Time for Sensible Profiling Perhaps

According to news reports , passengers are becoming increasingly alarmed by fellow passengers based on their prejudice:

British holidaymakers staged an unprecedented mutiny - refusing to allow their flight to take off until two men they feared were terrorists were forcibly removed.

The extraordinary scenes happened after some of the 150 passengers on a Malaga-Manchester flight overheard two men of Asian appearance apparently talking Arabic.

Passengers told cabin crew they feared for their safety and demanded police action.

In my opinion, this sort of irrationality can be resolved if airport screeners around the world were allowed to use sensible profiling and in depth screening of passengers. This of course will only work in conjunction with a concerted effort to assure the flying public that such efforts are being made and safety is thereby assured.