Roy, I have to say your retort is pointless and invalid. Sadly, as a pilot myself we must accept that AQ are capable of placing any operative into any profession including ours. Like it or not, it's the sad truth and although we may all kick up about Airport Security and the assoc. aggro, we have little else to defend us and the travelling public.
The World has changed, much for the worse and I cannot see an answer in the short or medium term - possibly a generation.
Depressing thought...