"There is information stored on the card"
Is this checked electronically by the security personnel?
"it does have a photo"
Oh those are so hard to fake.
"rsuggitt the more I read of your ....little understanding of the current situation regarding airport security."
What has that to do with my discussing the principle that flight crew should submit to security checks ?
"Nobody is asking for security to 'stretch the rules' but is asking for consistency across the board."
" it seems a lot of the time the main aim of the game is to belittle aircrew."
Ah-ha, I think we get to what this is really all about. Not the desire to comply with and strengthen security, but suffering a blow to the ego.