Selection Criteria
Neither the TSA nor the airlines publish the criteria that are used when boarding passes are issued to identify passengers who will be given extra screening or be denied boarding.
Some criteria are:
- Passengers with a one-way reservation.
- Passengers who pay cash for their tickets.
- Passengers who book reservations the day of their flight.
- Passengers who "no show" a single leg of their flight.
- Random selection, according to TSA spokeswoman Amy Von Walter in 2004, and as suggested by a 2003 DOI newsletter.
- Flight to specific final destinations.
- Flying without ID
- Having one's name on a list of names supplied by the government to the airlines, according to an airline staff questioned.
Since neither the TSA nor the airline run a background check at the time boarding passes are issued, immigration status and criminal records are not taken into consideration during SSSS. Furthermore, personal information such as a passenger's addresses, employment history, and medical records are not taken into account during SSSS and may not even be available at the time.
Read more about this topic: Secondary Security Screening Selection
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