Originally Posted by Oblaaspop
True, they don't.
However, whether we like it or not, we are JUST civillians that happen to ware a uniform, they are not!
You say I'm missing the point, but surely you must admit that I DO at least have a point?????
Excuse me! Everyone is a civilian when it comes down to it! Having a badge or wearing a uniform means nothing as none of them are searched in the manner that we are on a daily basis. In actuality they are less secure than we are!
What makes them special? They have training and so do we. Trained on weapons, well many of us were as well while in the military. I still have the Expert badge that I earned with both the rifle and pistol on the range. Would go up against any police marksman on the range anytime. Why are they special?
You do have a point. .000001% of the flight crew might waffle and take a tube of toothpaste or the like into the secure area for someone. That is why the crew needs to have at least random searches. Please tell me what is to stop one of the security staff, who undergo NO searches, from smuggling something into the terminal? Same for the police and so on.
Right now I can go on Ebay, buy a badge, go to a costume shop and buy or rent a policeman's uniform and cobble up something that is close enough to get me in some if not most secure areas.
Before you scoff at this, look here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/PRESTON-BOROUGH-...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Metro-Police-Bad...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Metropolitan-Pol...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/British-ROYAL-MI...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Royal-Military-P...QQcmdZViewItem
http://www.uniwearonline.com/index.p...a6641d8c188e1b
http://www.arslan.com/policeuniform.htm
http://www.uniformsbypark.com/Mercha...ategory_Code=4
Yes, some of the above are an older style of badges or military uniform. You think that someone who is not a policeman would realize this? In America we have the National Guard roaming the terminals. Getting a guard uniform is so easy, and making a duplicate of their ID is not difficult. Please tell me what I am missing here that makes some trust the police/army so much? They are never searched and we are! Just who is more secure?
If our family were being held hostage, the rest of us would call the police and stop the whole event from happening.
LL is correct, this is more a Hollywood movie fantasy than a real chance of happening. Dh121 is correct as well. Excuse me, they are talking about blowing up an ENTIRE AIRLINER FULL OF INNOCENT PEOPLE and you think that they are going to let your family go out of the "goodness of their heart"???? They have no compassion or heart and are willing to die for their sick religion.