Yet Another Obama Administration Aviation Security Failure

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  March 6th at 05:15 PM  | 

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has failed us again.  Her hostility to allowing pilots to be armed against terrorists is going to make our nation less safe.  On Monday, Napolitano’s vision for a “risk based” security system failed to keep a box cutter off a commercial aircraft in Houston. Secretary Napolitano said recently at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing that she is proposing a 50% cut | Read More »

President Obama’s Plan To Kill Armed Pilot Program

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  February 15th at 07:15 PM  | 

The President’s wants to end the Federal Flight Deck Officer Program (FFDO), also known as the armed pilots program.  If Congress were to follow President Obama’s recommendation contained in his $3.8 trillion FY2013 budget proposal, they would be making a huge mistake.  This anti-terrorism program has been a success and a cost effective means to protect the cockpits of commercial aviation from 9-11 style terrorism. The President’s budget | Read More »