Travellin alone, with 1-way tickets to/from Portland, OR and Oakland, CA on numerous occasions, I never made it passed the inspection line. I questioned this once, and was told the bar code on my boarding pass was used by TSA to "capture" those randomly selected personnel. There's nothing random about it. They simply target certain people and/or groups. Travelling along, 1-way, no baggage, in a wheelchair, shoes that tie, etc., pretty much qualifies you as a "random" target. Personnaly, I think they should just search everyone, every time, and eliminate carry-on luggage. But, I suspect that's just too simple.
Slashdot Mirror
Travellin alone, with 1-way tickets to/from Portland, OR and Oakland, CA on numerous occasions, I never made it passed the inspection line. I questioned this once, and was told the bar code on my boarding pass was used by TSA to "capture" those randomly selected personnel. There's nothing random about it. They simply target certain people and/or groups. Travelling along, 1-way, no baggage, in a wheelchair, shoes that tie, etc., pretty much qualifies you as a "random" target. Personnaly, I think they should just search everyone, every time, and eliminate carry-on luggage. But, I suspect that's just too simple.
JC