Originally Posted by
sailingfun
If you don't see walking through security in 15 seconds without lifting or unpacking your bags a benefit I would love to know what you consider a negative. The employee lines in many airports often have long lines with other employees. I have never seen a long line of pilots.
Don't get me wrong. I just am too old and cynical to think this will go off without a hitch. I was stopped by the TSA one time when I tried to go through the regular pax line instead of the crew line. There were 10 or so crew waiting for the xray machine so I just walked over to the empty machines to proceed. "Oh no, you can't go that way," I was told. "You should know better." Gawd!
I have been looking forward to this crew pass system for sooooo long I just have a hard time believing it. I look forward to it. As an aside, I wonder how many FFDOs will give up the weapon when they can get through security easier because of this system?