In the first episode of our new podcast, we sit down to discuss the risk posed to commercial airliners by terrorism and armed conflicts with Aviation Security expert William Sandover. After 29 years in the UK Foreign Office, with postings in Vienna, Buenos Aires, Paris and Pakistan, William joined British Airways in 2008 as their International Risk Adviser, responsible for analysing the security threats to the airline’s operation and people and working with colleagues to manage these. In 2015, William was appointed the first Chair of the Global Business Travel Association (Europe)’s Risk Committee. In 2017 William was appointed as Cathay Pacific’s Independent Security Adviser.
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How to Shoot Down an Airliner – How to get on a Watchlist In the first episode of our new podcast, we sit down to discuss the risk posed to commercial airliners by terrorism and armed conflicts with Aviation Security expert William Sandover. After 29 years in the UK Foreign Office, with postings in Vienna, Buenos Aires, Paris and Pakistan, William joined British Airways in 2008 as their International Risk Adviser, responsible for analysing the security threats to the airline's operation and people and working with colleagues to manage these. In 2015, William was appointed the first Chair of the Global Business Travel Association (Europe)'s Risk Committee. In 2017 William was appointed as Cathay Pacific's Independent Security Adviser.
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Mountain_Ask_2209 on September 1st, 2022 at 23:37 UTC »
Sounds very interesting. Will Russias shooting down of MH17 be discussed ?
Haole_Boy on September 1st, 2022 at 17:47 UTC »
Do you know if you guys will be using Stitcher to host?
sageandonion on September 1st, 2022 at 16:58 UTC »
Submission Statement: In the first episode of Encyclopedia Geopolitica's new podcast, "How to get on a Watchlist", we sit down with Aviation Security expert William Sandover to discuss "How to shoot down an airliner". After 29 years in the UK Foreign Office, with postings in Vienna, Buenos Aires, Paris and Pakistan, William joined British Airways in 2008 as their International Risk Adviser, responsible for analysing the security threats to the airline’s operation and people and working with colleagues to manage these. In 2015, William was appointed the first Chair of the Global Business Travel Association (Europe)’s Risk Committee. In 2017 William was appointed as Cathay Pacific’s Independent Security Adviser.
In the episode, we discuss the risks posed to aircraft by terrorism and armed conflicts.
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