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Originally Posted by yournamehere
Just a thought - some of those pictures make it appear that he was holding the camera somewhat low - lower than eye level, anyway. I wonder if the flight attendant was worried less about terrorism and more about upskirt photos? Perhaps that's why she asked to see the pictures.
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Originally Posted by Katyanna
That would clear up why she felt a need to ask, but it doesn't answer why they felt a need to interrogate him after. It seems like a misuse of security resources. I have never worked in the airline industry though, maybe there have been incidents in the past that caused them to raise concern on this. At least the guy was released shortly after. Odd, makes you wonder what was going on in the minds of the security officials in interrogating him. I do believe that airport security is watched heavily. I have no idea, but it does seem very ridiculous.
I know I have read articles about the actual TSA having essentially secret shoppers go through to identify security problems. The security screeners end up forced into retraining before they can return to work if they make mistakes. I imagine that they are not allowed very many mistakes before they lose their jobs. I have no idea if these type scenarios are tried on the staff on board planes.
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The point of concern is the subject matter, a first impression (the stewardess)
the story and the photos don't match up. When I am showing off a new camera to friends there will be photos of cut off heads, off centered portraits and a few random feet. I know this is likely a professional photographer, put the correct assumption was made to make further inquiries to the validity of the story since it appears the purpose of the photos was to document details of the cabin space of the aircraft.
The stewardess at the time would not be aware of the net availabilty of this information and was just following protoccol.
I have spent entire flights pre- and post- 9-11 taking photos, but the majority included my traveling companions or of the scenery outside of the window.
I do not believe this was a racial profile incident but simply the passengers ignorance to realize the context of his actions were not consistant with his intentions.
My ethnicity has resulted in racial profiling throughout my life to include Latino gang member, Greek immigrant, Italian crime family to the most frustrating experience at the time of the Gulf War . An Iraqi national that nearly resulted in a denial to exit the U.K. because I did not check in exactly one hour before flight time. I endured a 40 minute near body search and luggage repacking. Thanks Mom and Dad for the dark hair and skin.