Take your shoes off - Aviation security

[John Barnes]

I am at the point, with three basechecks to go, that I don't give a F*** if they fire me or not. I realise that this is easier said for me than for a young guy with mortgage, and a young family at the beginning of his carreer. Therefor it should be guys like us, who have achieved some sort of financial security to carry the candle. I have done it and it is unbelievable how many people suddenly get involved. The chief of airport security in one of the places was totally unaware of the inconsistency of the policies and changed them there and then in such a way that flightcrew was checked only for their ID and crossed off against the GD. This only happened after a long long delay with lots of phonecalls up and down the line. I just stuck to one rule like a broken record" Sorry sir your policy says that no sharp objects longer than 4 inches in any way or form are allowed in the aircraft, and I don't want to break your rule, so please take the crash axe off!" The rest unfolds itself