Some simple ways of getting the message across:-
Make all legislators, politicians (yes including all government ministers!) MPs go through
exactly the same sort of screening on a daily basis when they require access to their workplace.
If you asked train drivers and railway signallers to be subject to this sort of treatment on a daily basis, you'd see and immediate 24 hour strike and the whole network brought to a standstill and then it would all be sorted pronto.
If pilots had the unity to do the same, we'd see some pretty rapid changes overnight.
Security for flight crew needs to be pragmatic- bag x-rayed, I.D checked, I am who my I.D states I am. The powers that be don't want to embrace the fact that we, as flight crew, can be a huge part of maintaining a high standard of security.
Sussex kestrel - agree 100%