I think i could agree with some of the ridiculous measures in place if they worked however on my arrival at work:
1)get out of car, have anything i am carrying scanned, sometimes have shoes removed,body search etc
2)have pass scanned
3)get back in car(which has received a brief lookover by a security person) and drive across to atc building (with anything i've hidden in the vehicle,including lunch,liquids etc)
4)have access airside and in building to;petrol,knives,cars,r/t etc!
I ask where is the security? it seems to me the security is knowing that i am a long standing member of staff,in which case don't search my bloody lunch.
More importantly, who is checking the security staff , some of the most transient workers in aviation?
The only thing that it is achieving is causing stress to employees.