How Safe Are Our Skies?: Assessing the Airlines' Response to Terrorism

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Author: Rodney Wallis

ISBN-10: 0275978478

ISBN-13: 9780275978471

Category: Aviation

The September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon raised numerous questions about American and international aviation security. Former Director of Security of the International Air Transport Association Rodney Wallis suggests that the failure to maximize U.S. domestic air security, which left air travelers vulnerable to attack, lay largely with the carriers themselves. He contends that future policies should parallel the standards of the International Civil Aviation...

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Wallis considers the Aviation and Transportation Security Act adopted by the U.S. Congress in the wake of September 11, 2001, and offers a modus operandi to the FAA. The Bookwatch Takes a hard and informative look at how safe it really is to fly in this modern day and age...How Safe Are Our Skies? is especially and particularly recommended reading for anyone concerned with the impact of contemporary air travel conditions, and especially for those frequent flyers genuinely concerned about the present and forseeable risks of domestic and international air travel.

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\ The BookwatchTakes a hard and informative look at how safe it really is to fly in this modern day and age...How Safe Are Our Skies? is especially and particularly recommended reading for anyone concerned with the impact of contemporary air travel conditions, and especially for those frequent flyers genuinely concerned about the present and forseeable risks of domestic and international air travel.\ \