Originally Posted by
gojirasan
I would assume sadism on their part. They will probably be thinking that only a terrorist would show up at their checkpoint with a fake leg. They will be thinking that it is some kind of devious terrorist plot and they will not let you get away with it. I have heard that you cannot touch the sides of the detector or it will go off. So you may have to hop through without touching the sides. Do you have good balance? Could you crawl through the detector? Unless a TSO here tells you that you will get groped anyway, it seems worth a try. It would seem to be your only chance of avoiding the genital grope. It would also be a good test case for other people with prosthetic limbs. Do you have any local airports without the NoS?
I know, right? 29-year-old red-headed Lutheran pastors from North Dakota are CLEARLY the type to fake an amputation as part of an elaborate terrorist plot.
Yes, I can easily hop through a mag w/o touching it. As for airports, Fargo is closer to me, and I can't imagine that they have the NoS yet, but I'm flying Southwest, so have to go through MSP. This will probably be my last flight for a while - I see no reason to subject myself to such ridiculousness - but I need to see the fam at Christmas this year, and driving from ND to TX is a little out of the question...