Originally Posted by elusive1

LessO2...I don't think you understood the gist of the post or at least my intent. Is it plausable that airline employees can stick it to a customer by noting them as a problem to Immigration. I don't know if that is via the PNR, local immigration, or another way, that is why I asked. Could they make trouble for the traveler whatever reason they saw fit. Maybe because he was truly a jerk, or wearing brown shoes, a political t-shirt, an Armenian last name, whatever they did not like. I was asking for for an informed opinion on how the system worked, not a critique of travel etiquette.