Aus. Security Screening Review

[Muffinman]

Hey Clarie next time through CNS - pack some stilletos, stained leather straps, rubber gizmos and a soiled fishnet thingy - and stand back and watch the event unfold

[Islander Jock]

LR3,
I know the screening officers are an easy target. Yeah yeah the usual quips about goons, nazis, gorillas blah blah blah. The fact is though, whether you paid 20 bucks or 200 bucks per hour, under the current regs the results would be the same. That is, those items that are currently on the prohibited list would still be enforced. It is the legislation that needs to be changed.
Also, contrary to what you say about screening being the only job they could get. You might be surprised that many of screeners in regional areas are in fact professional people. I don't think they "get off" on pushing pilots around. But just maybe they get a little defensive at the none too cooperative attitudes shown to them.
It's a pain in the butt! It sucks! but at the moment we're stuck with it and I can't see it changing any time soon.

[fallen]

The report of the Review of Aviation Security Screening is now available.

Review of Aviation Security Screening

[Biggles_in_Oz]

am I too harsh ?

So., apart from recommending more meetings and consultations, and recommending a 'standard and distinctive' uniform for the screeners who are to be renamed as 'Aviation Protection Officers', what will actually change ?

oh allright, the

The Screening Review recommends that concurrently with Recommendation 10, the Office of Transport Security develop a new outcomes-based framework for implementation of Regulation 4.17, which clearly links performance of security screening processes to the nature and level of threat, and to local security risk assessments as articulated in the transport security programs of aviation industry participants.

does sound promising, but I won't hold my breath waiting for the current draconian GA ASIC requirements to vanish soon.

[Worrals in the wilds]

The Review concluded that the community does not adequately value the role of an aviation security screener. Screeners surveyed for the Review said they often suffer from both a lack of respect within the aviation industry and from conflicts with the travelling public. The Review supports any strategies for improving the public image and credibility of screeners by highlighting the critical and important nature of their work. A change of job title is being proposed to better reflect screeners’ specialist role and assist in the changing of community perceptions towards the vocation.

Goodo, change the name and it all gets better, classic government thinking . Conveniently ignore any option that requires Spending Money.
Without addressing the peanut/monkey equation and the obvious lack of training in people skills and the screening job itself, all the fancy names and outfits in the world won't improve industry or pax perception. I know there's several recommendations to address that but I wouldn't put money on many of them filtering down to the screening staff.

what will actually change ?

About 2/5s of SFA is my guess.

[feenix]

Nothing and if it does it will only get worse for aircrew

[DEFCON4]

Liquid in Tuna

For years I have been taking 100grm cans of tuna away with me to eat in the wee small hours when I am awake.
A "screener"(at KSA) held me up for 15 minutes while he made up his mind whether or not the can had more than a hundred mills of liquid in it.
They wonder why they dont have respect.I had spoken to quarantine and customs about this some months ago.I explained this and he then asked for written evidence.
What am i going to ?Take over the aircraft with 10mills of springwater inside my tuna?
An absolute moron drunk with power and authority.
Respect factor zero