Ad-astra, I think he was merely defending his position to carry his ring binder through security, you can't fly the plane without your Jepps
.. As a matter of fact I think most of the security personell don't know what the crash axe looks like and I think a picture is worth a thousand words. He didn't sound like he was childish about it, merely being informative... I do agree though that some guys go overboard, but then again so do some of the security guys