Now the UK government is keeping the threat level increased, does that mean they are expecting more terroristic activities? Or are the lower security levels considered permanently inadequate, waiting to be revised? I am off to LHR tonight (ex AMS), hope we can stay on board and avoid all the hassle during the turnaround.
Regarding the unions I think they will have a limited input in security related procedures. Do think that the bigger airliners understand their interest in having crew friendly procedures and I sincerely hope the current situation will not be abused to enforce body-scanners and procedures to hack in our personal do and don'ts (Unless it would be O.K. to buy MP3's in Russia).