Originally Posted by
N6724G
It doesnt matter that you are flying the plane. Why should you not have to go through secuity? Terrorists can fly planes too. Terrorist have airline pilot uniforms too. The screener isnt reading into all of that they are just trying to do a job, get paid and support their famailies. Much like you guys are.
You have got to be kidding me. If a terrorist somehow succeeds in getting a crew badge and through security, AND into the flight deck, the battle is lost my friend, whether they went through security or not. Working flight crew should not have to go through security, period. Crewpass will not come a moment too soon, if it ever arrives.
Also, most TSA reps I have dealt with have been both arrogant and disrespectful. One gal in particular was giving an extremely hard to time to a very elderly man who obviously didn't know the rules very well, and was publicly and loudly humiliating him. I told her to take it easy, and you should have heard the barrage of verbal abuse I took after that. Very discourteous and unprofessional. All the other TSA agents standing around seemed to find the circus quite amusing, and one commented to me as I walked through "see if you talk back to us again".