SYD - Transit Security
SYD - Transit Security
Over the past 4 years mrsr1 and I have transitted Sydney Intl some 10 times enroute from NZ to Thailand and back. Transit passengers have to go through another bag and body check, and there is also a 'random' 'explosives' check after the normal security. EVERY time, mrsr1 has been taken aside for the extra 'random' check. It pisses her off no end.
She is a NZ citizen of Thai birth, in her mid-50's - very petite and always demurely dressed. It seems obvious she fits a profile, and this check is most certainly NOT random... Anyone got any ideas?
She is a NZ citizen of Thai birth, in her mid-50's - very petite and always demurely dressed. It seems obvious she fits a profile, and this check is most certainly NOT random... Anyone got any ideas?
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Over the past 4 years mrsr1 and I have transitted Sydney Intl some 10 times enroute from NZ to Thailand and back. Transit passengers have to go through another bag and body check, and there is also a 'random' 'explosives' check after the normal security. EVERY time, mrsr1 has been taken aside for the extra 'random' check. It pisses her off no end.
She is a NZ citizen of Thai birth, in her mid-50's - very petite and always demurely dressed. It seems obvious she fits a profile, and this check is most certainly NOT random... Anyone got any ideas?
She is a NZ citizen of Thai birth, in her mid-50's - very petite and always demurely dressed. It seems obvious she fits a profile, and this check is most certainly NOT random... Anyone got any ideas?
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In my personal experience, these 'random' checks are anything but random.
A few years ago I took a series of internal flights in the USA. I was a member of Qatar Airways frequent flier programme at the time. Flights with US Airways allowed me to collect Qmiles so I'd try to fly with them whenever possible.
Every time I arrived at an airport, check in staff would be happy and friendly until I produced my Qmiles card. "Qatar? Um... isn't that a Middle Eastern airline!?" Lo and behold, once I reached security I'd be 'randomly' singled out for additional screening! Curiously I was never singled out when I wasn't collecting Qmiles...
Whether they admit it or not, security agents profile people and target those who they perceive to be higher risk.
A few years ago I took a series of internal flights in the USA. I was a member of Qatar Airways frequent flier programme at the time. Flights with US Airways allowed me to collect Qmiles so I'd try to fly with them whenever possible.
Every time I arrived at an airport, check in staff would be happy and friendly until I produced my Qmiles card. "Qatar? Um... isn't that a Middle Eastern airline!?" Lo and behold, once I reached security I'd be 'randomly' singled out for additional screening! Curiously I was never singled out when I wasn't collecting Qmiles...
Whether they admit it or not, security agents profile people and target those who they perceive to be higher risk.
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In my personal experience, these 'random' checks are anything but random.
I have a Columbian friend with whom I used to work. EVERY TIME he flies internationally he knows he'll be searched 'thoroughly' at customs on arrival as he's travelling on a Columbian passport.
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In my personal experience, these 'random' checks are anything but random.
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It's not personal. Based on the information you posted, she has ticked a couple of boxes. There are a couple more things which you didn't mention, and I won't mention in a public forum, but a reasonable guess at the likely answer means she'll tick them as well. That's enough.
