Can you see the irony? Does anyone see the logic? Does it still make sense?
Well Tripower55, I can tell you one person who cannot see the logic, the irony or anything else in that vein. That's bjcc.
Yes the woman at LHR was stopped by EL AL security, the point is that she was stopped by security, the flavour of which does not really matter.
bjcc. Again (why do I feel as if there are a lot of people banging their heads against a brick wall here?). If you read the responses from aircrew, carefully, you will find that, almost to a man no one has a problem with security.
Where, I believe, you are utterly wrong in your statement is when you say that "the flavour" of it does not matter.
"The flavour" of most of the "security" which we encounter is a very bad joke which does little if anything to make the flights we are operating any more secure. I will not repeat all the "measures" that have been taken which do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for the security and safety of the flight but do inconvenience flight crew.
In any event it was an example to show that such items can be taken airside without the knowladge of the person carrying them. A member of crew wouldn't carry something they didn't know the contents of? Think again it's happened!
When you hear of a case of this happening with a member of flight crew involved, do let us know.
I know that reading this you will immediately think "another prima donna who thinks that flight crew should not be inconvenienced!!!!"
It is not the inconvenience that rankles so much as the complete
abandonment of COMMON SENSE! That is all we are asking for, some common sense to be applied. Is that too much?