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American Federation of Government Employees Part 2
The American Federation of Government Employees represents over 670,000 workers in the federal government and the governmment of the District of Columbia. This federation is also the largest federal employee union. This article helps support the fact that airports have changed over the years, since its main goal is to observe how these security measures have changed and affected flyers and their view on airport security. Only fifty seven percent of flyers said they felt better protected. -
American Federation of Government Employees
This article goes into detail about a poll that was taken in 2004 asking passengers how they felt about airport security after the new equipment they installed shortly after 9/11. Despite the more time consuming technology, flyers actually feel much safer with the new equipment. There is a lot of debate whether this equipment is truly necessary or not because it takes a long time to get through security and the bag check before actually arriving at your flight gate. -
Cleared for Takoff: Air Passenger Efficiency Training in the Post 9/11 Era:
This novel talks about the new rules that were installed in the airports and how you are required to take off your shoes before going through the body scanning machines. It also discusses how it is required to put all liquids in a plastic bag or to put them in your suit-case if you are going to check it. Security is much more strict than it was before 9/11 and it may be negatively effecting airports around the U.S. -
Cleared for Takeoff: Air Passenger Training in the Post-9/11 Era Part 2
Rachel Hall is the assistant professor of communication studies at Louisiana State University. Hall's journal is located on a scholarly Women's studies website and has been peer-reviewed by the John Hopkins University Press. This journal entry was published in the summer of 2011 and is an accurate representation of airport security in modern times. The conversation from the last source to this one is still viewed in a negative light. Security is causing the rights of citizens to slowly dwindle. -
The Impact of Post- 9/11 Airport Security Measures on the Demand Air Travel Part 2
Garrick Blalock, who is the author of this journal entry and other novels, currently works and writes at Cornell University. This journal entry was published in 2007 and was peer reviewed by writers Simon H. Daniel and Kadiyali Vrinda. Blalock focuses on three important changes that have been made since 9/11 that have greatly increased the cost of air travel. These changes are the federalization of passenger screening", "the screening of checked baggage", and to arrive 90min early. -
The Impact of Post-9/11 on the Demand for Air Travel (conversation change)
Airline security has not changed for the better in the last few years, according to experts. Security has only gotten more strict and airports have installed new procedures that have caused more of a hassle for flyers. -
The Impact of Post-9/11 Airport Security Measures on the Demand for Air Travel
The new security regulations installed in airports since 9/11 may be the cause of the lack of flyers over the past few years. The baggage screening reduced passenger volume by almost 6 percent in over 50 U.S. airports. Airports were bringing in millions of dollars before the attack of 9/11 and ever since then the demand for air travel has dramatically decreased. This novel also mentions the increase in car accidents in comparison to the decline in demand for air travel. -
Texas takes on the TSA: The Constitutional Fight over Airport Security (controversy)
This article discusses the tension between citizen preferences for security and also the fight to keep their civil rights. Texans believe that despite the importance of security, they feel as if their rights are being violated by the X-ray backscatter system, which is a highly debated topic. The safety of the machines is questionable and the radiation is also a huge concern. This machine along with the random pat-downs are a huge concern for flyers. -
Texas Takes on the TSA: The Constitutional Fight over Airport Security Part 2
Author McDaniel is currently employed at the Cooley Law School as a professor in the Constitutional Law Department and is a very responsible and honorable man. McDaniel also recently served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security, and has immense knowledge on the topic of citizen's rights and security, specifically that of airports. He argues against the machines being used in airports because of their unsafe radiation and negative impact they have on flyers. -
Texas Takes on the TSA: The Constitutional Fight over Airport Security
The conversation has now shifted from the population in general, to people specifically in Texas. This article, like the others, still discusses how security is negatively affecting airports around the world and its passengers. Texans feel particularly strongly about the security and the procedures they force flyers to go through. There is still a lot of controversy surrounding security, but the past few articles have all seen it in a negative light. -
Remembering Boston: nearly 3 months after the bombings
The Boston Marathon was always a huge event, which attracted people from all over the world. Viewers could watch the race from the sidelines and be up-close and personal to all of the action. After the bombing in 2013, security had been dramatically increased, 32 checkpoints were set-up, and people who are not a family member of one of the runners cannot get within a mile of the racecourse. The Marathon did not have much security before the bombings in 2013 and the 2014 race had hundreds. -
Remembering Boston: 3 months after the boston bombing
Debra Beaulieu is a very credible author and discusses the events leading up to the bombing and the affects it had on the people involved and the rest of the world. The more precautions we take, the less chance we will have of suffering through an event like this again. Beaulieu's journal entry is peer-reviewed and is located at the USF Library. This source was published in 2013 and shows an accurate representation of what modern day security is being used. -
Remembering Boston: 3 months after the boston bombing
The articles focus has changed from airport security to security at the Boston Marathon. Unlike airport security, most people do agree that the marathon should have a lot of security present because of all the injuries that occured at the marathon last year. The conversation has changed from seeing security procedures in a negative light to a positive light. -
Safer now?: balancing privacy and security after the Boston bombings
This article debates whether we can live in peace and be safe in our own country after all of the terrorist attacks and events we have experienced over the past 10 years. This book goes into depth about the privacy and security that is now being used compared to the security that was present at the Boston marathon in the past year. He also discusses the people's opinions on the matter and how they feel about their own country. -
Safer Now?: balancing privacy and safety after the boston bombing
The conversation changed from focusing more on the checkpoints to people living in peace after witnessing the bombings. The checkpoints are only part of the problem. The government can now tap into individual's phones and invade their privacy in that way too. The people's rights are still being taken away and that part of the debate has stayed the same. -
Safer Now?: balancing privacy and security after the Boston bombings
Gartenstein-Ross received his B.A. from Wake Forest University, where he was a Nancy S. Renyolds Scholar and won the 1997 national champion intercollegiate policy debate. After graduating from Wake Forest, he went on to earn a J.D. from New York University School of Law. Gartenstein-Ross' excerpt is located in a scholarly journal where he voices his expert opinion on the new security used at the Boston Marathon and how the security measures taken may not be in most citizen's best interest.
