Aviation Security After Four Decades, It's Time for a Fundamental Review

• Main Author: Jenkins, Brian Michael (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2012
• Subjects: Transport industries; Terrorism, armed struggle; Aircraft: general interest; Transportation Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

While security budgets shrink, passenger loads grow, and hostility towards security procedures increases, terrorist groups such as al Qaeda remain obsessed with attacking airplanes. In the face of these challenges and real, innovative threats, the author proposes a mechanism for conducting an indepe...