TSA Scanning and Pat Downs

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volinbham

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What's the mood on the VN about the current TSA policies?

Personally, I don't give a rip if they do a full body scan or pat me down.

On a related note: CAIR (Counsel on American Islamic Relations) has come out strongly against the policies as violations of Islam. Anyone wanna bet that this is the straw that breaks the camels (no pun intended) back on changing the rules?
 
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when i flew a couple of months ago a woman in a full head to toe habib was in front of me. the second they saw her they switched to the new equipment. so i had to go through the whole process which was rather intensive. the woman behind me said "i'm not going to do that" and they moved the line back to the old system. thought it was kind of funny.
 
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i think they should be agressive in profiling people, and make them go through it.
 
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One issue I have with the body scans is that the small amount of scatter radiation, while not much in a single dose, adds up for frequent flyers and airline workers. Also, it compounds the risk for people with other factors working against them for cancer.
 
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Been through both. Don't really care. Would prefer the pat downs if the TSA employed hot chicks.
 
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tri_vol said:
Been through both. Don't really care. Would prefer the pat downs if the TSA employed hot chicks.
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solid idea

I am flying a couple of times in the next week or so. Interested to see how it is different.
 
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IPorange said:
One issue I have with the body scans is that the small amount of scatter radiation, while not much in a single dose, adds up for frequent flyers and airline workers. Also, it compounds the risk for people with other factors working against them for cancer.
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I also worry about that as my wife flies quite often. I wonder if there could be problems down the road that they just haven't figured out yet
 
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utvolpj said:
I also worry about that as my wife flies quite often. I wonder if there could be problems down the road that they just haven't figured out yet
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They always frame things in reference to "chest x-rays" and such to try and dissuade fear, and make people think, "oh, my doctor gave me one of those. Must be okay."

But there's a reason why x-ray technicians wear lead aprons, THYROID PROTECTORS (very vulnerable to radiation), and often step out of the room behind a lead wall. Radiation doses are cumulative, and stick with you for life. We're naturally exposed to some degree all the time from the sun, terrestrial sources, and such. But getting sprayed with it all over your body every time you get on a plane is going to be significant, over a couple of decades, for people that fly often.
 
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tri_vol said:
Been through both. Don't really care. Would prefer the pat downs if the TSA employed hot chicks.
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do you think that a government union is going to employ hot chicks? You'll be lucky if the agent you encounter is barely qualified to work the drive-thru at Krystal's.
 
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Good point MG. I see IP's point. I fly 2-3x a year and have been through the scanner once. In Ft. Wayne, IN of all places. Maybe because the airport is linked to an Air Guard base. Does make you wonder about built up radiation levels.
 
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volinbham said:
What's the mood on the VN about the current TSA policies?

Personally, I don't give a rip if they do a full body scan or pat me down.

On a related note: CAIR (Counsel on American Islamic Relations) has come out strongly against the policies as violations of Islam. Anyone wanna bet that this is the straw that breaks the camels (no pun intended) back on changing the rules?
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As long as they don't start something they can't finish, I'm game!
 
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Also, the radiation figures are all assuming the equipment is working properly. There is no way of knowing if it is malfunctioning and releasing more, for either the TSA staff (I mean, what the hell do they know about physics and state of the art technology) or the traveler. You could be getting much higher doses than typical, and no one realize there is a problem for weeks as passengers keep on filing through...
 
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When the agent replied that a pat-down was not considered a sexual assault, Tyner said, “It would be if you were not the government.”

The TSA supervisor told him, “By buying your ticket you gave up a lot of rights.”
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The hell, I say.
 
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serious que. how would you feel about your wife or say daughter who was 13 or so going thru the scanner?
 
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Vol Mania 21 said:
serious que. how would you feel about your wife or say daughter who was 13 or so going thru the scanner?
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If it was truly the difference between them landing safely and getting blown up over Chattanooga, it honestly wouldn't bother me a bit. I'm not saying that it is the difference, but if it was....
 
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Lexvol said:
If it was truly the difference between them landing safely and getting blown up over Chattanooga, it honestly wouldn't bother me a bit. I'm not saying that it is the difference, but if it was....
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did you know the statistical chances of dying in a terrorist attack are are about the same as developing cancer from the scatter radiation of the imager?
 
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Vol Mania 21 said:
serious que. how would you feel about your wife or say daughter who was 13 or so going thru the scanner?
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Have you seen the images? It's not exactly something a TSA worker would be fapping to. I don't really care if they see my junk. I played HS sports.
 
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IPorange said:
did you know the statistical chances of dying in a terrorist attack are are about the same as developing cancer from the scatter radiation of the imager?
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I really didn't mean to sound so naive. I know it came across that way. I understand the objections. I would get on a plane in the US with NO security screening without any hesitation.

This whole sending explosives through UPS is an interesting twist in the terror plight.
 
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