Hello, I'm a new contributor. I was just wondering if anyone's heard anything about the Australian Captain who refused to remove his shoes at Darwin Airport last week (June). He'd set off the alarms and wouldn't take off his shoes. He made his way onto the plane apparently, without doing so. I heard another pilot from the same airline did the same thing in Manila, which sparked an internal investigation by his airline.
This was put to me as, pilots think security screening has gone too far and that they are more concerned about security than anyone. The Howard Government is introducing legislation to exempt APEC delegates from the lags rules, for this September's conference in Sydney and pilots want the similar exemptions.
Then there's the concern that the lags rule will soon apply on all domestic routes.
Thank you.