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This really is some scary stuff!

Sounds like airport security screeners in the UK are just like those in the U.S. -- bored civil servants who may or may not be paying attention.

News ... not! seeing as I work at an airport

Everday I get into work past bored security guards who dont check your bags properly much less my ID. Infact most days I still have my motorcycle helmet on when I go through the checkpoint so how can they check my ID to my face?

In fact this morning like every morning it is raining no one had there ID checked or bags inspected because the guards dont like getting wet and stayed inside thier cars instead.

Oh and just as a side issue I would reckon that 80% of the security guards employed since 9/11
at Sydney airport are young muslim men :rolleyes:

An airport confiscated my mum's Paté.

Really can't figure that one out...

maybe they missed their lunch break?

Depending on where they were going to or coming from, there may be restrictions on importing meat products. A friend of mine was asked if he had any meat products. He replied he had pate... and they said, "Fine, but do you have any meat products?"

They ended up letting him through... par for the course.

Point being?

Point being? </font>[/QUOTE]Ever noticed a few terror attacks by youg muslim men around the world these last few years, there may have been something about it on the news. :rolleyes:

Who checks the security guards?. In light of the recent plan by muslims to blow up JFK you would think we all would be on high alert.

But of course. I forgot all Muslims were terrorists.

Nobody's saying all muslimes are terrorists. But all terrorists (at least the ones we're worrying about) ARE muslimes.

I hate political correctness with it's refusal to racially profile people. My wife is Polish-American, and I'm a mutt with mostly norse and italian heritage, but we get stopped at the airport every time.

If people worried less about feelings and more about saftey, less bad things would happen out there.

I think a whole mob of people should dart through an airport with fake beards, towels wrapped round the top of their heads, and mumbling, "where'd I drop it, where'd I drop, where'd I drop it...."

It's racial and religious profiling like this that are driving more and more young Muslim men to become radical extremists, creating the problem you're worried about. And as for all terrorists being Muslim... you cannot be serious!

What I was getting at Callum is that the security crackdown at my airport is not only completely incompetent but it has (In my opinion) actually increased the chances of a security breach by vastly increasing the number of young Muslim males allowed inside the area.

You're kidding me right? Radical muslimes aren't coming about because of racial profiling. They're minds are warped from a young age to hate freedom and religions other than theirs.

Name a recent terrorist that isn't a muslime.

in other words, not saying that the security staff is comprised of terrorists, but that it it made up of persons more likely to sympathize with them and let them pass.

yadayadayada long bs story cut short, all muslims are terrorist. :rolleyes:

To focus this back on topic a bit, at Phoenix Sky Harbor International tonight my bag got pulled aside for a little extra screening.

While taking a walk Monday night, I found a large egg-shaped rock... rather unique, and interesting enough to make me want to take it home.

Apparently, a large egg-shaped solid object in your carryon baggage is enough to get you some extra inspection time [img]smile.gif[/img]

That said, the TSA worker was very pleasant about everything.

and right on time it looks like the media have finnaly realised how poor security is at Sydney airport...

dailytelegraph 13june

"GAPING security flaws have been exposed at Sydney Airport, with The Daily Telegraph able to gain easy and unfettered access to potential terror targets at Australia's largest airport.

Access was granted to its most sensitive areas without any background checks or security searches. These included the airport's 30-million-litre jet fuel tanks, a number of 747 aircraft, refuelling stations, baggage cars, conveyor belts and customs areas.

With only photo ID, an airport contact and a cursory glance from contract security guards, we penetrated the inner sanctum of the international airport without scrutiny of identity or motive.

There were no background and criminal history checks, no metal detectors, no bag or body searches, and no explosives or drugs dogs.

The Daily Telegraph exposed the risks in the wake of the foiled terror plot to blow up New York's JFK Airport and in the lead-up to APEC.

All it took to obtain 24-hour access was to go to the airport's security office and have a holder of an Aviation Security Identification Card (ASIC) request a "visitor pass''. The only requirement was a driver's licence and the pass was issued in five minutes - no questions asked.

Entering the tarmac via one of dozens of "back door'' security gates, The Daily Telegraph spent more than an hour moving unhindered to and from potential terror targets.

New airport staff members have the same access for a maximum three months on temporary passes until the police background checks, which take six to eight weeks, are conducted and an ASIC issued.

I have one of those binary watches... and security weren't too pleased with that either ;)

Everyone tightens security for a short time after a terrorist attack. Then as time passes, everyone starts to go back to being lazy. History repeats itself over and over again.