Originally Posted by Married a Canadian
what is the purpose of all the security screening that you guys no doubt have to go through to get a job as an airline pilot anyway if you are then subjected to the same ludicrous security clampdown that the general public is??
Because the guy/gal going through security does not have to board. All they have to do is meet someone who is or leave material in a pre-arranged location. Equally any mixing of reagents does not have to wait until after boarding. ie Keeping an eye open for a pair of miscreants on board will miss the pair that met up airside. (Facilitated by the fact that many UK airports do not screen at the gate)
If aircrew are confident that their ID cannot be forged/misappropriated etc and that security can recognise a valid ID they are entitled to complain - otherwise life's a bitch - at least the mandatory cavity searches haven't started yet.
(Not that I'm arguing for a ban on pens.
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