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Old 03-19-2016 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Sennant
Don't forget rampers who don't go through any security and smuggle guns in and tsa agents who steal from passenger bags.
Yep--IMHO the only people who should be allowed KCM/SIDA access with little to no screening prior to entering aiports/ramps/airplanes are:

1) Pilots
2) Persons entering an airport and/or travelling armed in the line of their duties as airport police, LEOs, etc.

These are the only two sets of individuals for whom it is unnecessary and redundant to screen for weapons & explosive devices, b/c pilots/LEOs/armed airport PD--by the nature of our jobs--have already been entrusted with deadly weapons in a secure environment, regardless of whether we're screened or not.

Rampers, FAs, gate agents, mechanics--anyone not authorized to carry a weapon or fly a plane in their regular line of work needs to be screened every time they walk into an airport, esp. prior to boarding an airliner.