The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I do hope l don`t get into trouble over this.
20 years ago ( 1993, l`m not guessing ) my crew and l were on the way
to our aircraft in Aberdeen to start work when we arrived at the crew
security entrance. One crew member had been taxi-ed up from
our Edinburgh base to cover sickness. That crew member held an Edi pass.
She had to walk around the building, get a boarding pass, and push to the
front of the boarding passengers to complete her checks.
Latterly of course, we seem to be adequately staffed by eastern Europeans
who must think all their Christmasses came at once, since " from that part
of the world we can`t be expected to check" - some official at London
Luton Airport said about 7yrs ago, refusing me an airside pass despite
having a recently expired one from Luton and a current one from an EU
airport. l had three weeks not accounted for by referees.
Should l mention being singled out in uniform, positioning between aircraft
with a ticket, as the only person to have to remove belt,shoes,etc from
four lines of travellers moving through security in Luton ? And a fellow
traveller coming over to me while dressing to ask "why did they do that?"
lf l printed my answer here l really would be in trouble.
No, best not mention it.
On reflection, it is better to play the game and not the ball.