It does all seem a bit much. Here, I was issued with a letter from the airport manager about 3 years ago, authorising me to drive my car - registration not specified - across the airfield to my hangar. In the last couple of months a notice has been placed on the gate asking users to please close it behind them, so I guess the Security nightmare is slowly catching up with us too ?
Sorry ! I know it's not relevant and I do sympathise, I wouldn't last 5 minutes, the cr*p I have to put up with as a pax. these days drives me up the wall.
Can't you all just sit down and refuse to board your aeroplanes one day, or do you think that maybe they won't notice in Whitehall if all air travel stops around the UK ?