I recently had the ultimate hassle of going through three different airports in one trip connecting within two hours of eachleg. The federals have taken over and with their correct new found zeal were doing their job perfectly. I had the misfortune of waiting for over 40 minutes in each check point and randomly chosen for search in two different gates. I am sure this is an experience shared by other frequent travellers as well. Profiling of frequent travellers did not seem to exist as both gates were American airlines', agents saw my EXP card still chose to send me for random search. The result was loss of my ID which I misplaced somewhere and total disorganization of my carry on contents which I always pack very carefully, not mentioning the mental and physical hassle I went through having just recovered from a major illness.
I suggest that the airlines with federal help assign a security score similar to the credit score to all persons. Persons with high score should get a different colored boarding pass which allows them rapid access through screening and freedom from random searches. I am sure it is not very difficult to formulate and the following criteria are suggested by me and open to suggestions and discussion
Age, Lenghth of residence in home, home ownership, citizenship or permanent residence in USA, employment record,frequency of travel, multiple frequent flyer membership, no registered weapons, family back ground,vehicle ownership, driving license records,insurance records, religion (Unfortunately necessary due to extermists of that one religion causing all this mayhem)and other criteria which other members may suggest.
Once the criteria are finalised by the FTs we should probably through Randy, lobby the Security agency for this score to become an integral part of our living and for issue an ID card with different colors according to our security scores.
Otherwise we are entering an era of endless hassle during travel, billions of dollars wasted and billions of man hours wasted which is precisely what the terrorists want.