"Security staff watching our backs.."
More likely to stab you in the back for daring to speak back at them. Sad to stay but although we have some good staff in Europe there are many who have let this new found power go to their heads.
It is frustrating and humiliating to be constantly searched and swept day after after day when you are Captain of the aircraft. And yes it is true at Zurich they are still selling pen knives in the departure area but I seem to remember that there is a second security check before the gates.