Airport Security - Where Are the Good Ones ?
I've just been reading Danny's straw poll thread that seems to have had a lot of us identifying places where security is not of the standard we would like.
I always like to "light a candle rather than curse the darkness"
so...
Are there any airports out there that are getting it right ?
(As far as security goes)
I don't mean things like not taking eye lash curlers out of ladies handbags - a security guard has orders to remove them even if thinks it's a silly order.
I'm talking about the entire system at the airport ;
Access to airside is genuinely secure.
Airport staff are actually 'security aware' in all things they do.
The Security guards are doing it right (how ? why ?)
And so on.
I would like to offer Hong Kong as a place that seems to be getting it right. Perhaps also Singapore.
Hong Kong's hand baggage checks really impress me. No guards chatting with their friends instead of looking at the X ray monitors. They have have supervisors right there checking the security guards to see they do their jobs properly, politely and thoroughly. The guys with machine guns also give the impression that they mean business.
Please, there will be loads of you ready to bad mouth Hong Kong. Don't lose the premise of this thread.
Lets find the good airports, see what they are doing right, and then try to get the other airports to change for the better.
Cheers