Security searches are for those low incompetents among us who choose to flog things from the aircraft, and more often than not try and sell them off for profit. Unfortunately, those people give everyone a bad name, and further motivation for the company to attack us.
I remember years back a certain pub in London where you used to order the 'Qantas wine' which was the cheapest in the house. Wonder how they got a hold of it?
Security searches have nothing to do with the current industrial climate.