Why does KCM still need to exist? It doesn't help airlines nor air crew:
Pilot: "Years ago we’d get a random enhanced check (which just means go to TSA precheck) now and then. These days it’s 60% of the time, so it’s not possible to get a whole crew through KCM anymore, and we wait on each other because the jet can’t be boarded until the flight attendants are ALL through security, and with the 2022/2023 KCM random checks being so high, that just doesn’t happen. Honestly, I rarely use KCM anymore. I just walk through TSA precheck. The odds are we’re going there anyway so just cut to the chase and hit precheck."[1]
VIP treatments (including the likes of KCM) should be removed no matter if someone is a prime minister[2], media personality[3] or airline CEO. In this way, VIPs can experience the inadequate security processes and staffing levels that everyone else has to deal with, and hopefully with their louder voices will be able to force airports and government agencies to improve the situation for all.
Pilot: "Years ago we’d get a random enhanced check (which just means go to TSA precheck) now and then. These days it’s 60% of the time, so it’s not possible to get a whole crew through KCM anymore, and we wait on each other because the jet can’t be boarded until the flight attendants are ALL through security, and with the 2022/2023 KCM random checks being so high, that just doesn’t happen. Honestly, I rarely use KCM anymore. I just walk through TSA precheck. The odds are we’re going there anyway so just cut to the chase and hit precheck."[1]
VIP treatments (including the likes of KCM) should be removed no matter if someone is a prime minister[2], media personality[3] or airline CEO. In this way, VIPs can experience the inadequate security processes and staffing levels that everyone else has to deal with, and hopefully with their louder voices will be able to force airports and government agencies to improve the situation for all.
[1] https://www.quora.com/As-a-pilot-how-does-it-feel-like-to-ha...
[2] https://www.theage.com.au/national/red-faces-as-nz-leader-ge...
[3] https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/travel-news/louise-milligan...