In a paper comprised of seven pages the significant changes prompted by the attacks of September 11, 2001 as they relate to management operations within airport security are discussed in terms of awareness, protection, impact, and performance, among other relevant issues. There are ten bibliographic sources cited.
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augmented. This vast development in the wake of Americas worst terrorist attack in history is, however, said to be just as inefficient and incapable of averting another 911 episode
as what existed before the fateful day; that the airport industry has strategically bolstered itself has made all personnel more keenly aware of the potential for a repeat performance, yet
the ultimate performance of these presidential instituted mandates and the Transportation Security Administration role continues to leave gapping holes in the overall objective toward national protection. On a smaller
scale, however, advancement is being made in certain areas where tremendous sweeps are not expected to occur - such as onboard - where a smaller cluster of people is able
to make a bigger, more immediately visible and overall impact. The issue of passenger safety has transcended traditional boundaries by affecting a number
of seemingly unrelated areas, places where one might not readily associate such a traumatic experience. While the travel industry was hard hit with regard to significant drops in consumer
tourism, one area in particular that has also seen substantial changes is the in-flight food service. From portions to utensils to the very equipment upon which food and beverages
are served, in-flight food service has been faced with an unexpected need to modify its structure since 9-11. Prior to the World Trade
Center and Pentagon terrorist attacks, the airline food service industry appeared almost impenetrable in relation to issues of security; last on the list of potential criminal activity, in-flight food service
and its providers were not considered to be targets of any sort of problems. Since the attacks, however, a completely new line of thinking has emerged with regard to
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