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I live in East Texas. Flew from Texarkana to Dallas and from Dallas to Seattle. The trip was so we could see my brother in law who was recently diagnosed with a terminal condition. I went with my wife and her 80-year-old father (my father in law).
My wife's driver license was expired (by 3 years), but she cruised through security in Texarkana. My aged father in law carried a real leather suitcase from the 60's. I'm not kidding. They checked his bag out a little, but that was it. He didn't even have to take his shoes/belt off.
I, who had all of my papers and affairs in order, got pulled out of line, scanned, and patted down, while my bags were rifled through. I was even asked a bunch of odd questions. I get it, I'm white, shaved head, goatee, etc. With glasses, I'd look a little like Walter White from Breaking Bad, but that isn't a reason enough for the enhanced security imo. Hell, several of the people in line behind me looked rough, pajamas, biker, silent Russian, etc. None of them were searched/scanned like I was.
Of course on the way back from Se-Tac in Seattle, things changed some...for my wife, not me. My wife and her lack of a valid ID got her ass pulled out of line, searched, and her bags searched (hell, they almost didn't let her fly). It's been months since then and she has still not gotten her license renewed (SMH). Yet again, my father in law got to skip a scan or a pat down and didn't even have to take off his shoes/belt. OTOH, I got enhanced security yet again!--pat downs, scans, shoes, belt, questions, etc. If I didn't know better I'd think they were being racist or I was being typecast.
This wasn't my first flight. I've seen security work before and even have a friend who works at airports, but they essentially pulled and and searched the least likely guy to blow up the plane. Might as well strip search the 70-year-old wheelchair bound white lady for all the good it'll do.
My wife's driver license was expired (by 3 years), but she cruised through security in Texarkana. My aged father in law carried a real leather suitcase from the 60's. I'm not kidding. They checked his bag out a little, but that was it. He didn't even have to take his shoes/belt off.
I, who had all of my papers and affairs in order, got pulled out of line, scanned, and patted down, while my bags were rifled through. I was even asked a bunch of odd questions. I get it, I'm white, shaved head, goatee, etc. With glasses, I'd look a little like Walter White from Breaking Bad, but that isn't a reason enough for the enhanced security imo. Hell, several of the people in line behind me looked rough, pajamas, biker, silent Russian, etc. None of them were searched/scanned like I was.
Of course on the way back from Se-Tac in Seattle, things changed some...for my wife, not me. My wife and her lack of a valid ID got her ass pulled out of line, searched, and her bags searched (hell, they almost didn't let her fly). It's been months since then and she has still not gotten her license renewed (SMH). Yet again, my father in law got to skip a scan or a pat down and didn't even have to take off his shoes/belt. OTOH, I got enhanced security yet again!--pat downs, scans, shoes, belt, questions, etc. If I didn't know better I'd think they were being racist or I was being typecast.
This wasn't my first flight. I've seen security work before and even have a friend who works at airports, but they essentially pulled and and searched the least likely guy to blow up the plane. Might as well strip search the 70-year-old wheelchair bound white lady for all the good it'll do.
