Originally Posted by
doober
It's there but I'm not doing your work for you.
IOW you cant find it either. Why not just admit it?
Originally Posted by
N965VJ
What threat to commercial aviation, besides someone cleaning out the F snack basket, does marijuana have?
It was
an anology, but I'm sure that does not matter, right?
Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Are you looking forward to personally handling used tampons, panty liners, colostomy bags or the like, or are you just in this for the the in-person- and/or video-monitoring of removals of those items? That is what will come with increased use of strip search machines.
I get to handel all that already, so there is not going to be a difference in my duties on their account.
Originally Posted by
BubbaLoop
Could you please tell us in which terminal and what lanes lead to it? Is it used for primary or secondary screening?
And just to add to the chorus: WBI does not work. You should detect explosives, not images. Images can be anything, including perfectly innocent but very personal things you have no need to know about.
Oh get over it. Nothing detects explosives. All the technology does is detect elements that are commonly used in explosives, not the explosives themselves. ETD, ETP, WBI, MMW, none of it works without human assistance and intervention.
ETP and ETD only say that yes these elements are present. The actual detection of the explosives is done by the screeners.
WBI and MMW only give a picture of hidden items. Its screeners who decide if those items are hazardous or prohibited.
They all do
exactly what they are designed to do, and they do it well. It’s the screeners who actually do the work of determining what is questionable, prohibited, or hazardous.
Calls for Full-Body Screening Devices Grow After Terror Attempt
"Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- A suspected terrorist’s attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner may override privacy concerns and intensify a push for full-body scanning equipment at airports.
U.S. officials charged a 23-year-old Nigerian man with trying to blow up Northwest Flight 253 as it prepared to land in Detroit on Christmas Day. President Barack Obama said yesterday he ordered a thorough review of the episode and called for new scrutiny of screening policies and technologies.
Metal detectors currently used to screen passengers wouldn’t have found the explosive allegedly carried aboard by the suspect, said former Federal Aviation Administration security chief Billie Vincent. Only more sophisticated devices such as low-level X-rays and millimeter-wave technology would work, Vincent said. "
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