"As usual though, it is the Aircrew that moan the most"
Maybe the aircrew do, but - we are stuck in an aluminium tube 6 miles high up in the sky for several hours at a time and cannot just get up and go for a walk through the terminal and buy refreshment from the various shopping outlets that airport staff have the luxury of doing on a lunchbreak or when the shift is quiet.
The security can take my tube of toothpaste, mouthwash, carton of yoghurt, bottle of water or whatever, but as doubleu-anker points out on the wall of the flight deck is fire crash axe!! We also have a bottle of fluid eyewash more than 50millilitres. If a pilot wanted to threaten the safety of an aircraft he has two hands to point the aircraft where ever he so wishes!!
I also agree with fireflybob when he says "
Also as aircrew we visit many different airports and see the rules being applied in different ways" lets have some
continuity between the security at airports around the world!!
