Originally Posted by
True Blue
SecondDog. I travel enough to know that some security personnel are petty in the extreme. I also travel enough to know that there is massive inconsistency in what happens every time I go through a search.
If the system is so good, why are random searches needed? You see, some of the nonsense we are subjected to in UK airports I haven't experienced in Spain, Turkey or other countries. And you can hardly claim they do it worse, can you?
So when I am convinced that everything we are subjected to as pax is absolutely necessary, then I will accept it. But at the minute, I believe there is a fair amount of input from the over the top brigade.
Inconsistency helps prevent a routine that people could become accustomed to and exploit.
Random checks are need for the same above reason. If the system is designed to not only catch suspicious items but also attempt to catch out innocent people carrying nothing it means that people will be less likely to even attempt to take anything bad on board.