There's a very good and apposite letter in this week's (4-10 December) Flight International regarding airport security. To precis the letter the correspondant suggests that any complaints by crew about the conduct of security staff should be directed to the CAA Aerodrome Standards, and this would ensure that all reports make it to the attention of the UK Department of Transport (who currently claim to have recieved no reports of mis-conduct). Unfortunately I cannot find an online link to the letter, but I dare say that you will find it at the news agent's in your airport this week. You can submit a report to your union (BALPA or IPF). I was advised at a meeting recently that if you feel there is a genuine flight safety issue an MOR should be filed (this was told to me in the context that no MORs had been recieved, therefore there was no problem with regard to flight safety).

CAA Aerodrome Standards
 

Head of Aerodrome Standards Department
Civil Aviation Authority
Safety Regulation Group
Aviation House
Gatwick Airport South
West Sussex
RH6 0YR
Fax:(+44) (0) 1293 573971
Aerodrome Standards also has offices at two other CAA locations; Manchester and Stirling.
Manchester Regional Office
Civil Aviation Authority
Safety Regulation Group
Aerodrome Standards Department
Atlantic House
Atlas Business Park
Simonsway
Manchester
M22 5PR
Fax:(+44) (0) 161 216 4599
Stirling Regional Office
Civil Aviation Authority
Safety Regulation Group
Aerodrome Standards Department
7 Melville Terrace
Stirling
Scotland
FK8 2ND
Fax :(+44) (0) 1786 448030






S78

Ah, excellent. the Stirling office is only a couple of miles from me. I didn't realise there was one. I wonder if they take 'walk-in' customers?