I have faced much more disrespectful and scrutinizing behavior from airlines staff before boarding than from actual immigration officers. I have been questioned quite rudely in the middle of a line in front of other passengers and I feel they are sometimes unreasonable. Once I was asked stupid questions about my line of work and the guy started arguing with me about some technical detail I'm an expert at.
I know airlines have some responsibility in preventing people without the right documents from flying, but other than that I feel they shouldn't don the role of an immigration officer.
Anyway, is it possible that they prevent someone from flying even though they had the right documents over mere subjective suspicion? Do they have any accountability to the side of passengers? Is it okay to not want to convince them hard and instead give back terse responses?
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