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Feb/Mar Web Extra: Signage Issues and Topics

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Editor’s note: This sidebar accompanies the feature article “Successful Signage” on pages 28-33 in the February/March issue of Airport Magazine. Read the full issue here.
Signage Issues and Topics
A recent gathering of airport signage managers began to address trends and issues common to most signage programs. Outlined below is a summary of those signage topics, arranged […]

December/January 2008 issue online

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Check it out here (.pdf), and don’t miss the Web-only extras on access control and Jorge Chavez International’s ICAO audit.

Dec/Jan Web Extra: Access Control Terminology & Vendor Questions

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Editor’s note: the following access control terminology and questions for possible vendors was provided by Jeff Price. Read Jeff’s feature on airport biometrics in the December/January issue (.pdf) starting on page 37. To contact Jeff and learn about his other projects in the aviation security arena, see his Web site at www.leadingedgestrategies.com.
Personal Identity Verification (PIV) […]

Dec/Jan Web Extra: SMS At Jorge Chavez International

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Editor’s note: The following is a summary of the specific Safety Management System (SMS) questions used in an ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP) audit of Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru. For details on the airport’s SMS implementation, see pages 43-47 in the December/January issue (.pdf). AM thanks Bill Fullerton, COO of […]

Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative

Friday, January 4th, 2008

FAA kicked off the new year with a backgrounder on the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI). Here’s a presentation (.pdf) from the March 2007 FAA Aviation Forecast Conference that provides some more background.