Rich, several years ago, that same company asked my wife as she was going thru to help "test" the orangutans, uh, security folks.
The supervisor gave her a wooden form wrapped in foil that looked like a semi-auto. He went with her to the x-ray. My wife thought it would be easy to spot, especially since it was bigger than a Desert Eagle and the supervisor was standing right there and watching over this nonsense.
Guess what? They missed it. Twice. The supervisor loses his cool and says, "Run it again!" to the orangutans. They finally spot it. Give-em a banana!
So, what if someone breaks a large shard of thick "security" glass, wraps a lot of duct tape around it for a handle and adds a string for hanging on the neck, gets on a plane, and in midair grabs a baby or small child for social leverage? Who's running the plane then? Oh, sorry, my mistake. Can't happen.
The orangutans would have spotted it.
Seriously, just for amusement, even though I am retired (or is it just, tired), I would almost do this job for free. My job would be, at my discretion when and where, to check airport security.
DFW would be my first choice. Pass the bag through, then show my i.d., and say, why didn't you see that MP5 in the bag? Go get your supervisor. Hey, I can dream can't I?
Oh, and getting low pay is no excuse for sloppy work. That nonsensical arguement didn't fly back in my day, and shouldn't be tolerated now, IMHO.
Same as it ever was......