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Local cops at U.S. airports called insufficient to deter terror -- Law enforcement at U.S. airports is inadequate to protect against the types of attacks that killed scores in Brussels and Istanbul in recent months, according to a former Transportation Security Administration official and the union representing airport screeners. Unlike many other countries with national police forces patrolling airports, the responsibility in the U.S. falls largely on a patchwork of state and local law enforcement agencies. Alan Levin/Bloomberg
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Why airport attacks are nearly impossible to defend against -- The three bomb blasts that ripped through Istanbul's Ataturk airport Tuesday, killing 41 and injuring more than 200, has once again ignited a debate about airport security and how attacks like the ones in Brussels, and now Turkey, can be prevented. The short answer? They can't. "The unfortunate and simple fact is that it is impossible to stop every attack," said Ben Vogel, the editor of IHS Jane's Airport Review. Thomas Gibbons-Neff/Washington Post
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TSA calls on tech cos. to improve airport security -- Painfully long waits in airport security lines and fears of attacks on terminals in the U.S. has the TSA calling on technology companies, including those in Massachusetts, to come up with new and innovative ways to improve checkpoints. "I am writing with an urgent request from the TSA to companies in the region who may have, or may be developing, technologies that can help quickly screen passengers and luggage at airport checkpoints," wrote Tom Hopcroft, chief executive of the Massachusetts Technology Learning Council in an email to members. Jordan Graham/Boston Herald
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Why so many TSA workers are leaving and how to stop it -- Crowds of restless passengers waiting endlessly in TSA lines is becoming a major issue as the summer travel season heats up. Every newspaper, TV station, and radio show in the U.S. is reporting variations of the same problem: Passengers are waiting too long, they're missing flights, and people are angry. It's clear now that the Transportation Security Administration is short thousands of officers at peak travel season, and more officers are needed to get people screened quickly and efficiently. J. David Cox, Sr./The Hill
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Syringes in woman's underwear lead to arrest at Hollywood Burbank Airport -- A passenger at Hollywood Burbank Airport, who was found to be hiding syringes in her undergarments, was taken into custody Tuesday night for an outstanding felony warrant, authorities said. A Transportation Security Administration officer noticed "a suspicious item" in the woman's underwear in the body scanner and asked her to remove it, said TSA spokesman Nico Melendez. Brenda Gazzar/Los Angeles Daily News
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Chicago airport cops say they need guns to combat terrorists -- Aviation police officers in Chicago are sitting targets for potential terrorists because they don't carry guns and are told to run and hide in the event of an attack, the union representing the officers said Thursday. Matt Brandon, the secretary-treasurer of SEIU Local 73, warned city officials that the terrorist attack in Turkey is a "clear signal from international terrorists that they intend to kill and maim people in airports across the world." Drew Griffin/CNN
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Vice Chair Michelle Steel appoints new Orange County Airport Commissioner -- During Wednesday's Board of Supervisors meeting Vice Chair Michelle Steel and her colleagues appointed longtime Newport Beach resident Lee M. Lowrey to the Orange County Airport Commission representing the 2nd District. "I look forward to working with Mr. Lowrey as my district representative to the commission. I believe his vast experience and lengthy personal affiliation to this area as resident make him the perfect candidate," said Vice Chair Steel. Orange County Breeze
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Direct charter flight to San Jose lands in Bozeman -- Air travelers can now take a direct charter flight from the Bozeman area to the heart of Silicon Valley in Northern California. Irvine, Calif.-based JetSuiteX announced Thursday it's adding a flight from Bozeman's Yellowstone International Airport to San Jose, Calif. One-stop service will also be available to Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. Erik Olson/Billings Gazette
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Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport 'aggressively pursuing' new airlines, industrial park -- One month into his tenure, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport's new leader is pushing ahead with his predecessor's efforts to recruit new airlines, develop vacant land and fend off residential encroachment. Interim Executive Director and CEO Brian O'Neill, appointed to replace Jane Morris after her abrupt resignation, said he believes the regional airport "has a real opportunity to serve a more important role" if it moves aggressively in those areas in the coming months.
