[janetgreen]

They'll keep inspecting 71 year old women like me. God knows what I might be carrying.

A friend who comes to visit from northern California (65 year old teacher lady, red hair, blue eyes) is stopped every time for a "random search". Sounds like the profiling is against all us old American ladies, not necessarily the swarthy terrorist types who seem to have no trouble boarding planes because of political correctness.

[Mears]

Well they can't be too careful with us old ladies-----I've been known to carry Fosamax on board.

Dangerous stuff,Fosamax!!!!!

[Graymatter]

My guess is they are inclined to hassle old ladies because they are the least dangerous. In most cases an old lady won't give you a hard time (if you're in uniform). And those who WILL give you a hard time are not that difficult to detect and leave alone.

You can appear to be doing your job without ever encountering any real risk.