but you really gotta laugh when you see a Capt, in uniform, ASIC displayed - being swabbed for explosives!
Doc, agree 100% with that one. Totally ridiculous and achieves nothing should a Pilot decide to pull the throttles and push fwd on the stick. Not to mention other means at his disposal.
That is just one of the more dumber aspects of this security regime that should be looked at and reviewed. Only put into place to give the rest of the travelling public a warm and fuzzy.
As for an ASIC being a board-without-screening pass. I don't necessarily agree with that idea especially when people with far better credentials than just holding an ASIC are subject to the same rules.