airport security versus patient security: the “sickurity” problem

Airport Security Versus Patient Security: The “Sickurity” Problem

The massive restrain security measurements at the airports very much impress the health status of the healthy and sick passengers alike. The security check is undisputedly a harassment – the confiscation of fluids, the limited movement on the airplane results in a stressful situation and put a harmful effect on healthy traveler and an even more harmful one on the sick. This kind of problem coul...

Airport Security , High Reliability , and the Problem of Rationality

The events of September 11, 2001, have raised troubling questions regarding the reliability and security of American commercial air travel. This article applies the concepts and logic of highreliability organizations to airport security operations. Contemporary decision theory is built on the logic of limited or buffered rationability and is based on the study of error-tolerant organizations. T...

On Airport Perimeter Security

Airport security human factors: From the weakest to the strongest link in airport security screening

Airport security screening is a challenging task. In fact, according to several experts, the human operator is often the weakest link of the security system. In this article, the results of human factor studies conducted over the last five years involving several international airports in four European countries are summarized. It is shown how human operators can in fact become the strongest li...

nutrition security versus food security

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Making Airport Security Accessible to the Deaf

Those with disabilities have always had difficulty navigating airport security measures. In light of recent events and the resulting heightened security at major airports, this will only get worse. This paper examines a proposal to make airport security more accessible to the Deaf community by using a translation and display system for American Sign Language (ASL). This proposal calls for compu...