Originally Posted by juan post
Pilots and aircrew should expect no special treatment other than the ability to fast track a queue
Emotive post juan, but totally pointless.
All the pilot needs to commit an act is his finger on the A/P Disc switch - no amount of searching or restrictive security measures would stop that happening.
Meanwhile, the rest of us, be it aircrew, ATCO's or engineers are being prevented from doing our jobs effectively by a DfT remit more intent on being seen to be doing something rather than achieving anything sensible.
The lunacy needs to stop now, and the professional associations (BALPA, GATCO etc) need to address this before the industry suffers anymore damage - more than any terrorist could ever wish to achieve.