Originally Posted by
SQ421
Well, a better way would be to screen everyone entering the sterlie area. Without any exceptions of prejudice. Any "trustred traveler" group only serves to create loopholes that can be exploited.
A lot many countries manage to keep their strelie areas truly streile by enforcing blanket screening of everyone that seeks to enter them. Be it a fellow screener, a flight attendant or a Member of Parliament. And they manage to do it without the Kabuki Theatre of checking ID's, removing shoes and confiscating harmless containers capable of carrying more than 100ml of liquid.
I have long called for the screening of everyone and TSA's stock answer is that it would be to hard. Just like it is to hard to screen cargo.
That being said if Pistole is going to try this deal then it really should be a risk based system and I think military and retired military present little risk to air commerce.