Cavity searches for Pilots ?
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Cavity searches for Pilots ?
Airport staff 'smuggling drugs'
By Martin Chulov and Jonathan Porter
May 31, 2005
WORKERS at the nation's largest airport, including baggage handlers with high-level security clearances, have been involved in drug-smuggling and stealing from passengers, according to a classified Customs report that also suggests staff pose a terrorism threat.
A probe by investigators into airport workers from toilet cleaners to pilots has found evidence of alleged criminal conspiracies between groups of employees with access to the most secure areas of Sydney airport.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15461428-2,00.html
By Martin Chulov and Jonathan Porter
May 31, 2005
WORKERS at the nation's largest airport, including baggage handlers with high-level security clearances, have been involved in drug-smuggling and stealing from passengers, according to a classified Customs report that also suggests staff pose a terrorism threat.
A probe by investigators into airport workers from toilet cleaners to pilots has found evidence of alleged criminal conspiracies between groups of employees with access to the most secure areas of Sydney airport.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15461428-2,00.html
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some Asian-recruited Qantas crew may be involved in the importation of narcotics and are current subjects of alerts
Sack 'em all and send 'em back to their smelly back-waters.
On cavity searches:
Will they take us to dinner and a movie first???
Just make sure you eat a big juicy steak the night before every flight from now on. And some meat pies and curry.
"Find anything interesting Officer??"
"Hey now I know how a muppet feels."
"Let me know if you find my dignity..."
Etc, etc, etc.......
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Searching pilots makes great street theatre for the punters in the terminal. But what does it achieve? Do they really think a pilot would hijack himself?
" OK self. This is a hijack. One move and I'll blow your brains out."
Perhaps it would make a good skit for a TV show. Ground staff ok to walk onto the airport carrying bags with everything but a thermonuclear device in them, but not those shifty bloody pilots.
But then, you see minister Anderson on the tv and you realise that this is not about sense. A bloody farmer trying to look in control.
" OK self. This is a hijack. One move and I'll blow your brains out."
Perhaps it would make a good skit for a TV show. Ground staff ok to walk onto the airport carrying bags with everything but a thermonuclear device in them, but not those shifty bloody pilots.
But then, you see minister Anderson on the tv and you realise that this is not about sense. A bloody farmer trying to look in control.
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Told Youse all,
The clown is that far out of his depth, he wouldn't know his ar$e was on fire till he got his finger burnt.
How long will the aviation industry have to put up with this fool, maybe they could put him into a childcare portfolio, then he would have someone to talk to on the same level.
The clown is that far out of his depth, he wouldn't know his ar$e was on fire till he got his finger burnt.
How long will the aviation industry have to put up with this fool, maybe they could put him into a childcare portfolio, then he would have someone to talk to on the same level.
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I can see it now....
"Ladies and Gentleman Skippy flight 123, has been cancelled till tuesday, when the captain will be able to sit down again!!"
Perhaps we might all have to bring inflatable cushions to work!
Cheers, HH.
"Ladies and Gentleman Skippy flight 123, has been cancelled till tuesday, when the captain will be able to sit down again!!"
Perhaps we might all have to bring inflatable cushions to work!
Cheers, HH.
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See what sort of a reaction you get next time you go through the rent-a-cop stall and say " I'm about to go out and strap 15 ton of kero to my arse and point it at Canberra " 
...........apparently my parole comes up in 2015
...........apparently my parole comes up in 2015
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Can someone explain to me in what way Australian Customs might be responsible for general airport security and whether some airport staff may pose a terrorist threat, as appears the tone of the media reports?
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Last edited by Kanga767; 1st Jun 2005 at 00:20.
With the very greatest of respect, Customs are simply following the trail of drugs.......which leads from International....to domestic....to a quick throw over the fence into the carpark.
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According to one media report, a Qantas Sydney trolley handler was convicted and served 8 years in jail for drug trafficking charges - and now the individual is working airside !
If true, what the hell does that say for the Qantas security dept and the supposed Federal Police checks that are mandatory for the issue of an ASIC card?
If it is indeed true the entire system is laughable at the very least and needs some serious restructuring.
If true, what the hell does that say for the Qantas security dept and the supposed Federal Police checks that are mandatory for the issue of an ASIC card?
If it is indeed true the entire system is laughable at the very least and needs some serious restructuring.
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Mate, he's been banned! Bummer hey? (Which one of you Woomera's was considering reinstating his posting rights? Any progress on that? He'd love to come back. I've installed Nannynet on his computer for him too.)