Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Public support is meaningless. They could care less if you go through security or not. In fact they probably prefer that you do. Your never going to get any real support from the public.
Long ago, when crewmembers were first required to go through security, a senior FAA official was asked (off the record) how long this was going to continue. He said: "Indefinitely. We know that properly-identified crewmembers are not a security threat, but we found that having them screened greatly increases
passenger compliance with the program."
If this is the case, then passenger squawks about the new screening procedures could make it even
less likely that crewmembers will be allowed to bypass them.
