Some of the sheep willing to go through the x-ray scanners are still patted down anyway.
Right. I am not sheep but I fly so I will go through whatever security they have. You do what you have to do. But the point being that all should be treated the same in that whavever triggers a patdown for joe blow should also trigger one for a flight attendant. As far as pilots go I am more concerned about identity fraud than giving them some sort of pat down. They don’t need a bomb - they can fly the plane into the ground if they want