Originally Posted by
phoebepontiac
I don't know, flight crews get a pass. Some politicians and dignitaries get a pass. Now perhaps military members will be getting a pass. Maybe people who have in the past been aggressively sexually penetrated while being screened at a checkpoint should get a pass, too.
That is a discussion worth having, but the key point here is that the OP knew the TSA requirement that, when selected for AIT, you either use it or opt-out, yet she attempted to garner an on-the-spot exception. She cannot expect that strategy to succeed.