Cameronian,
I have to agree with you. When I was a civil pilot it was before 911 so I have not experienced the problems frequently spoken of on this forum. However, as a SLF I have had nothing but cheerful professionalism from the security staff (with the exception of New York). At LGW last month the machine thought it had detected explosives amongst my rather numerous pills. The problem was dealt with extreme tact and smiling efficiency and ended up with hand shakes all round. Please understand I am not trying to rubbish those who do complain, but I would just like to point out that it's not all bad.