A 50 year old anonymous airline pilot decided to video what passes for security at SFO airport and post it on YouTube.  He (rightly) pointed out that what passes for security for ground personnel at the airport (and not just this airport) isn’t what you might expect it to be.   See the video below (and I apologize for the commercial):

Watch Video Here

In response to this, federal air marshals and sheriffs showed up at his home to confiscate his federally authorized handgun (the pilot is a deputized federal air marshal).  The pilot believes this was done as retribution.  The pilot videotaped this visit as well but I can find no copy of it so far on the internet. 

To anyone who understands airports, this comes as no surprise and its one great reason why I call the security done by the TSA theater.  It is very much a weak spot and very much a hole that people are, at best, cursorily screened can bypass security with evil intent.

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