weakest link.... Hmm baggage handlers and caterers come to work every day at my local without bag searches.
These guys have totally free access to aircraft and bridges (as they should) so it is a lunatic double standard.
The real problem is these so called security people have too much spare time and overworked imaginations.
Unless you happen to be a mentally unstable Silk Air 737 Captain, they really need to cut crews some slack.