Aircrew must be a really dodgey lot. To justify all this checking and rechecking.
And they must have been really bad, and need to be punished, hence the extra expense.
Passengers, on the other hand, the ones that flood airside periodically and board aircraft, require no checking at all.
And yet, most hijackings are the work of passengers; few crew hijack their own aircraft.
I would venture to suggest that before long we will all be required to report on a daily basis to our local police station. So they can keep an eye on us and ensure we do not develop any terroristic or unstable or criminal tendencies during the intervening 24 hours.
I wager half the politicians that thought up this scheme would not qualify for an ASIC themselves.
