Careful not to go throwing wild accusations at an airports security. One of the most important factors in airport security is the security staff knowing what’s going on and the passenger not. It wouldn’t be much of a security system if we were able to suss out exactly how airport security worked. Therefore, I’m sure they are doing their job adequately – if not, maybe US carriers would suspend flights altogether.
Good point.
I worked for airport security at Amsterdam in the 90’s.
What always got me was how short the memory was of airline pax. Quite often pax would be uncooperative and very rude, several time’s been told by frequent flyers that I should “ask my stupid questions’ elsewhere. Usually US citizens. Very gratifying, also airlines were forever complaining that security was too harsh and intimidating. In those days MP’s carrying H&K MP5’s would roam the piers where all US registered aircraft were boarding. The MP5’s had to go and only sidearms carried. Would a full check or profile check have caught the guy at Detroit. Depends how good his story was. With Security you gets what you pays for. Also being told on a regular basis to lighten up on pax does not motivate staff. One of the reasons I left.
In a few months things will be forgotten and then its time for airlines and pax to start whining how humiliating all these checks are.
!00% security is a fine goal, but also a utopia.
As for some items being looked and not. X ray machine’s can look through certain items a good screener can see if an item is a threat or not.
I perefer not to say too much as in the quote, keeping pax in the dark is one the important points to good security.
Amsterdam is no better or worse than any other European airport. Don’t jump on some media bandwagon.
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