Originally Posted by GUWonder
Practically -- as you clearly seem to imply
-- this will not avoid all of the hassle that is air travel now. What are the odds that all it will take is one news report of a dog or terrorist's name getting the "card" and some politician will have an axe to grind on this matter?
... in any event, when the insecure become more paranoid, then all bets are off. Then the hassle that is air travel now will not be remedied by this protection racket.
But it will make people feel good and they can get more money! Think of the children!
Yeah, I thought about the terrorist angle as well. If they're not on a watch list, it won't matter and then when something goes boom, only then will the process be reevaluated.
It really doesn't seem that we (as the traveling public) gain much from this at all, other than "cool" new cards and gizmos that make us think that people must be safe if they're in that line.