Originally Posted by
exbayern
I've written the
American Breast Cancer Foundation contact,
Susan G Kormen contact, and
American Cancer Society contact.
I've gotten a response from ABCF saying that they've forwarded my concerns about TSA to the appropriate group. No response form Kormen or ACS. I will probably follow up saying that 'I donate and this matters to me.'.
My own letter is
here, feel free to copy/modify it.
Originally Posted by
Freefallin'
My husband, meanwhile, had vanished somewhere behind me. Turns out that when he opted out of tie AIT, they made him wait. And wait. And wait.... even though there were TSA agents milling around and scarcely any passengers at the checkpoint, the call for a "male opt out" went unanswered. After several minutes of twiddling his thumbs, worried about what had happened to me and also about some valuable items in his now-inaccessible hand luggage, he got sick of the delay and opted back in.
So they got one of us, in the end.
Glad it wasn't so horrible for you and I'm sorry your husband felt pressured into exposing himself to the radiation.
Your husband had the right to have his things brought to him from the belt. If he has time, he could file a complaint at EPIC/ACLU that he tried to opt out, but TSA wouldn't bring a screener or his things.
In principle, you should also leave a complaint at
TSA, but you are unlikely to receive anything but a form letter (if that).
ACLU Passenger Report and
EPIC Incedent Report .
A possible lesson learned for others is that if you travel with someone, stay together, put your stuff on the same belt and make sure you know which buckets on the belt have both of your things. Then the first one through can stay with all the stuff and the second one doesn't have to worry.