Aviation Security




            Aviation security has dramatically increased in the pass eighteen years. September 11, 2001 was one of the biggest threats the United States faced with aviation security; since then the U.S. has spent over one-hundred billion towards more secure airplanes and airports. Trained flight crew listed seventeenth out of the twenty layers of U.S aviation security stands out the most because it is one of the last and final steps before a very real threat occurs.
            Training the flight crew is extremely effective towards mitigating threats to passengers or the aircraft. Having a crew trained to defend and detect threats, such as, bombs, hostile passengers, or any suspicious activities will be deterred. With increasing threats, comes more creative ways to attack a target. TSA may able to detect physical items but cannot determine someone’s intentions. Although most terrorists try to sneak weapons or drugs on board, the TSA have many layers to mitigate those threats. A few being pre-scanning, canine, and law enforcement officers. Our current strategy on detecting potential threats in my opinion couldn’t be better.
            Every system can be improved, the TSA layers of security on the other hand is difficult to improve because it is already so well-rounded towards today's threats. Attempting to attack an organization with twenty security precautions is no easy task. The only improvement I could offer to help mitigate security threats would be to increase the staff. More security and trained crew members increase the chance of discovering a threat.

References:
              Inside Look: TSA Layers of Security. (2017, August 01). Retrieved from https://www.tsa.gov/blog/2017/08/01/inside-look-tsa-layers-security
           
            Security Training. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.afacwa.org/security_training
            

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