Gromit. .I don't think you are going to get much, or any, sympathy for your cause on this forum, nor do you deserve to. Most (but not entirely all) security staff at airports are total jobsworths who have failed or would fail the traffic wardens' exam. At MAN a couple of years ago, a jobsworth on the X-Ray machine took delight in shouting out to my pilot colleague and anybody else in a 100 yard radius that he could see a hipflask in my bag, and was I therefore a secret boozer while on duty. He neglected to say that the flask was in my nightstop suitcase and not my nav bag.. .. .You seek to compare security staff pay with that of the airport director; perhaps he's actually worth ten or more of your lot. I certainly wouldn't use an airport run by airport security.