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Old 21st Jan 2016, 06:59
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Scuffers
 
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Originally Posted by golfyankeesierra
Still, profiling is very effective in security, and let's face it, these guys ticked a lot of the boxes.., especially purposely dispersing as a group and one of them sitting first row in biz while not at first glance filling the profile of businessman/frequent traveller ..
But the way the airline handled it is almost unforgivable.
And not everyone wearing a beard and a turban is a Taliban!
do we actually know that was the stated reason for them being offloaded, or is that the claim from the offloaded?

I 100% agree their actions must have raised almost every flag security wise, ignoring their appearance/nationality/religion, so I still side with the Captain's decision (likelihood is he never even saw them before he decided).

As SLF I have had full body scans, my trainers searched, etc etc, do I like it? not really, but I accept that security needs to be high and as a consequence, I will get stopped every so often.
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