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May 19, 2006
"Stress, Fear and Deception"
Expect to see a few lawyers missing their flights.
According to the Reuters news item "U.S. Expanding Behavior Profiling At Airports", agents of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration will now monitor passengers at high-risk airports for signs of "stress, fear and deception". Other signs of "abnormal behavior" are "wearing coats when it's warm" or "acting fidgety or nervous"... Constitutional issues aside, this can't be good news for lawyers. Most lawyers I know travel, are high strung to begin with, and can look menacing, paranoid or even slightly unbalanced just deciding what to order for lunch. Not a relaxed or "normal" lot. So let's hope the TSA people receive the right training.
Posted by JD Hull at May 19, 2006 11:13 PM
Comments
Dan, this post cracks me up! Seems most of us who fly anymore are "stressed." If they monitored the heart rates of passengers as we move through security, I bet most peoples' would be far higher than after 5 minutes on a treadmill. Especially when we were caught in traffic on our way to the airport...
Posted by: Michelle Golden at May 19, 2006 06:50 PM
Michelle--Some kinds of stress are OK, and you can actually use them. But airport stress is never "fun" stress. Dan
Posted by: Dan Hull at May 21, 2006 04:18 PM