Originally Posted by
Derfred
If anyone thinks they are being targeted, I call bull****. Get over it.
Not so long ago, it was clear to everyone in uniform that crew were being targeted in Perth.
An incident, that occurred to me personally (which I won’t elaborate on) was sufficient to highlight that fact.
The upshot was a high level pow wow from QANTAS security, government departments, Perth airport and the contractor concerned. The contractors own records proved that your chances of being screened as a crew member in uniform were 1 in 3, while the chances of being screened as a punter across the rest of the network were 1 in 7.
Clearly crew were being targeted, and the contractor concerned admitted it. The reason given was that Perth had a high concentration of FIFO mine workers who had a high rate of positives on the ETD scan. Also the miners were, as a general rule, a belligerent bunch.
The contractor thought it reasonable to take the path of least resistance and target crew who were generally compliant and were almost always negative tests.
So call bullsh1t if you like. You would be wrong.