Originally Posted by gloopy

This isn't about human worth or FA validation and has nothing to do with which is a better or more worthy work group. Flight deck access is a huge deal. Couple that with no security screening and it becomes even more critical. To give that to an extra hundred thousand or so people just for labor peace because they think they should get whatever pilots get is rediculous. And a 10 year check only means someone hasn't been caught doing something for 10 years. That is not enough to give someone zero screening flight deck access with an entry level job with a few weeks of training. While everyone focuses on what is probably just a really stupid mistake by one person who probably never meant any harm, the potential for something far worse is there and drastically amplified by this program allowing FA's into it just to massage people's sense of equality.