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Italy98
i'll take a secondary pat down if you please
By using low-level radiation, the new body-scanner machines....
i'll take a secondary pat down if you please
Before stepping into the machine, passengers are asked to take off shoes, jewelry, belts and jackets. They are asked not to carry wallets or any other objects, as the machines detect both metallic and non-metallic substances.
wait? don't we do this already? oh yeah, the x-ray machines do not detect explosives
. i'll take a secondary pat down if you please
Officials suggest all these items be placed inside carry-on bags, which are run through an X-ray machine and examined separately.
um, most pax (save the kettles) do this anyway, numbnutz. i'll take a secondary pat down if you please
"Divest everything off your body," said John Lenihan, TSA acting deputy assistant administrator for security operations. "That's an important new change for passengers."
so that means we can fly naked? putz
i'll take a secondary pat down if you please
Lewis noted the radiation is extremely minimal.
"It's absolutely safe for everyone, and that includes my pregnant daughter and my grandchildren," he said.
where did you get your m.d., "dr" lewis.....kool-aid state college? putz (redux)
i'll take a secondary pat down if you please
The scanners are used for primary screening. If passengers are uncomfortable going through a machine, they have the option of declining. However, in that case they must walk through a metal detector and endure a secondary screening, said TSA spokesman James Fotenos
i'll take (and endure) a secondary pat down if you please
"There is zero ability to save the images on the machines," he said.
this message brought to you by the tsa public relations firm of feh, blech, ralph, belch & hurl, llc, nutz. i'll take a secondary pat down if you please
Lewis said he is well aware of an incident at Miami International Airport earlier this month, when during a test, a security officer made fun of the size of another officer's genitals after viewing images in a scanner. The offended officer attacked his co-worker with a baton in a parking lot and was charged with aggravated battery.
Any similar lack of "professionalism" in Fort Lauderdale would lead to swift and severe punishment, Lewis said.
like what? an 8 hour sensitivity or harassment course? re-training?
i'll take a secondary pat down if you please
Surveys show that most passengers have no objection to the machines. John Pietro of Pompano Beach, a frequent flier and salesman, is one of them.
"If it stops one bad guy, it's a good thing," he said.
His wife, Denise, however, approached the machine apprehensively before flying to Pittsburgh on Wednesday. She didn't like the thought of screeners peeking under her clothing.
"I'll do it," she said. "I don't have anything to hide. But I don't like it."
hey, mr. pietro.....want some more sheep mix with your salad-the surveys were done by the tsa and not by an independent entity. listen to your wife as she's smarter than you are. i'll take a secondary pat down if you please.
Tim LeBon, of Baltimore, a CEO for a disaster restoration firm, said he's concerned the images will somehow end up on the Internet, despite TSA's assurances they will be destroyed.
"You can delete an e-mail, but it's always there," he said, prior to a Maryland flight Wednesday.
which is why mr. lebon, i'll take a secondary pat down if you please.
Tamara Bell, who flew into Fort Lauderdale from Charlotte Wednesday, said she would refuse to go through the body scanner for privacy reasons.
"I think it's going too far," said Bell. "What's next? Are they going to put a chip in you to see if you've done anything illegal?"
^ marry me, tamara bell