"The theory was they all know each other. This is the L.A. Lakers or the New York Yankees, they're not going to hijack their own airplane, they don't need to go through screening," Wernecke said.
This is a real "trusted traveler" program. But, read the whole thing they no longer do it.
They have to submit their names to trusted traveler every flight. The bus has to be checked and made "sterile." They get to take scary water and wear their shoes, but the real reason this is done is to prevent the disruption to operations in the terminal. For a charter flight where everyone knows everyone else, it is stupid at the highest level. Once the cockpit doors are secured, the only danger to the flight is the pilots.
It's a team! A professional team that knows each other and their oddities at a ridiculous level of detail. And if one guy gets freaky, twenty five highly trained athletes can't stop him?