but if the "system" is good enough to 'vet' ground crew, it is surely also good enough to 'vet' aircrew ? Same system, same swipe card ? Why not ?
Ground crew should be more rigorously 'vetted' - after all, they can put the bomb on board without having to travel with it themselves !
It's only about a year ago that LAX discovered that ground crew going to work having parked their cars in the staff car park, then boarded a bus that dropped them off Airside, passing no security check ! even ones who were off duty carrying cabin baggage for the flight they were going to check in for.
( my source ? L.A. Times in 2009 )
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