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Fresno OKs higher incentives to boost airline service -- Fresno Yosemite International Airport is getting some more financial firepower in its efforts to encourage airlines to expand nonstop service to more high-demand destinations. The Fresno City Council on Thursday approved an upgraded set of incentives that the airport can offer to carriers, offering to waive landing fees and providing as much as $300,000 in marketing assistance if an airline launches new flights to a destination not already served, or for a new airline - such as the oft-wished-for, low-cost Southwest Airlines - entering the Fresno market. Tim Sheehan/Fresno Bee
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Nonstop flights to Seattle coming to SLO County airport -- Alaska Airlines will begin nonstop service from San Luis Obispo to Seattle in April. "It's a nice bit of good news for our local economy," San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill said Tuesday. "One of the areas we all know we have the opportunity to enhance here is our technology sector, and Seattle is a big tech area," he said, adding that Amazon employees who work in San Luis Obispo helped airport, business and public officials recruit the Seattle-based airline. Sandra Duerr/San Luis Obispo Tribune
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UK airport expansion decision on hold -- A decision on airport expansion in south-eastern England is to be delayed until "at least October", Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has said. The move follows the UK's Brexit vote, which triggered a leadership contest in the Conservative government. Heathrow and Gatwick airports have been vying with each other over building an extra runway. Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye said expansion "must be a key building block in the government's Brexit plan." BBC
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How will the Brexit impact US airlines? -- Contrary to market expectations, the United Kingdom surprisingly voted in favor of leaving the European Union through a referendum on 23rd June 2016. While the Brexit, or the exit of Britain from the EU, may not have many short term implications, it is likely to significantly impact the economic health of the UK as well as the EU over the long term, largely due to change in trade agreements. Since air travel demand is positively correlated to the economic conditions of a country, the UK air travel sector is likely to take a hit. Trefis Team/Forbes
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Airline pilots seek to halt Norwegian Air's flight bid after Brexit -- Opponents of Norwegian Air's bid to fly to the United States have new ammunition for their argument: Brexit. The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), International maintains that because Britain's decision to leave the European Union casts uncertainty on how international air rules will now apply to airlines in the United Kingdom, the Department of Transportation should halt Norwegian Air UK's application to gain access to more airports in the U.S. and EU. Melanie Zanona/The Hill
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American Airlines will offer Cuban travelers help with visas -- To help its new Cuba business take off, American Airlines plans to work with an outside company to assist passengers with getting visas for travel to the island, and it will set up a special Cuba reservations desk soon. Normally obtaining visas to countries that require them for entry by American citizens, such as Brazil and China, is the responsibility of passengers. Mimi Whitefield/Miami Herald
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How Southwest Airlines created a multimedia comms department -- More, more, more content! Does your job ever feel like that? Before you spend another late night at the office, cranking out dull infographics or dreary corporate photos to be tweeted and forgotten, spend a lunch break with Sonia Avila of Southwest Airlines. In the Ragan Training session, "Creating a multimedia organization," Avila, senior manager of creative services, offers dozens of tips on how to create smart images and videos that match your communications goals. Russell Working/Ragan's PR Daily
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United starts pouring Illy Coffee on July 1 -- You can stop saying "No, thank-you" when flight attendants on United Airlines flights come around offering coffee. That's because starting Friday, July 1, the carrier will start serving a specially chosen dark roast coffee from famed Italian coffee roaster illy on all flights. Harriet Baskas/Stuck at the Airport
