Originally Posted by
Bart
I always advise, "I'm going to pass the wand pretty close to you, please remain still" or "Please don't turn your head until you see me in front of you as I'm going to pass the hand wand close to your body."
It's this sort of courteous, useful explanation that would make the checkpoint experience far less combative. It'd be nice if more TSOs would offer those sorts of explanations, more regularly. Thanks, Bart.