The Houston conference was a great success and we would like to share with you comments from a few of our members that attended.

 

"Sir Richard Branson spoke of the need to keep the fun in flying and the importance of employees and customers to be smiling and having a "brilliant time", and that customer service is the only thing that matters." (Joyce Greenberg)

 

 

"A wonderful feature of the Conference is to hear world class speakers from politics, business and the entertainment industry at the general sessions.  This year we had the pleasure of hearing Condoleezza Rice, Sir Richard Branson and Lance Armstrong." (Denise Lowe)

 

 

 

LOS ANGELES, CALIF --

Major crime continues to be almost non-existent at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), according to statistics covering the first six months of 2010 released today by Los Angeles Airport Police. Total number of crimes also decreased six percent to 1,146 incidents during the first six months of 2010 from 1,222 incidents reported during the same period in 2009. The total number of arrests decreased slightly by one percent from 674 in mid-year 2009 to 664 in mid-year 2010.

 

In the category of Part-I Crime, which includes all major categories of crime against persons, there were no robberies reported from January through June this year compared to one in 2008. There was one aggravated assault reported in mid-year 2010 resulting in an arrest, compared to none in mid-year 2009. No homicides or rapes were reported in mid-year 2010 or 2009.

Los Angeles Airport Police Chief George R. Centeno said, "LAX continues to be one of the safest airports in the world, and one of the safest areas in all of Southern California." He added, "The total number of major crimes against persons is remarkably low, given over 28.7 million travelers used LAX the first half of this year -- a 4.85 percent increase over the same period last year. Including non-traveling visitors and airport workers, we estimate 236,000 people passed through LAX on an average day."

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