[QUOTE=Splash





[B]Pilots with valid IDs have tried to carry guns trough screening. Pilots with valid IDs and credentials have left their authorized guns in public areas, INSIDE screening. I think those lapses in professionalism and attention to security have helped make us more suspect than we think we should be.[/B]



Splash,

I realize that Pilots have inadvertently taking weapons through security. I agree that this a lapse in professionalism and probably mostly just plain inattention, but really not much more. If these Pilots actually had any ill-intent they would not need to take a weapon through security. Furthermore if they actually had any ill-intent they would probably not try to take their weapon through a metal detector.

I realize that people may pretend to be a pilot to bypass security - this is why we need a foolproof method of identifying actual pilots. We need to focus on identifying people vice objects.

Scoop