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Egg · 04-01-2009, 01:08 AM

Alys - If you have an airside badge for say gatwick and work from gatwick with a british airside badge you get a free ride. You won't get stopped.

Same with US airports. You have a US vetted airside badge, you get free pass. Its the same with every country I have sat and observed the comings and goings of peoples (for academic work and security sector employment).

Also, airside workers such as baggage handlers and security staff could just waltz right through and no one would blink an eye as long as they had that uniform and badge.

Humans are creatures of habit, and think about this - ever worked in an environment where a uniform was worn? your work colleagues will smile and say hi to you all the time when at work in that uniform, and yet out of work in civvie clothing they blank you. Why? because the creatures mind of habit says 'I don't recognise you in plain clothes as a friend'.

Herd mentality. Those that dress the same think the same. Hence the major security flaws at airports.

04-01-2009, 01:08 AM	#4
Egg Banned Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 727	Re: Read this article and then my thoughts. Alys - If you have an airside badge for say gatwick and work from gatwick with a british airside badge you get a free ride. You won't get stopped. Same with US airports. You have a US vetted airside badge, you get free pass. Its the same with every country I have sat and observed the comings and goings of peoples (for academic work and security sector employment). Also, airside workers such as baggage handlers and security staff could just waltz right through and no one would blink an eye as long as they had that uniform and badge. Humans are creatures of habit, and think about this - ever worked in an environment where a uniform was worn? your work colleagues will smile and say hi to you all the time when at work in that uniform, and yet out of work in civvie clothing they blank you. Why? because the creatures mind of habit says 'I don't recognise you in plain clothes as a friend'. Herd mentality. Those that dress the same think the same. Hence the major security flaws at airports.