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Old 7th Mar 2005, 19:17
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Sunfish
 
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I didn't post this before, but perhaps I should right now.

The security ID I have says "Flight Crew".
The case its in with my licence is puchased from CASA and has "Commonwealth of Australia" stamped in gold on the outside.

I can buy one, two, three or even four bar gold epaulettes at skylines anytime. Wings can also be found. Similarly uniforms

My guess is that it would not be too hard at some airports to walk into a sterile area with a flight bag full of "Goodies" by impersonating a skygod.

The licences and ID's issued should differentiate between student pilots and skygods and the nice CASA licence holder looks just a little too "Official".

There are other tricks I wonder if our security screeners are on to. I once "ran" at security at Frankfurt with my girlfriend in an effort to catch a plane. The resulting one hour security check was very thorough. I wonder if an Australian security screener might not be tempted to just wave you through?
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