, ludicrous TSA-type of security , '' he told CNN . The pilot said he did n't think much about posting his videos online in late November , but that within a matter of days his chief pilot called him to ask him to remove them because they were `` stirring a commotion . '' In its statement Saturday , the airport defended its practices , stressing that there are variances in the security system based on various factors and that many layers of protection can not easily be seen . `` Proper and effective security requires multiple layers of systems , procedures and policies that are interlaced and constantly monitored , '' the airport said . `` The vast majority of the widespread layers of this security program are behind the scenes and transparent to casual observers . '' A few days after the pilot posted the videos , he said , the Transportation Security Administration told him he was being suspended from the Federal Flight Deck Officer program . As an officer in that program , the federal agency had deputized him , among others , to carry a handgun in the cockpit . The pilot said four
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The leadership of San Francisco 's airport fired back Saturday at critics who had rallied around a commercial pilot who had posted videos online showing what he described as shortcomings in security . The series of videos featured scenes from inside the San Francisco International Airport -LRB- SFO -RRB- and were narrated by the pilot , who pointed out the contrast between the passengers , who were heavily scrutinized , and airport employees who just passed through a single door . The footage was posted , and later removed , from the popular video-sharing website YouTube . `` A recent YouTube video , posted by a U.S. airline pilot , presents false and misleading information on SFO 's security program , '' the airport said in a statement . `` The video shows a door with a card swipe and suggests that access is gained to the airfield area through this door . In fact , the door shown in the video provides access only to an employee lunchroom . '' The pilot who posted the videos requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue . `` I was trying to bring up the obvious