Airport security staff reward
The stated aim by airports is that the purpose of the security function when screening pax heading for departures is to search for anything which might endanger the security of a flight.... be it bombs or bottles of water
However, security staff at many of the UK's busier airports seem strongly motivated to process passengers as fast as possible.
Are security staff at any UK airports either paid, promoted or rewarded in other ways (or not punished) based on any kind of metric which records how many passengers were processed through "their" security lane during their shift ?
Yes, I know an hourly wage that explicitly depends on "number of passengers processed" approach would give rise to a conflict of interest between people who are on low wages earning more money and identifying bombs passing through an X-ray machine... but knowing that one may get fired if you regularly allow a test person who is carrying a knife through an arch can motivate in other ways.