Originally Posted by
law dawg
Many crews have SIDA access at their home airport and go through no screening.
bypassing screening using a SIDA badge, then entering an aircraft is a violation of federal law and is very closely monitored. If a pilots SIDA badge is found to have been scanned before a flight, they'll be suspended and investigated to see if they did go through screening.
Everyone getting on an aircraft does go through the TSA checkpoint.