On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:10:31 GMT, John
wrote:
:>On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:14:05 -0500, Sarah Czepiel
:>wrote:
:>
:>>On 28 Nov 2006 18:12:25 -0800, "Jim Davis"
:>>wrote:
:>>
:>>:>X-No-Archive: Yes
:>>:>
:>>:>charliekilo wrote:
:>>:>> "Mike Hunt" wrote in message
:>>:>> news:eqydnTKSDqmZIPHYnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@comcast.com...
:>>:>> > Sarah Czepiel wrote:
:>>:>> >>
:>>:>> >> She didn't receive "random scrutiny". Anyone buying a last minute
:>>:>> >> one way ticket is immediately tagged and stopped and screened at the
:>>:>> >> departing airport, no questions asked.
:>>:>> >
:>>:>> > BS. Not everyone buying a one way ticket gets special screening.
:>>:>> >
:>>:>> > And, if this was the case, why bring up the fact that several of the
:>>:>> > people on the flight in question had one way tickets and would have been
:>>:>> > subject to this extra screening? What kind of stupidity would lead you to
:>>:>> > believe that using a one way ticket increases the chance of a person being
:>>:>> > a terrorist?
:>>:>>
:>>:>> Just a quick story FWIW, I have a close female friend, white,
:>>:>> strawberry-blonde hair, green eyes, early 40s, attractive and is the
:>>:>> national director of syndication for one of the largest radio and program
:>>:>> syndication radio networks. She travels quite a lot and purchases tickets at
:>>:>> the last minute and often multiple point-to-point versus round trip. I too
:>>:>> travel regularly (weekly) but almost all of my trips are round trips. It's
:>>:>> funny, she almost always receives the dreaded "SSS" (special screening) on
:>>:>> her boarding pass and I can't remember the last time I have...maybe once
:>>:>> since 9-11. So, apparently ticket purchase profiling of some sort if going
:>>:>> on.
:>>:>
:>>:>Another quick story. I fly on last minute one-ways 2 or 3 times a
:>>:>week. Sometimes I make my reservations while driving to the airport.
:>>:>I haven't seen an SSSS ticket for years.
:>>
:>>You've established a long history and pattern of doing last minute
:>>reservations and because of that you don't raise a red flag with your
:>>travel profile.
:>
:>
:>How the hell do you know? Did you just make that up?
No I didn't just make it up. Don't you have even a modicum of common
sense? |