Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 70; Flight Crew Total 23500; Flight Crew Type 5000
Physiological - Other; Confusion; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Security; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors; Procedure
Arriving at security at XA:00pm; we found all security check points and KCM [Known Crew Member] closed.  We were directed to security for airport employees in another terminal.  After setting off the alarm; I was instructed to start removing various articles of clothing.  With a line of airport employees behind me; I asked for a private search.  I was taken to yet another terminal and told to enter a room the size of an average walk in closest.  Two security personnel crammed in behind me.  There was poor ventilation and no possibility of distancing ourselves.  We all stood within a foot of each other.  I would suggest in this time of COVID; TSA like every other organization must adapt procedures and protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19.  Utilizing KCM decreases the time and contact between security personnel and flight crews; two groups exposed to more human interaction than most.  Increasing the hours of KCM operation and relaxing constraints within the program to facilitate secure social distancing is a reasonable adaptation to help mitigate the spread of COVID among both essential workers and the public at large.
Air carrier Captain reported concerns with security checks in the terminal area that do not allow for proper social distancing.