In a Washington Post article today, U.S. to Push Airlines for Passenger Records, I learn:
From what I can understand “The government will compel airlines and airline reservations companies to hand over all passenger records for scrutiny by U.S. officials”.
First Question: Who would score me with a number and a colour? The airline personnel? Customs?
Second Question: What passenger records? All previous flights? December 1999 I was booked Montreal to Las Vegas. So would that raise their eyebrow?
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VERY suspicious! (When in fact all I did was party with the best of them on the Strip that night). Oooooh, another Montrealer went into the States JUST before New Year’s Eve.
What OTHER records would they want? What would be deemed as suspicious?
Last Question: What happens if you’re unfairly scored? If your name has “Al” or “Muhammed” in it and you often visit friends or family in the Middle East? Are you screwed for life with a code-yellow?
And what if someone is rated as “Green”, but is really a “Red”? Carte blanche in the name of speed, efficiency and laziness?
I can’t see how the ratings would be uniform, seeing that presumably different people (with different perceptions of what connotes a “threat”) will be doing the ratings.
I just don’t understand how this will work. Anybody else have a grasp on this? :dubious