Originally Posted by
fatmike69
It's called security theatre my friend. That rule had nothing to do with safety, but was put in place for public perception. The public is unlikely to notice Joe ramper in a security line, but Joe pilot sticks out like a sore thumb. All the while the flying public is thinking, "oh if the pilots are going thru security, then everyone must be and we must be safe!". If only they knew.....
I tell them. I tell them when they have a fit when I butt in line, with TSA in earshot, that rampers, etc, don't even have to clear security, yet that I have to as a pilot, and therefore I must butt in line. I won't take blame - it's TSA's fault. It's all smoke and mirrors for the sheeple.