This whole subject just goes on and on and on and...sadly I feel superpilot has got it about right.
The Union Reps (UK anyhow) tell us they are working hard to resore sanity to security but don't appear to making any perceptable progress and when pressed for news appear to hide behind the "need to know" principle ( "You are not a Rep, we cannot tell you how our meetings with Dft/ Whitehall/, Transec etc are going"). I hope they are not simply having their tummies tickled but I am beginning to wonder. we have had nearly a year of this nonsense ex-UK and the only people who seem to have benefitted are the Airside shopping outlets who sell specially screened water
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