UK Airports to introduce new bomb detection equipment

[Blinger1]

omg terrorist! lol, what did they do once they took it off you?

Nothing, i was 13/14.

If it was an internal flight then you could get away of things that would shock some people know, that's how 9/11 happened.

I live in melbourne, so it was international

[Neversoft]

About damn time.

[Chippiewill]

A. You did, you states anyone working for McDonald's can help you blow up a plane.

B. Anything going into an airport is screened by security at deliveries, and whilst passing through.

C. More than one officer will be present, likely many more. It wouldn't be possible to have everyone 'in on it'.

a) Yes they can, not easily
b) They cannot contaminate food by opening it up, for all you know the liquid explosives are heavier than chip fat and will stay at the bottom hidden from examination.
c) There'll only be one examining the chip fat

[Yoshimitsui]

You don't seem to get the picture, everything is x rayed, everyone employed gets numerous security checks and have to prove what they have been doing for the past 5 years. Every time they go through air side, they are subject to the same screening as passengers.

And you have the 100ml ban, anything over that and you are not going to get near a plane with it. Along with the fact half of the staff at an airport have no right be any where near aircraft.

[xxMATTGxx]

You don't seem to get the picture, everything is x rayed, everyone employed gets numerous security checks and have to prove what they have been doing for the past 5 years. Every time they go through air side, they are subject to the same screening as passengers.

And you have the 100ml ban, anything over that and you are not going to get near a plane with it. Along with the fact half of the staff at an airport have no right be any where near aircraft.

With the 5 years thing, I believe new workers can't get an airside pass straight away and have to be there for an X amount of years?

[Yoshimitsui]

It depends on whether you successfully prove and pass the 5 year background check. Anyone with gaps will be issued with a landside pass until its verified or they will be simply not employed. Not all workers have airside passes and there are those that cannot do their job without one. In certain circumstances they may be escorted for the time being.

[Alkaz]

My brother works at Gatwick and for him to get his airside pass when he first started there (oh hes one of the managers that gets the airport/planes clean hehe) it took about 6 months for them to do checks on him in order for him to get his air-side pass so even before the 5year things its hard and very strict on who can have one.