Mark Carolla International Consulting

01/27/2020

01/31/2019

03/22/2017

Here is my latest article in Airliner World - this link will eventually take you to it....it is the article on MH370 Malaysia Flight 370 which went missing in the Indian Ocean.

https://www.scribd.com/document/341933235/AirlinerWorldApril2017-pdf

The jury is still out as to how it ended up in pieces in the Indian Ocean.

In order to get the best in international airline news I urge you to subscribe to the magazine I write for as a freelancer - Airliner World published by Key Publishing in England.

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05/14/2016

Have just completed contract on full teaching German in high school. Stay tuned here for comments on airline security.

09/02/2015

Is anybody out there concerned about the trend to link airline flight-planning and in-flight operations with the Internet? A real recipe for disaster. Or not?

06/13/2014

Environmental Security can range from the threat - or lack thereof - of a train of crude oil cars passing through your city to a barge of Liquified Natural Gas to coal plant emissions to a nuclear power plant in your community. Edna Chirico of Green Moose LLC in Charlotte,NC and I can help you and your organization with your organization's needs in this regard.

06/13/2014

Will Baghdad Fall? And What Does it Mean for Our Charlotte Area Market? Commentary by Mark Carolla, Former Defense Diplomat and Analyst. It appears that there is little standing in the way of an Islamic Extremist, not to mention terrorist, capture of Baghdad, or at best a partition of Iraq into sectarian parts - Kurdish, Shiite, and Sunni. For US foreign policy and strategic interests this makes the Ukrainian-Russian ethnic clash look like a Sunday School outing. What could result here is an Islamic extremist Caliphate - the extremists have already threatened to kill staunch American Ally King Abdullah of Jordan. At the very least the price of oil could go sky high. Saudi Arabia could be threatened,and there could be a general Shiite-Sunni conflict ranging from Lebanon and Syria to Iran. Our readers are urged to follow Retired US Air Force Colonel Rick Francona's blog at www.francona.com for up to date informed analysis from one of the US's best Middle East Analysts. .Additionally, Mark Carolla, the author of this small piece, in collaboration with Edna Chirico of Green Moose Consulting, LLC is prepared to do an analysis of what this means for Charlotte area business. Edna Chirico's knowledge of the Carolinas infrastructure and economy along with Mark Carolla's three decade plus international security experience can be deployed to help you evaluate your business risk strategy. We also can get you in touch with security specialists to safeguard lives and property in the Middle East and elsewhere.

03/02/2014

Things in Ukraine have deteriorated...look to Abkhazia and Moldova for models of what you might expect.

02/28/2014

There will be no "invasion" although much of Ukraine could end up like Transnistra or Abkhazia. Lots of old history is at play here: rift line between Orthodoxy an d Uniate Churches; split off Crimea from Russia by Stalin the "Breaker of Nations;" Ukraine's being "an unexpected nation" as the USSR imploded. Unfortunately nobody in our government seems to know the history of the region. Both Putin and the Ukrainian Opposition have valid interests.

As the possibility of a showdown between Ukraine’s fledgling government and the Kremlin appeared to grow, airports at Simferopol and Belbek were being patrolled by uniformed men.

02/28/2014

A good reason to take Amtrak --- especially when those airport boards say "cancelled."

If you're traveling a long distance by train, you don't have to worry about food. Here's tips for how to eat in our dining car.

02/28/2014

This page was just launched as a platform for commentaries in areas that I am or interested in or consulting on, mainly airlines and railroads but also general international issues that might or might not be related to international transportation.My current endeavors are related to translations of safety and security videos and courses from English to Spanish and development of courses in Spanish.