It's all very well said, and the points of view are valid. The question is, how efficient is the profiling system, if it can not distinguish a DHC from a suspect pax. I agree it's a dificult one, but, one would imagine that some sort of world wide data base could be used? Like some of the other collegues on this posting, that have been through the humiliation of being hand searched, and practicaly stripped. It's still a very embarassing situation. Especially when you just came off a flight as part of the operating crew and some of the pax, standing in line for the connecting flight, are the same ones you just flew across the Atlantic! They, now get to see the person who flew them been searched, and probably not once, but twice! It is a difficult situation, but it certainly does not inspire to much confidence? I just hope that with the expirience that the diffrent security organizations are gaining, a more efficient solution will be designed?