In Australia they can't take anything to the Captain because he just had his tweezers or 110gm toothpaste confiscated.
Just got home from Europe : normal security getting on in Munich, again in Dubai in transit before entering departure part of terminal, followed by the stupid ruffle through the carry on bags at the gate. (No wonder Qantas is going broke with this stupidity, just one more nail)
At Hong Kong once at the staff security I saw the guy in front of me get the full wand treatment after beeping through the arch. The young female security officer did a thorough job, carefully checking that each of the beeps was in fact metal that she could identify. (No chance of illegal Swiss Army knife or the like
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She couldn't understand why I was pissing myself!
The metal object beeps were from the Uzi, pistol and grenades!!
