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Patrick Smith writes, "Working a trip from Gatwick, I was forced to remove my shoes and put my liquids into a Ziploc bag. This is routine for passengers, but I was in full uniform at a crew-only checkpoint."
Why is it that those who fly airplanes do not need to be checked as carefully as passengers? What makes them less nefarious than we in steerage? And please do not respond with, "Well, we are the first to hit the mountain." The issue here is larger than a flip response
If pilots had to go through what paying passengers have to endure (wow!!, removing one's shoes, for example), then maybe the rules for us would be relaxed.
Sooooo, in case my point is lost, why does Mr Smith not have to remove his shoes *and* I do?
