the whole issue of airport security makes me so mad.
it is unbelievable to think an airport would confiscate a sewing kit! i would imagine one could do more damage with a carrot!
What really gets me are the inconsistencies.i saw a few weeks ago that a Sky News reporter bought an eight inch hunting knife airside at LSGG and proceeded through security with it at both gva and on arrival in the UK,and it was never picked up at all.This level of security is then compared to the absolute paranoia we see in some parts where even nail files and pins are confiscated,and where umbrellas are being banned!
I dont have any solutions,as i strongly believe in safety first,but i also get really,really mad when i hear the kinds of things people are having confiscated from them. as for random checks,i reckon they achieve very little.
when we reduce the process down to a 'every second pax gets searched' method,then we're just going through the motions in my humble opinion.everyone should be thoroughly checked,but with a clear view to actual safety,not paranoia or some bizarre sense of there being danger in every item brought aboard.
think about it,you have amongst your pax a group of black belt kung fu experts-who without any weapons are deadly,what are you going to do,tie their arms behind their backs because they may be a security danger?
we've got to get real-standardise our security,make it sensible and consistent.
ps as for there being corkscrews on board,they are mostly fixed to the galley and work with a lever motion,so they arent dangerous...more dangerous would be a person with a broken bottle,but are we going to start banning glass on board?
