Our company does a lot of positioning of our crews on airlines. I have virtually given up traveling in uniform from the UK. I have found that when in uniform I am always picked to remove shoes, belts, etc but when traveling out of uniform this happens 1 in 5 times. I have also never seen security staff pass through having to remove jackets, shoes or belts
Outside of the UK security attitude to crews in uniform is polite and helpful, I believe they see crews as on the same side as themslves. Was a measure not passed by the US congress over this issue?
We are being asked to sign up to ID cards by UK gov. I would support tight background checks, even paid for by us, that means all crew have to meet the same standards as armed police, if we could then be treated as part of the solution to security and not the biggest threat.