The United States of America has suffered two\ncatastrophic attacks in 19th and 20th centuries exposing major cracks on the\nintelligence system of the world\u2019s mightiest nation. December 7, 1941, Pearl\nHarbor attack by the Japanese and September 11, 2001, by the Islamic\nterrorists. The two events may be termed as \u201cpredictable surprises\u201d (Bazerman, &\nWatkins, 2005). The attacks were predictable because the government had prior\nintelligence indicating imminent attacks but ignored to put the necessary\nmeasures that would avert the attacks. Whether the attacks caught the nation by\nsurprise or not, it is evidently clear the attacks were consequences of\ndisastrous intelligence lapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
September 11, 2001, was undeniably a defining\nmoment in the United States. According to Lester (2013), an estimated 2819\npeople perished following the attacks, a figure that is slightly lower than the\n1941 Pearl Harbor attacks. Certainly, the September 9\/11 is by far the worst\nterrorist attacks to have hit the United States in the 21st century. Following\nthe attacks, citizens questioned the state of domestic security. A sense of widespread\nfear could be smelt in the air as the government strived to restore security\nmeasures. But one thing was evidently clear; the intelligence of the country\nneeded thorough changes following the devastating failures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United States\u2019 allies came together to help\nthe country back on its feet because they never knew where the terrorists would\nstrike next. In response to the attacks, a set of new security regulations for\npassenger safety were enacted (Blalock, Kadiyali, & Simon, 2007). A week\nafter the devastating attacks, President Bush\u2019s government formed the Transport\nSecurity Administration. The TSA was formed with the main objective of\nreinforcing security measures in the US airports, by safeguarding both local\nand international destined passengers.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the September 11 attacks, American\ncitizens experienced rapid changes in airports. Initially, it was rare to find\nlong queues of people but after the attacks, people were subjected to thorough\nscrutiny thus, contributing to long queues. According to Blalock et al (2007),\ndomestic flight passengers were instructed to arrive as early as two hours\nbefore the flight time. As though screening was not enough, passengers were\nfurther subjected to additional searching procedures. In a nutshell, security\ncheckpoints in all the airports were doubled to ensure the safety of\npassengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The TSA only allowed passengers with valid\ntickets at the secure airport areas. Initially, passengers were allowed into\nairport concourse accompanied by their friends, family members, and relatives.\nBut immediately after the September 11 tragedy, the TSA introduced new airport\nsecurity policies that only allowed ticketed passengers. Most American citizens\ndetested the new policy although it was arguably one of the best measures to\nstep up security in the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another significant step the government made in\nchanging the airport security following the September 11, 2001 attacks the\npilot protection. The terrible attacks compelled the aviation industry to\nconfigure new ways of shielding pilots and the co-pilots in the cockpit.\nNowadays, pilots and copilots are shielded with bullet-proof doors thus\nsecuring the cockpit from potential attacker and hijackers. Once the flight has\ntaken off, passengers cannot access the cockpit. Moreover, the government\nrolled out the Federal Flight Deck Officer program whose primary objective was\nto allow pilots to travel with guns for self-defense purposes as well as defend\nthe flight in case there is an attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The number of US Federal Marshals in flights was\nincreased further efforts to safeguard passengers and flights. The US Federal\nMarshals were part of the US aviation in even prior the September 11. 2001\nattacks. However, the number was increased due to the increasing number of\ncommercial flights on a daily basis. The number of commercial flights has been\non the rise every year thus calling for the need to increase the presence of\nthe Federal Marshals. However, not every flight in the United States is\nassigned federal marshals due to the increasing number of commercial flights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Security screening at the airports has been\nimproved thanks to the rapid technology inventions. Initially, scanning at the\nairports was not effective in curbing security threats. Nowadays, screening\nprocedures at airports involve full-body checks that utilize the highly\nsophisticated technical equipment. Anything that the airport personnel deems\nsuspicious on the scan is subjected to further scrutiny. Moreover, the number\nof sniffer dogs in airports has been increased further. Sniffer dogs are not\nonly used for detecting drugs but also hidden explosives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The costs of running airports in the US is\ninsanely high. This has resulted from the increased security threats and\ngovernment efforts to ensure maximum security at the airports. The Transport\nSecurity Administration body which is mandated in providing security at\nairports has been spending billions on US dollars in implementing security\nmeasures at the airports. However, there are ways through which the government\ncan minimize the costs and offer effective solutions to common airports\nproblems. One of the brilliant solutions the government can implement is by\nincreasing the number of security checkpoints as well as the airport security\npersonnel. This may sound absurd but definitely, it can help in minimizing the\nusually experienced insane queues at the airports. Nowadays, flight delays are\nvery common due to the increased number of passengers traveling yet the\nsecurity checkpoints are not swift. Increasing security personnel, as well as\nthe security checkpoints, may help in speeding up services at the airport thus,\nreducing congestion. Another way of reducing security costs at the airports is\nby using constructing extra airports to cater for the surging number of passengers.\nLimiting the number of passengers traveling within and outside the country may\nnot be an ideal solution to cutting security costs at the airports. The\ngovernment must create additional airports to reduce congestions that are\ncurrently experienced in most airports thus ending the common problem of flight\ndelays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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