Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
I don't begrudge an employee of having plenty of beverage to drink on a hot Texas day but I do object that they can have those items unscreened while I'm not allowed over 100ml even with screening.
TSA simple does not provide effective security if they lock the front door while leaving the back door standing wide open with a lighted "Welcome, Come In" sign shinning brightly.
Those are two totally different things, though.
The first is unfairness from unequal treatment. The second is a question of what's
actually a security concern.
Let's be honest, the extreme supermajority (like 99.9999%) of things pose no security risk whatsoever. In fact I would bet that more people will be killed by bathtubs per year, no matter
how lax or nonexistent the airport screening is, no matter if it's waived for employees or passengers or both.
So your second part is just not true. There is no "more than bathtub level" security-to-aviation threat from allowing employees to come and go without getting groped, even if they're taking their liters of drink or boxcutters or whatever.
There
also isn't any from passengers. And that's unfair and wasteful. So don't be pissed at the part where they're
not doing the stupid thing, be pissed at the part where they
are.