Many of you are missing the point
BBrown, buddy you are missing the point, we are not the same as everyone else, we are the ones responsible for the safe and efficient flight of up to 400 tonnes of aircraft 400 pax, and around 200,000 ltrs of flamable jet fuel
You are not above everyone else, you need checking just the same
It is not me with the chips on my shoulder, try looking at yourselves once in a while and realise that you are just the same as everone else
By definition we are different(is that soo difficult a concept to grasp BBrown?), note I didn't say above or better, but different.
As security vetted, trained professionals, flightcrew as group are part of the solution, not the problem.
What is unhelpful however is the armchair "expert" who thinks that their opinion is valid simply because they "know" someones sisters cousins aunties nephew who makes the tea for BAA employees.