Well in my experience we are under same rules as everyone else, strict security everywhere maybe more so than paxs operators. No exceptions. My company supplies usually adequate H2o etc with inflight catering being supplied by business class caterers.........just love the hot breakfast I cook while putting on the purculator with filter coffee! In general security issues are not really discussed as everyone in the biz knows wot we can get allowed or not.
But on a lighter note I find as some of my colleagues that if u discreetly put water around ure crotch area and under arms after the first "pat down" they retreat very quickly. Works a treat on a route we have up north that requires an airport standby afterwards.
Closing this now. Cheers Hogg