQuarter. Learn more background details about John Huey and his constructive critiques in his first post published at NoQuarterUSA.net on January 5, 2010: “From An Insider: The Need for Risk-Analysis, High-Threat Screening Lanes [...]

The Crisis at the Checkpoint Continues »

By John H Huey on Jan 21, 2010 in Current Affairs | 26 Comments

Editor’s Note: John Huey, a security professional involved with Aviation Security issues for over 28 years, has now published three articles for NoQuarter. Learn more about John Huey and his constructive critiques in his first post published at NoQuarterUSA.net on January 5, 2010: “From An Insider: The Need for Risk-Analysis, High-Threat Screening Lanes & Checkpoints.” [...]

Crisis at the Checkpoint: A Failure to both “Collect” and “Integrate” »

By John H Huey on Jan 8, 2010 in Current Affairs | 5 Comments

Editor’s Note: John Huey is a security professional involved with Aviation Security issues for over 28 years. Learn more about John Huey and his constructive critiques in his first post published at NoQuarterUSA.net on January 5, 2010: “From An Insider: The Need for Risk-Analysis, High-Threat Screening Lanes & Checkpoints.” _________________________________________________ Yesterday President Obama correctly defined [...]

From An Insider: The Need for Risk-Analysis, High-Threat Screening Lanes & Checkpoints »

By John H Huey on Jan 5, 2010 in Current Affairs | 44 Comments

As a security professional involved with Aviation Security issues for over 28 years as, at times, guard force supervisor, major company equipment vendor, checkpoint training developer, inventor (two U.S. checkpoint-related patents) and, for the past ten years, consultant to emerging security technology companies and international distributor of aviation security products it seems obvious to me [...]

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