Originally Posted by
Dr Dave
... What about the scenario in which a pilot who is part of a plot carried a bomb through security because he/she is not searched, then passed it on to someone else on a different flight to detonate?...
Dr Dave
Why the h*** would any pilot take a bomb through security? That's just fantasy - something a politician could say just to fulfill a perverse need to conjure up ever more far-fetched scenarios in order to make himself look smart and keep kissing G. Bush's arse. Pilots are selected because we are NOT the terrorist kind of people. Can you mention even one example where a western pilot(s) have hi-jacked/bombed his/her own or other aircraft? If any pilots should be screened, it would have to be those from a now well-known and hightly publicised relogion/culture. Western people are not very inclined to blow themselves up for their gods or any other BS cause. Get real! Start selective screening and stop picking on the good guys here. Stop harassing old grandmothers and innocent families trying to bring baby toys and food/drink along for a long journey. Srart looking at the people and their behaviour - not their underwear and nail clippers.
Besides; pilots have more vested in the safety of their flight than do the security personnell still left ON GROUND. We're up there - they're still on Terra Firma. If anyone should be searched, it's the so-called security people. What kind of admission tests or thorough psychological profiles do they have to pass in order to get their jobs? Problably next to zero caompared to us pilots...
As I see it, it's one-nil for the terrorists. They've got us all running scared and accusing each other of being a threat to society.