Firstly, well done to the security services for stopping this in its tracks - it's a pretty tough call to make, and you'll probably get flamed which ever way this turned out.
As for the tough security measures in place, I can understand why the pax are being screened so much but the flight crew?
Surely if the flight crew wanted to bring down an aircraft they wouldn't do it with a bottle of medicine, laptop or ham sandwich?
If a pilot has enough security clearance to fly the plane why slap all these other restrictions on them?