I have to say that I consider this thread and poll to be ill-considered and irresponsible.
People like the Daily Mail's Transport Correspondent specialise in making stories which are heavily anti-aviation from the slightest bit of information or smallest occurrence. The man had three front-page headlines in one week back in September, all of which I felt were scare-mongering in the extreme.
And so here we are.
"AVIATION PROFESSIONALS CONSIDER AIRPORT SECURITY INADEQUATE"
58% of respondents to a poll on the influential Professional Pilot's Rumour Network website, an internet chatroom frequented by pilots and aviation professionals, said that they did not think airport security was adequate. Several respondents cited plastic cutlery - introduced in place of metal cutlery after the September 11 attacks - as potential weapons which could be used in a hi-jacking. The effectiveness of airfield perimeter security fencing also came under question as a means of deterring unauthorised access at some UK airfields."
And you seriously expect people to keep getting on our aircraft to keep us all in a job after this? Frankly, it's no wonder the industry is in the mire. Security needs to be taken 110% seriously but all this thread is doing is loading the ammunition into a gun for the aviation industry's detractors to pull the trigger!