Originally Posted by
Fredd
What next? Maybe, for a $500 annual fee, frequent fliers can go through a NEXUS-like advance security check (profiling), receive their card and buy their way out of the line. Government are always looking for new sources of revenue.
Why not?
Screening pilots makes little sense, since they can bring down a plane (or worse) without any weapon or explosive. The same is not true for FA's. Allowing FA's to bypass security implies that the TSA believes that their employment/security screening is sufficient to ensure that they are not a threat. Whatever that process is, there's no reason it could not be offered as an option to frequent fliers too.