'Angry' pilot exposes himself at London airport

[NM]

from news.com.au:

A PILOT has exposed himself to security staff at a London airport after becoming enraged at being searched.

The pilot asked security “Do you want to search this?” as he dropped his pants at London City Airport, the Sun reported.

 

[Nigelinoz]

Quote from the story-
"The Swiss International Airlines plane he was due to fly was cancelled as police questioned the pilot about his antics, delaying 37 passengers for two hours"

Glad I wasn't on the plane,I would NOT have been happy .

 

[BAM1748]

He shouldn't have of course, but hard to blame anyone for getting fed up with airport security guards.

We all know what security guards are like when the uniform goes on.

 

[MelUser]

Perhaps there ought to be more trust and respect for the position of Pilot, CoPilot, Captain. Compare

(1) If I am a lawyer, my word is trusted in court by the judges. If I am a judge my conduct is trusted.

(2) If I am a doctor, my care of patients is trusted.

(3) If I am a pilot and in charge of an aeroplane with 100s of people, I am trusted to fly it safely to its destination.

Why am I mistrusted by airport security?


I'm sure it must be demeaning to some experienced pilots to be subject to a level of security which until recently was reserved for the most non-trusted and suspicious looking of passengers.

I am not arguing one way or the other but just asking people to, for one minute, put themselves into the shoes of this otherwise trusted and respected position in society.

 

[kpc]

(3) If I am a pilot and in charge of an aeroplane with 100s of people, I am trusted to fly it safely to its destination.

Why am I mistrusted by airport security?

A pilot doesn't need to smuggle a knife / gun / bomb etc on board...he has a fully fuelled missile capable of 1000km/h at his disposal waiting for him on the tarmac...