I did a nightstop last night. Crew bags had to be checked in, with special tags attached. No flight bags allowed, I only took my headset, pens, kneeboard and calculator. Did I miss not having my flight case? Not at all. I flew 6 sectors, and didn't miss a thing. Just shows, we carry all sorts of crap around that we don't actually need. I didn't feel inconvenienced at all.
That said, for flight crew its a bit of a joke. If I wanted to kill a few people, then the fire axe would take care of my colleague next to me, and on short finals DTO the terminal, and I reckon I could take out a few thousand.
One of my colleagues was refused through security with a half eaten packet of Jelly Babies. Wonderful!
JF
