Gary Drescher wrote:
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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wrote:


His point was that if you profiled pilots instead of Arabs, you would
have had a greater proablility of a hit on a 9/11 hijacker.


And if you had profiled Muslims, you'd have had virtually a 1.0
probability.


No, you're addressing a different probability. CFII and I were talking about
the probability that a given passenger screened for trait X would turn out
to be one of the 9/11 hijackers. That probability is higher for X=pilot than
for X=Muslim (though miniscule in both cases).

I have no problem with airports screening pilots more severely than
other passengers in the wake of 9/11. I don't know that the probability
is higher for pilots than for Muslims, however, I'll bet that the
probability of male Muslim pilots is much higher than for any other
demographic and thus worthy of being singled out for much greater
scrutiny at airport security screenings.


Matt