1. I'm a pilot.........and fearing or not fearing someone's imaginary friend has nothing to do with it.
2. The security checks are an imposition that unnecessarily adds costs and does not improve security. Just about anyone can be shown enough to crash an aircraft into whatever they like in about 10 or 15 mins + some time learning how to use the handheld GPS they bought at the camping shop and M$ flight sim to learn how to provide A/P steering cues. They don't even have to be in Australia since aircraft conveniently obey the same laws of physics. You don't even need a pilot licence - let alone an Australian one - so imposing this check on Australian pilots is futile.