Wideroe Pilot Quits due to security checkpoint hassles
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Last week when passing through the crew search area at a major UK airport my handbag was selected for a more thorough search. No complaints or comments from me as they checked through the bag, opened a little zipped compartment and checked my make-up bag - all liquid items from this had been sent through seperately as required.
Got on to the aircraft and decided I needed a bit of perfume to freshen up. Couldn't see it in my little plastic bag so where do you think I found it - that's right, in my handbag which had obviously been very thoroughly searched
Got on to the aircraft and decided I needed a bit of perfume to freshen up. Couldn't see it in my little plastic bag so where do you think I found it - that's right, in my handbag which had obviously been very thoroughly searched
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Let us just say this whole thing is a complete farce.
I have never stopped carrying any of the usual stuff (water, toothpaste, food, etc.), and in the same way I get away with carrying those I could get away with carrying anything else, were I so inclined. Try it yourselves and be amazed by all the abounding stupidity and mindlessness
I have never stopped carrying any of the usual stuff (water, toothpaste, food, etc.), and in the same way I get away with carrying those I could get away with carrying anything else, were I so inclined. Try it yourselves and be amazed by all the abounding stupidity and mindlessness
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Pointless!!!!!!!!!!!
As a refueller at MAN I have to run the gauntlet of trying to get airside upto 6 times a shift (8hours). It does get frustrating seeing the same faces all day and still having to remove boots.
I have issue with the fact that we have to get a Disclosure form (checking your background for criminal acts) just to get an airside pass, and you are still treated as a terrorist.
Unfortunately things are getting worse with new proceedures just to get onto the ramp. I wouldn't mind the serching if they were able to check our veh. better. I might not have the most dangerous boots but at least they have been checked, but the lax veh. serching means I could bring anything I wanted onto the ramp.....
I have issue with the fact that we have to get a Disclosure form (checking your background for criminal acts) just to get an airside pass, and you are still treated as a terrorist.
Unfortunately things are getting worse with new proceedures just to get onto the ramp. I wouldn't mind the serching if they were able to check our veh. better. I might not have the most dangerous boots but at least they have been checked, but the lax veh. serching means I could bring anything I wanted onto the ramp.....
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LL last night
Did anyone notice the high level of professionalism being displayed at one of the checkpoints early evening/ last night? In what only can be described as running the gauntlet to the sound of gangsta rap being blasted out at high volume from a ghetto blaster. A certain member of security seemed to forget that he was in the UKs premier airport and thought maybe he was in south central LA with his homies? Grinding away to this drivel we were subject to his lack of 'respect' as he openly spoke down to a high ranking aircrew member as they passsed through the metal detector. Talk about CRM? How to piss a flight crew off before going to work more like!
It was a disgrace and a complaint was forwarded.
It was a disgrace and a complaint was forwarded.
Last edited by shaun ryder; 8th Apr 2007 at 09:26.
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Sooo....What are we going to do about it?
It seems that after all is said and done, (much) more will be said then done.
Why should anyone change anything if all we do is bitch about it amongst oursleves!
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lt worked to bring the " wall " down, me dear
There is nobody more responsible than the driver of 20+ tonnes of A-1 around the ramp, or engineers trying to get to their charges.
The fact, l believe, is that the " rules " are to be interpreted and modified locally to fit commercial needs. EU regs are treated as guidance only, a bit like a manufacturers MEL. (notoriously the thinnest book around).
l, for one, would wish for more bitching `cos that`s all we have.
Or do you seriously feel we have commercial clout these days ?
The fact, l believe, is that the " rules " are to be interpreted and modified locally to fit commercial needs. EU regs are treated as guidance only, a bit like a manufacturers MEL. (notoriously the thinnest book around).
l, for one, would wish for more bitching `cos that`s all we have.
Or do you seriously feel we have commercial clout these days ?
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My husband almost quit his pilot job also
My husband has an artificial leg and after having to sit in front of passengers in uniform and pull up his pant leg to show he had an artificial leg and then for them to have to swab on the top of it, he decided if he had to go through this all the time, he would rather quit. Main reason because passengers get worried if he even has a scratch on his face, knowing he has an artificial leg would not go over too well. He then found if he became one of the pilots that are armed, he did not have to go through the secruity gate. He did that.
