"Things said in jest...."
On a recent video sent to me I saw the comedian espouse the uselessness of these security checks.
Instead, as each passenger passes through, give him/her a baseball bat..and THEN let the furkin terrorist(s) make a move.
KERRRBLAMOoo.
Security are now about 5 years behind Al Quaeda, if they think - in light of the strengthened cockpit doors, and their coded access that requires confirmation from the flight deck, to permit entry - that aircraft hijackings are on the agenda.
Assuming the ridiculous for one minute, that 99% of aircraft passengers are hijacking terrorists, and that the 99% manage to to get their concealed weapons/bombs past security and onto an aircraft. UNLESS they can gain access to the flight deck - which they will NOT be able to - their mission will be fruitless.
Assuming 1 of the cockpit crew is a terrorist...that being the case, s/he won't require a weapon to render the other crew member useless.
If BOTH crew members are terrorists, then they won't need carry weapons, as they be working in unison.
I got quite p!ssed off a couple of days ago, when my F/O was forced to walk through the security scanner 3 times - twice with his shoes off - and even then, given a full body feel (which he admitted to enjoying, as the "feeler" was an attractive 20-something year old, nubile nymph).
The "joke" is, this guy is the Japanese kick-boxing [Muay Thai] champion in his class in Japan!