Airline pilots who want to skip certain airport screening measures -- saying it's wasteful to search pilots for sharp objects when they can bring down planes with their bare hands -- are finally getting their way.The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it is taking steps to streamline screening for U.S. airline pilots.Pilots traveling in uniform on airline business will be allowed to bypass normal security screening by presenting screeners with their airline ID and another form of identification, the TSA said. The screeners will check the information against a secure, real-time airline crew member database, which includes a picture and other information to verify the pilots' employment status, the TSA said.Pilots will be subject to random screening and other layers of security, the TSA said.The TSA said the changes will take effect immediately while it phases in a more permanent system.
