Even if the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) just recently broke free from the world’s worst airports list‚ it still fares horribly as one of the country’s flight terminals. In fact‚ NAIA has caused more harm than good for innocent passengers. The unfortunate series of events on the “laglag-bala” scheme has confirmed
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Big City‚ NC. Metropolitan Airport Crisis Communication Plan As the chief communications officer of the Metropolitan Airport‚ I have previously developed a proactive crisis communication plan in anticipation of an event such as the following: Long Layover Airlines‚ had a plane filled with passengers stuck on the tarmac for four hours as the thunderstorms passed. During the time the plane was stuck‚ a passenger had a severe stroke. The terminal manager‚ citing airport policy‚ refused permission
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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 at least be a scanner
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Is the U.S really as safe as we think it is post 9/11? Some would say 9/11 is one of the most tragic events to ever happen to this country‚ and many would agree. Looking at how things have changed in this country to prevent events like these from happening again makes it obvious to realize that this country will do whatever it takes to make the people safer. The question is are we actually safer? and are the liberties that we sacrifice worth the security that we gain? After reading through numerous
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This amendment is demolished the moment you step through the doors of an airport. Many people believe this to be an issue. The aviation and transportation security act poses a blanket that allows searches without cause as long as terrorism poses a risk. However‚ the searches should not be more than necessary. For example‚ body
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Safety vs. Privacy? Why the change? Before the attack of the twin towers on September 11‚ 2001 the security in airports wasn’t as strict. Now‚ in airports all throughout the world have been installing new scanners to vamp up the security procedures. These scanners are similar to x-ray machines; they just go through the clothes to show what is underneath someone’s clothes. Jeffery Rosen and Connie Shultz both present decent arguments on the full body scanner issue in their articles by using the
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Specific to air travel‚ it meant longer lines for security checks‚ pat-downs‚ metal detectors‚ and x-ray scanners. A typical passenger would experience one or more of these things before he gets to his flight gate. Personally‚ I arrive at the airport and I get my bag checked. Then I get into line for the security checks. Since I have an internal cardiac defibrillator‚ I cannot go through the metal detector. Instead‚ I am escorted to the x-ray machine where they make sure I don’t have any suspicious
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the nation and the way the U.S. protects its citizens from terrorist threats. Before 9/11 the United States found difficulty in communicating intelligence information between federal agencies. Airport security was loose and was the responsibility of private contractors that were contracted through the airports. Intelligence gathering and dissemination was outdated and slowed due to flat budgets. September 11th would reveal many weaknesses in how the U.S. protects its citizens from terrorist attacks
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actions in general. Amy Strand from Maui was being searched in Kauai’s Lihue Airport when an agent found an electric breast pump and empty milk bottles in her luggage. Though she was carrying her 9-month old daughter‚ “she was told she couldn’t bring the machine through with the milk bottles empty‚ because that somehow meant the pump wasn’t considered medically necessary. (Jezebel)” There was no private area in the airport where she could fill the bottles up‚ so the agent forced her to fill them up
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is on airport terminal expansions and state-of-art equipment acquisitions‚ and recruiting and training screening staff. Airports across the United States have employed advanced airport screening technology to reduce the risk of a terrorist attack. These new forms of airport screening technologies have save lives and prevented terrorist attacks from occurring‚ therefore biometric identity-management solutions which range from iris‚ hand and facial scans have become very popular within airport in recent
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