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Old 5th Nov 2008, 04:42
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BNE is worst - always tested going through transit, the guards comment its stupid but they ordered to do it on at least 1 in the group.

I find it completely ridiculous, pilots are perhaps the only one role that should not be subject to screening. Hosties maybe but as many of you alluded to if I wanted to blow up a plane it would be a lot easier to pole it in than try and 1. Make a bomb, 2. Smuggle it past security, passengers, work colleagues, engineers etc etc to hide this bomb.

Absolutely no logic at all to this bulls***.

Pilots are screened though their career development from the first day of medical and onwards with ASIC's, interviews etc etc.
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