Originally Posted by daw617

Well said.

On the other hand: if one accepted the premise that liquids really were a security threat, does this create a potential point of security? How carefully do the checkpoint screeners really check that a person in uniform is really a crew member when they bring a liquid through the checkpoint? Could someone impersonate a crew member, simply by buying an appropriate uniform, to get liquids through? (I realize that in some sense I'm asking a question, "if 1+1 equalled 3, then wouldn't it be true that pigs can fly?", but I'm checking to see if the policy makes any sense, even under the TSA's assumptions.)