Robert Riddell

Robert Riddell AMERICAN 1963 - . Resides in Europe and FloridaEducation:University of Miami - BS Business Law degreeNova law School - Jd. degree

Currenty owns AirSecure, Inc.

Mr. Riddell works directly with all aviation companies world wide, providing onsite airport and off-airport management of training and security. His extensive experience within these fields allows him to interface with Domestic and International authorities and attain maximum cooperation and effectiveness. Certified as a "Ground Security Coordinator" (GSC) under a FAA approved training program, Rob is also qualified and current as a “GSC” Instructor and a “GSC” Train the Trainer Instructor.

As a former Director of Security and Training for a Part 121 U.S. Air Carrier, Rob has a wealth of aviation experience in more than 30 countries on virtually every continent. He has extensive experience working with the FAA, TSA, Department of Homeland Security, INS, U.S. Customs as well as International airports and security departments. During the 9/11 tragedy, Rob was in Istanbul, Turkey, overseeing one of our cruise line operations. Due to his high level of experience and training certifications, he was able to adapt to new emergency security directives and immediately retrain International airport personnel in Istanbul. This immediate security training permitted our U.S. Air Carrier to comply with the most current FAA Security directives and enabled our flight back to the U.S. to operate as the very first flight from Europe to the United States post 9/11, airlifting 1200 U.S. citizens safely home.

In the past 3 years, Rob has been in charge of numerous Department of Defense flights operated by U.S. Air Carriers as the onboard Operations Representative with direct responsibility for compliance with operational and security regulations. These flights have included International destinations to Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Germany. Rob also acted as the on board Operational Representative for a 2006 DOD flight for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Rob maintains outstanding relationships and credibility with U.S. airports and International airports throughout Europe, Asia, the South Pacific, South America and the Middle East.

He also enjoys a like relationship with the TSA, FAA, INS, U.S. Customs and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Rob is currently badged for airport and ramp operations at Tampa (TPA) and St. Petersburg (PIE) airports in the U.S. This level of clearance is only attained after a comprehensive FBI background check.

Rob was also the onboard Operational Representative for Ryan Airlines and Aviation Solutions during our September 2005 flight for DynCorp International from Baltimore, MD to Kabul, Afghanistan.

Another famous Robert Riddell Below. Scottish

Captain Robert Riddell (1755 - 1794), was Laird of Friar's Carse, near Dumfries, and a friend of Robert Burns, who made him a collection of his poems which later became famous, and wrote a poem 'Sonnet On The Death Of Robert Riddell' in memory of him when he died.

The Glenriddell Manuscripts [http://www.nls.uk/burns/mainsite/burns/glenriddell.htm] , [http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/britlit/burns/e956.jpg] were written for Riddell between 1791 and 1793. The poet's friendship with the Riddell family ended suddenly in December 1793 as the result of a mysterious drunken incident at Friar's Carse, the estate owned by Riddell in Nithsdale. Burns asked successfully for the return of the poetry volume which had already been given to Riddell; the second had not been completed. [http://www.nls.uk/burns/mainsite/burns/glenriddell.htm]

It is known that the poet's friendship with the Riddell family came to an abrupt end in December 1793 as the result of a drunken or unseemly incident at Friar's Carse, the estate owned by Riddell in Nithsdale. The circumstances of this unfortunate incident are shrouded in mystery and uncertainty, but one of the results of the event was the return to the poet - at his own request - of the poetry volume which had already been presented to Riddell; the second had neither been completed nor sent.

In a letter, dated May 1794, to Riddell's sister in which Burns requests the return of the poetry volume, he refers to its contents as 'a collection of all my trifles in verse which I had ever written ... some of them puerile and silly ...'. This is somewhat insincere and in reality Burns was highly aware of the value of his poems, but it shows his keenness to have returned to him a volume he knew to contain a great compilation of some of his best work. After Burns's death the two volumes were sent to his biographer, Dr James Currie. In 1913 they were sold to an American collector, John Gribbel of Philadelphia, who generously gifted them to the Scottish people. They formed one of the first items to be presented to the National Library of Scotland in 1926.

The first obituary of Burns was written by his friend Maria Riddell for the Dumfries Weekly Journal; unfortunately no copy of it is known. She revised her text for inclusion in Currie's edition of 1800, and again revised it for the second edition of 1801. It remains one of the most important assessments of the poet. In addition to his poetry, Mrs. Riddell says, Burns should be remembered for "the charm—the sorcery I would almost call it—of fascinating conversation; the spontaneous eloquence of social argument, or the unstudied poignancy of brilliant repartee."