Better than the rest of us? (Number two)
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Well Captain, perhaps you're one of the passengers who insist on waiting in the cafe till the aircraft door is about to close before going through security and complaining that " I always get picked". If you're the only one around....of course you get picked....or, perhaps you're on the list !
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Going through Gold Coast domestic security a few months ago skipper and I were approached by screener and asked which one of us wanted to be selected for a "random" explosive test....
Did the contractor not complying with random screening rules lose the contract?
Airport worker suspended for screening Julie Bishop in breach of 'random check' rules
Airport worker suspended for screening Julie Bishop in breach of 'random check' rules
Went through Oslo Airport security recently, and whoa!!!, why can't other airports be like this? Mind you, it would cost quite a few bucks.
You get your own little 'cubicle' to take as long as you like to get your stuff sorted. A ready supply of empty trays on a conveyor under your table, and then you push them forward on to the conveyor system.
Once scanned the system diverts a randomly selected bag for more checking like points on a railway track.
You get your own little 'cubicle' to take as long as you like to get your stuff sorted. A ready supply of empty trays on a conveyor under your table, and then you push them forward on to the conveyor system.
Once scanned the system diverts a randomly selected bag for more checking like points on a railway track.
Walk up to them and set your bags down to be screened, whether they call you or not. You've just defeated the random factor...
If you plonk your stuff down, the Screening Officer hasn't profiled you...you've randomly presented him with a customer. Jobs done....thanks very much.
I eventually said to them "I know you have to do this, you also know I get picked every time I walk through here... I'm fine with being picked but how random is this if all you ever pick is someone with an ASIC every 2nd or 3rd person... just to prove no one's exempt. The fact is I used to see other staff selected as well, more often than not. It's not totally random and the number of staff that I saw selected was way out of proportion with their percentage of the overall 'population' utilising the terminal.
Two occasions I had cause to question the randomness of the selection:
First at Brisbane domestic where whilst in civilian attire in conversation after being selected I was told "you can easily avoid this. Just follow the crew through. We always get them." (That was then the subject of a Security report.)
Secondly a neighbour at our commuter place in Sydney joined the airport security team some years ago. In his induction he was told "Always check the crew. They can't complain or they'll get sacked!" He, being a reasonable sort of bloke, lasted about 6 weeks in the job before he got sick of being constantly held responsible for the whole security process.
First at Brisbane domestic where whilst in civilian attire in conversation after being selected I was told "you can easily avoid this. Just follow the crew through. We always get them." (That was then the subject of a Security report.)
Secondly a neighbour at our commuter place in Sydney joined the airport security team some years ago. In his induction he was told "Always check the crew. They can't complain or they'll get sacked!" He, being a reasonable sort of bloke, lasted about 6 weeks in the job before he got sick of being constantly held responsible for the whole security process.
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Two occasions I had cause to question the randomness of the selection:
First at Brisbane domestic where whilst in civilian attire in conversation after being selected I was told "you can easily avoid this. Just follow the crew through. We always get them." (That was then the subject of a Security report.)
First at Brisbane domestic where whilst in civilian attire in conversation after being selected I was told "you can easily avoid this. Just follow the crew through. We always get them." (That was then the subject of a Security report.)
