Originally Posted by bambi47
And the primary reason for not letting non-flying passengers into the sterile area is that it allows some control as to whom is let in. It really is not all the extra screening.
That may be a distinction without a difference. What control? I can go buy a refundable ticket from an e-ticket machine at the airport to get in without a problem. No, I believe that the extra resources required for letting in non-passengers was what excluded non-passengers from being let through.