Airport Security
The overall strength of the security and screening system at various airports, is only as safe and secure as the weakest link in the chain.
As I understand, at many UK Airports anyway and a large one in the North West in particular, it is only Passengers, Aircrew and some staff who are subject to positive seceening. I understand that members of the Security staff themselves, Police, Customs, Airport Executives to name but few, are in fact NOT subject to any security sereening and positive checks at all. Perhaps some of these elevated groups consider they are so important that they should be immune from security checking.
If this is the case and I would appreciate confirmation or not of this, the whole system is surely virtually worthless.
I fully accept the need for sensible and thorough security of ALL persons, but excluding some groups for whatever reason makes a mockery of all our efforts to promote airviation safety for everybody.