Originally Posted by
jimrpa
Personally, I don't have a problem with flight crew bringing whatever they want through security. First, if the pilots intend evil, I doubt they'd need any "accessories", since they're in control of the aircraft. As for the FAs - if they intend evil, it doesn't take much creativity to figure out what might be helpful from the galley and/or service carts.
The real problem is that all the "security measures" are nothing more than a "floor show", put on at taxpayer expense, to "impress" the travelling public.
I don't disagree that the restrictions are foolish. I'm not sure how I feel about a couple pilots with a case of beer in the cockpit though.
Of course, the FA gave me, a potentially dangerous passenger, her fork. I wonder if she had a knife too, and would she have lent it to me.