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#OnThisDay in 1956, two planes collide over the Grand Canyon -- 60 years ago Thursday, United Airlines Flight 718 (N6324C) was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago Midway Airport. The Douglas DC-7 Mainliner was carrying 53 passengers & 5 crew members. The other aircraft involved in the collision was Trans World Airlines Flight 2 (N6902C) on a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Kansas City Downtown Airport. The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation was carrying 64 passengers & 6 crew members. AIRLIVE.net
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'Our future is not guaranteed,' Boeing president tells Aviation Week -- In the run-up to this year's Farnborough Airshow, Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg sat down for an interview in the company's Chicago headquarters with Aviation Week Editor-in-Chief Joe Anselmo and Senior Editor Guy Norris. AW&ST: Everybody is very curious about the new middle-of-the-market (MOM) sector. Is Boeing any closer to deciding what you are going to do there? Will it be one family or two? Joe Anselmo & Guy Norris/Aviation Week & Space Technology
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Alaska Airlines kicks off Boeing centennial celebration in hometown style - a flyover with new messaged 737 -- Huge doings at Boeing Field Thursday as Alaska Airlines, together with 100 local CEOs , five Washington governors and hundreds of others, spearheaded a summer of celebration of Boeing in its centennial year. With an enormous crowd (700 were invited) waiting on the ground on the tarmac at the Museum of Flight, including Governor Jay Inslee, King County Executive Dow Constantine and Alaska Airlines Chief Football Officer Russell Wilson, a brand new Alaska Airlines 737, specially painted with the words "Boeing 100 Years Strong," did a flyover from SeaTac to Mt. Rainier and downtown Seattle before it landed, to wild cheers, in front of the guests. Patti Payne/Puget Sound Business Journal
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Firm used taxpayer money for prostitutes, Las Vegas bachelor parties, DWP claims in lawsuit -- The Los Angeles City Attorney alleged Thursday that top managers at a consulting firm hired by the Department of Water and Power authorized inflated time records to earn payments for work the firm never performed, then spent the money on prostitutes, hotels and bottle service liquor for two Las Vegas bachelor parties. A motion filed in Los Angeles Superior Court seeks to expand the civil lawsuit that the city and the DWP filed last year against PricewaterhouseCoopers. Matt Stevens/Los Angeles Times
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$54 million wasted on 'unnecessary' interest payments, city controller says -- Los Angeles has, for years, stockpiled millions of dollars in funding meant to pay for various bond programs, forcing taxpayers to shell out at least $54 million in "unnecessary" interest payments on that dormant money, according to an audit released Wednesday by the city controller's office. In launching an audit of Proposition O -- the voter-approved 2004 measure that financed stormwater cleanup -- Controller Ron Galperin found that the city often issued bonds for construction projects before the bills came due, leaving money idle in bank accounts. Taxpayers then had to pay "excess" interest on that borrowed money, Galperin said. Matt Stevens/Los Angeles Times
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LAPD commander alleges retaliation after leak of agency's purchase of horse owned by chief's daughter -- A Los Angeles Police commander is suing the city, alleging he was the victim of retaliation after top police brass falsely concluded he leaked information to a blogger for a story that said LAPD Chief Charlie Beck approved the department's purchase of a horse from Beck's daughter. In the lawsuit claiming racial discrimination and retaliation filed Monday, LAPD Cmdr. Patrick Smith accused Beck and other police officials of acting against him after Jasmyne Cannick, a political consultant who also writes a blog, wrote her story. Richard Winton/Los Angeles Times
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Garcetti nominates attorney Cynthia McClain-Hill to Police Commission -- An attorney and public policy strategist could become the latest member of the Los Angeles Police Commission, replacing a longtime commissioner whose second term is expiring. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Thursday that he had nominated Cynthia McClain-Hill to the five-person police oversight panel, taking the seat of Robert Saltzman, who has served on the board since 2007. The City Council must approve the nomination before McClain-Hill joins the board. Kate Mather/Los Angeles Times
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In observance of Independence Day, Eye on L.A. Aviation will not be published on Monday, July 4. The next edition will be Tuesday, July 5.
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