Full Body Scans

[kaytieeldr]

The "warning" to the woman and the "theater" for the other passengers to see is simply an intimidation practice to obtain greater citizen compliance.

Odd. After setting off the metal detector three times for no apparent reason, I was told I needed to be patted down - completely understandable - and offered a private area, which I declined. I never felt intimidated.

OP - as of last month there were about 225 scanners divided among 34 or 35 airports nationwide. That's about 6.5 scanners per airport.
Many airports where they're in use have more terminals than that, never mind individual gates or security lanes.

Your odds of even seeing a scanner are smaller than many would have you think

 

[DebbieB]

DebbieB:
Be interested to know what they find after they see "something" on the body scan. If they pinpoint "something" why not just look (or pat) there? Why the follow-up full body patdown?
Why do I think a lot of times they do it just so they can make you jump through yet another hoop---??

Lost: I figured as much--the watch was clearly visable where most watches are found--on your wrist.

For me, they just patted down the area that they saw - my left arm. Don't know why they did a full patdown on the other poster, maybe there were multiple areas on the scan that were not clear or suspicious.

 

[Disney DieHard]

Kaytieeldr said --- "OP - as of last month there were about 225 scanners divided among 34 or 35 airports nationwide. That's about 6.5 scanners per airport. Many airports where they're in use have more terminals than that, never mind individual gates or security lanes."


According to the Official T.S.A. Government Website:


"Currently, there are 486 imaging technology units at 78 airports."


With more on the way paid by the American taxpayer at an estimated cost of $150,000 each. For a technology that can be and has been subverted. It's Security Theater at the cost of our liberties ... nothing more

 

[CPT Tripss]

I just flew through TPA on SW.On the airside they had 3-4 security lines, depending on which line you on determined whther you had a full body or a metal dector. I was on a body scan line but it look so much longer that the TSA agent pulled a bunch of us off line and had us go through metal detector.

I also like the fact that they had warning signs not to joke about bombs or terrorism

Interesting . . . the STYCS has lower through put than the other option. Reports are that these new gizmos also generate more hands on body searches.

 

[CPT Tripss]

Kaytieeldr said --- "OP - as of last month there were about 225 scanners divided among 34 or 35 airports nationwide. That's about 6.5 scanners per airport. Many airports where they're in use have more terminals than that, never mind individual gates or security lanes."


According to the Official T.S.A. Government Website:


"Currently, there are 486 imaging technology units at 78 airports."


With more on the way paid by the American taxpayer at an estimated cost of $150,000 each. For a technology that can be and has been subverted. It's Security Theater at the cost of our liberties ... nothing more

Kudos for excellent use of facts with a cited source to counter AESOP.

 

[CPT Tripss]

"Odd. After setting off the metal detector three times for no apparent reason, I was told I needed to be patted down - completely understandable - and offered a private area, which I declined. I never felt intimidated."

The woman I referred to was described by the poster as an "opt out." She refused to go throught the STYCS and was subjected to what was described as a heavy handed body search as well as attempts at verbal intimidation by the security matron.

That is much different from the situation described in the quote . . . certainly not apples and apples, not even apples and oranges.

 

[gibsontrio]

I'll be traveling out of PHL with a 9 month old any idea of what to expect?

I flew out of PHL in Jan and I just went through the normal metal detector. I also carried my infant and had my 2 other children follow me (one at a time) through the metal detector. I had a big diaper bag filled with formula, water in bottles,etc. They opened the bag, waved strips over them and handed it back to me. This was all through the family line. I assume there are different checkpoints in the airport that have different scanners?

 

[kaytieeldr]

According to the Official T.S.A. Government Website:


"Currently, there are 486 imaging technology units at 78 airports."

Please forgive my faulty memory. While the official numbers double the chances of the OP flying from an airport that has a scanner, they reduce the average number of scanners at each of those airports to 6.23.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Kudos for excellent use of facts with a cited source to counter AESOP.

Selective reading? My tag isn't a self-description, it's three definitions.

 

[Disney DieHard]

Hey Kay,

It really doesn't matter because even though the T.S.A. claims that these scanners are the best thing ever invented and they are making the traveling public safer than ever ... they don't scan everyone nor do they use them all the time even if they do have them at their disposal.

Security theater designed to make the public FEEL safe while not really doing anything beyond stripping us of our rights.

Take Care & Be Safe!

Frank
Disney DieHard

 

[MEM]

Earlier this month I flew from Boston to San Diego. I had the full body scan AND a pat-down. I felt the pat-down was invasive (I'm female) with regard to my "inside leg".

 

[CPT Tripss]

Selective reading? My tag isn't a self-description, it's three definitions.

Maybe not you intent, but the shoe fit as well as the glass slipper on Cindy's foot in the instance quoted.