The vast majority of airport employees with direct access to the tarmac and airplanes do not go through any daily security screening, and only two of the country's major airports have systems in place that require all employees with secure access to pass through metal detectors, a CNN investigation has found. CNN was given exclusive access to one of those, Miami International Airport, and on a recent afternoon, employees lined up at a checkpoint where they passed through a metal detector as they reported to work. They gathered their belongings, swiped their badges and opened a door that leads down to the airport's secure ramp area. Miami has four checkpoints for employee screening, five vehicle access gates manned by airport workers, random background checks of employees and a mandatory security awareness class for all employees among a myriad of other security measures. The only other major airport that conducts full employee screenings is Orlando, Florida, according to interviews with aviation officials.
This is so dangerous and scary. The United States airports began taking serious precautions after the attacks on 9/11. The terrorists were easily able to take on weapons because there was no serous checking like the kind passengers must do now. However, not making the employees go through the same security is just as dangerous if not more. With employees, if one decides to turn on his/her people and begin a terrorist attack, with being an employee, he has access to things even passengers can't get to. I hope they look into getting this fixed because I don't think we need to be playing around with security. It's better to be safe than sorry.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/02/us/airport-security-investigation/index.html
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