jackieofalltrades
LOL! Totally agree.
In Oz it is required for any a/c with a max Takeoff weight of 20T (somehow including a Dash-8 300).
At the smaller airports the security are often newly hired and part time. Sometimes they will only screen around 50 pax in an entire shift. So it takes them years (sometimes) to relax into their job.
As a pax I've had items confiscated that passed through captial city airports. When I complained and mentioned that said item had been through every Australian domestic airport (and two internationals) within the previous 12 months I was glibly told "We can't help it if other airports don't do the job properly."
As crew, I've seen security at one of our outports require removal of belts, shoes, tie pin, pens, and even our airline badge (FFS).