Transportation Security Administration

TSA Modifies SD-1544-09-06 & Who Will Fix The Broken System?

28/12/2009 – TSA Modifies SD-1544-09-06 & Who Will Fix The Broken System? The US Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration has quickly revised portions of its Security Directive SD-1544-09-06, which I posted it its entirety yesterday in this post: 27/12/2009 – TSA Security Directive SD-1544-09-06 : The Fallout From NW253 While the physical…

TSA Security Directive SD-1544-09-06 : The Fallout From NW253

27/12/2009 – TSA Security Directive SD-1544-09-06 : The Fallout From NW253 Following the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack on Delta Air Lines Flight 253, operated by Northwest Airlines, from Amsterdam to Detroit, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has created a series of security measures in reaction to the incident. Earlier today I wrote…

US Travel Security Changes That Do Little To Provide Any Security

26/12/2009 – US Travel Security Changes That Do Little To Provide Any Security As of today new security procedures are in place for all international flights headed to the United States…but due these new procedures offer us any additional security? On Christmas Day 23 year old Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly set off an…

Flying With Fish On CNN

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish— E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 9/12/2009 – Flying With Fish On CNN Although I frequently write about airlines using Twitter and Emerging Media, have authored a detailed report on airlines and social media, and consult with companies regarding social media I was a bit taken aback this morning when I was contacted by the CNN’s Rick…

The Passenger Airport Security Screening Experience…From Start To Finish

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 3/08/09 – The Passenger Airport Security Screening Experience…From Start To Finish Over the past few days I have been writing about airport security and traveller personal security. Over the course of these few posts I have been revisiting important topics I think every traveller should know to make their experience…

Verified Identity Pass & Clear Vanish : Why & What Happens Now?

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 24/06/2009 – Verified Identity Pass & Clear Vanish : Why & What Happens Now? The departure of the Registered Traveler “Clear Program” isn’t all that clear. What is clear is that on the morning of Monday June 22nd Clear sent out an easy to overlook, rather unclear, e-mail to its…

The TSA Needs To Receive A Permanent Boss

Web www.flyingwithfish.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 27/04/2009 – The TSA Needs To Receive A Permanent Boss Following the swearing in of President Barack Obama at the end of January, Gale Rossides was appointed the “Acting Administrator” for the Transportation Security Administration, which I wrote about here: 23/01/2009 – The TSA Gets A New Boss : Will…

The TSA Adds Flying Fish To Its Blog…The Feds Follow Fish, Do You?

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 17/04/2009 – The TSA Adds Flying Fish To Its Blog…The Feds Follow Fish, Do You? As of yesterday the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Blog listed only eight blogs that were not U.S. Government blogs on its blogroll. This afternoon the TSA’s blog added a 9th non-U.S. Government blog to its…

Photography & TSA Airport Security Checkpoints…Its OK!

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 07/04/2009 – Photography & TSA Airport Security Checkpoints…Its OK! Over the past few years photographers in the United States have run into some significant difficulties when photographing near Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport security checkpoints and directly photographing TSA checkpoints. Some incidents have resulted in a lecture others in photographers…

Airport Security Stops & Harasses Passenger For Carrying Cash

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 04/04/2009 – Airport Security Stops & Harasses Passenger For Carrying Cash On the 1st of April Steve Bierfeldt, a political consultant, was stopped and questioned in a very harassing manner regarding a sum of cash he was traveling with by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).   Mr. Bierfeldt was departing St….