Originally Posted by Human Factor
Last time my mother went on holiday, she was singled out for enhanced security screening. 62 years old, white, wife of retired police officer, mother of BA pilot. Obviously easy to mistake her for an Al Qaeda terrorist then.....
I flew to the US not long after Mr.Shoe Bomber so they were doing those shoe searches as we boarded our A/C. I happened to make eye contact with one of the security girls and so gestured that I was willing for her to search me and she willingly took me up on my offer (quiet at the back there!). One assumes she was obviously feeling uncomfortable at the prospect of pulling aside someone less willing than I and so accepted my offer with open arms....
Now what does that tell you about the whole security process and it's aim?
I'll tell ya what - it's a bit of a charade, that's what.
VFE.
NB: I'm British, white, and at the time was in my mid-twenties so working on the same premise as Human Factor hardly look like a member of Al-Q..... whatever they look like?! My guess is they don't have a tattoo celebrating membership.