X-ray backscatter security scanners

[Owlie]

I'm glad this hasn't fallen to TSA-bashing, or at least not the rank-and-file, as it has elsewhere. I'm not entirely sure they want to be doing this.

I'm kind of glad I'm not going to see DBF this winter. I hate flying, I hate going through airport security because I'm one of those people who's always thinking "What if xyz sets off the metal detectors?" even though the only piece of metal on me is my retainer. The prospect of getting irradiated (even if it is a "small" dose) or being groped (or AND being groped if some part of the picture doesn't come out right) is not an appealing prospect.


Zoom-zoom, since the new scanners don't show anything internal, tampons or cups won't show up.

Edit:
CVG has the scanners, but Dayton doesn't look like they do. Since the driving distance is about the same and flying out of Dayton is cheaper...hehe. Also, CLE doesn't appear to have them. I guess they prioritized the high traffic airports?

[OakLeaf]

I guess they prioritized the high traffic airports?

That can't be, CMH is lower traffic than either CVG or CLE, probably around the same as Dayton.

ORD used to be the highest-traffic airport in the USA (not sure if that's still the case), but surprisingly they weren't on the list that EPIC posted in September (nor was Dulles, although both DCA and BWI were). I was really stunned that EWR didn't have them last month.

[parity]

I am more worried about my plane dropping out of the air then a terrorist blowing up the plane. Human errors (Pilot + other) seems to be the biggest cause, if you believe this site:

http://planecrashinfo.com/cause.htm

So all of this security theater is mostly nonsense as far as I am concerned.

[zoom-zoom]

Zoom-zoom, since the new scanners don't show anything internal, tampons or cups won't show up.

Ahhh...I was under the impression that they were, to look for, um, inserted weaponry.

[smurfalicious]

since the new scanners don't show anything internal, tampons or cups won't show up.

Oh thank goodness! I was worried my lucrative career as a drug mule was about to come to a halt! *smirk*

[PamNY]

Regarding safety of the machines, I can't stop thinking about how they told us the air was safe to breathe after 9/11.