We all now that in any security system it's only as strong as it's weakest link.
Those 'links' exist everywhere & for the most part the std security crap we have to endure is purely to make the boffins feel good. There's so many holes in the system that it leaks daily I'd say!
I've had a few run ins with the goons over the years so now just shake my head!
Fortunately I kinda know most of the security folk at Tulla & it's more a formality these days as far as I am concerned. The guys there tell me that DOTARS can & do pass thru disguised as a bogun pax meaning they are under constant screening themselves.
I often hear pax coming in behind me say how come pilots have to get checked to? I feel like saying we pilots are the biggest threat
Common sense & legislation just don't seem to share the same page!
Wmk2