Originally Posted by
SFOSpiff
However, consider two possible scenarios:
- a pilot's child or spouse is kidnapped and he's forced to carry a sealed envelope through security, no questions asked
- a pilot is part of a plot, but to keep his role from being revealed, so they can make repeated use of him, he carries things through security and gives them to another bad guy
Here's a third possible scenario: the bad guys trail uniformed crew members leaving the employee lot... in ATL, you can do that simply by riding the same MARTA train. The bad guys use their trailing to find a crew member or crew members that live alone. They then kidnap or murder them, taking their uniform(s) and ID badge(s). The bad guys then use those materials to walk right by security and get on whatever plane(s) they want, carrying whatever material(s) they want. (You would think that someone up at TSA would be familiar with "Law and Order" reruns, but evidently not.)
Some TSO will try to argue that this can't happen because the TSOs are comparing the badges to the person, but that is hardly a difficult problem to get around.