UK BAA Airport. I am the captain of the flight with a Europen ID. My cabin crew, locally based, are also at the crew check point. They have only a temporary ID, for that base, issued by the company. The backlog in criminal security check was taking months and their full ID pass was imminent. Thus they needed an escort. I was not allowed to escort my own crew because I did not have a local ID. Thus a junior sprog, all of 19 years freckle faced, escorted us all in absolute un-questionable highest security mode to the crew room. It reminded me why I had left ludicrous UK.