Pilots are bypassing ORD security, as TSA & Union forget all about EgyptAir 990
Aug 12, 2011, 6:10 pm
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As always, Bruce Schneier explained why this is a bad idea better than I was able to:
Source: Schneier on Security, August 12, 2011
I agree that it doesn't make sense to screen pilots, that they're at the controls of the plane and can crash it if they want to. But the TSA isn't in a position to screen pilots; all they can decide to do is to not screen people who are in pilot uniforms with pilot IDs. And it's far safer to just screen everybody than to trust that TSA agents will be able figure out who is a real pilot and who is someone just pretending to be a pilot.
Source: Schneier on Security, August 12, 2011
