Thank you Danny, for calmly putting into words that mindless fiasco we have to put up with now. Many days I fly four or five sectors and i have to go through this everytime! I also see many loopholes in the system which remain unadressed, i sometimes feel that we as aircrew are being singled out for this chicanery. i wonder what the longterm health effects might turn out to be resulting from going through the electronic scanners so many times, i fully expect my flight bag to start glowing in the dark from being x-rayed so often.
What is perhaps most aggrevating is the fact that one is supposed to endure this mindless chicanery without comment, because otherwise the intelligence level of some those that administer this "security procedures" would be revealed and it might become obvious that some of these members of "Thousands Standing Around" are not fit for such a position, much less can they be expected to exercise discression.
i really need to look for a new field of endeavour!