APSA News Archive

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• Man with box cutter at airport is charged - December 23, 2004
  
• APSA Action Alert - October 2004

• Security Alert - August 2004
  
• APSA June Update - June 2004
  
• APSA April Update - April 2004
  
• APSA Action Alert - April 2004
  
• 120,000 Pilots Still Not Armed in the Cockpit 3/5/04
  
• Transportation Security Agency's Double Standard with Armed Pilots Joe Lolli April 24, 2003
  
• Airport Screeners Do Poorly - Wash. Post.
  
• Report to House Aviation SubCommittee APSA reports status of FFDO program to Congress
  
• Al Qaeda Group Claims Madrid Bombings, Says America is Next
  
• Too Few Guns In The Cockpit - Reprint Permission By The Wall Street Journal
  
• Exclusive: TSA’s Email Threat ‘Last Straw’ for Congressman
  
• Panel highlights FAA failures before terrorist attacks

• Rejected For Guns, Pilots Criticize Test February 5, 2004
  
• Exclusive: TSA’s Email Threat ‘Last Straw’ for Congressman
  
• Airport security ranks purged - 1,900 screeners fired after problems found by background checks January 31, 2004
  
• Pilots Fault TSA Anti-Pilot Attitude for Dearth of Volunteers - click here to read more.
  
• American Security In The Hands of The Philistines January 5, 2004
  
• On Nov. 25, 2002, President Bush signed the Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act. The law compelled the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to train and arm airline pilots who volunteered for the program. One year later, many Americans believe that large numbers of airline pilots are now carrying guns.
  
• TSA Sinking Ship Of Fools Jane Chastain ...WorldNetDaily Nov. 7, 2003
  
• U.S. Foreign Air Marshals Plan Challenged
  January 16, 2004, Homeland Security officials making the case for the use of armed sky marshals on trans-Atlantic flights .

• Weird Plot of Womb Bomber January 4, 2004 she-bomber planned to blow up British Airways Flight 223 over Washington
  
• APSA January Update - January, 2004
  
• Flight Attendant Calm on Sept. 11 Tape
  
• Thousands of Pilots Won't Fly Armed, Blame TSA January 15, 2004 - Capt. Dave Mackett said actual enrollment in the program speaks volumes about TSA's performance.
  
• Armed Pilot Update - December, 2003
  
• Feds Fear Air Cargo, Ramps Open To Terror Internal memo advises tightening aircraft security during holidays
  
• APSA Action Alert - November, 2003
  
• Response To UAL Mec Security Chair - Scott Lewis, UAL, Sept. 9, 2003

• Hijacking Scenario is Plausible..Thanks To Feds Chris Ruddy, NewsMax, Sept. 10, 2003

• P.C. Air Security..When Will Our Pilots be Armed? - John Lott Jr.  National Review Online September 2, 2003

• Pilots to Feds: Arm Us Faster !! August 24, 2003....WND

• New Al-Qaida Plot for Planes Into Buildings August 24, 2003....WND

• Al-Qaida Won’t Forget Our Security Issues - Aug. 12, 2003, By John R. Lott Jr.

• Pilots Blame TSA for Slow Pace of Guns Certification August 07, 2003...AP
   
• Air Marshal PDA's Are Field Flop - Brock Meeks (MSNBC..July 11, 2003)
   
• Air Neglect - What's Wrong With Trained Pilots Having Guns ?
  Dave Kopel (National Review Online..July 2, 2003)
   
• Pilots Say TSA Disrupting Gun Training - Fred Bayles (USAToday June 06, 2003
        
•  TSA FFDO INFORMATION TSA FFDO SIGNUP FORM AVAILABLE - CLICK ABOVE TO ACCESS LINK
   
• APSA Letter to Congressman John Mica  May 15, 2003  (In PDF Format)
  
   
• TSA GRILLED OVER PACE OF ARMED PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM Jeff Johnson - CNSNews..May