So I bought tickets for the family completely unaware of what the US is doing up there (we live in Mexico). I'm still not sure I'll be able to go through the search but I'm wondering if we have any chance to not opt out - to find a way through the old metal detectors. We're flying CUN-DFW-SFO and flying back home (never to set foot on US soil until this craziness is resolved) SFO-DFW (stay overnight) and then DFW-CUN. All on American Airlines. We will have 4 kids (16, 14, 11 and 9) and a dog (going in cabin). We will be opting out of the PornoScan but I'd rather not take a chance on getting the enhanced sexual assault both for my kids (my boys will be wearing athletic cups) and for myself (as I've had PTSD flashbacks ever since finding out about this from a sexual assault that happened to me at 11).

Looking at today's flight, it got to DFW at gate D18 and the connecting flight (to SFO) left from A24. I see in the sticky that MMW is in use at all D checkpoint but since we're LEAVING (and going through customs) I'm hoping we'll avoid that? I'm not sure if we leave security to go to our connecting flight and A24 isn't on the list. Return SFO-DFW uses terminal 3 and DFW-CUN uses terminal D.

Thanks for any help you can offer.