LHR
I flown over a great deal of the world as a longhaul Captain.
Heathrow security at the staff gates are the worst I have ever had the misfortune to meet, and by a large margin. TSA in the USA and particularly New York are supposed to be bad, in my experience they were helpful and flexible compared to LHR imbeciles.
Small minded, petty, anti crew, obstructive, unable to think for themselves.
TSA in the USA and particularly New York are supposed to be bad, in my experience they were helpful and flexible compared to LHR imbeciles.
This is not a UK law thing as Manchester security were also fine, just working colleagues trying to achieve the same end goal as us.
They managed to annoy me on many occasions, this reduced my performance on the subsequent flights and created a far greater hazard than the heinous threat posed by my 20 gramme tube of eye ointment.
If anyone is interested on the effect of a pre flight argument on a Pilot, look for Captain Stanley Key and the BA Trident crash.
Sack them and hire some adults with brains!