Hello Alex. Here is a similar article I posted some time ago about the teething pains of the test and the issue with 'pleats' or multiple layers of clothing causing false data.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...r-germany.html
Since that time the results are only worse.
Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
Welcome to FT, Alex. Thanks for an interesting perspective from Germany.
I don't really read German, but it appears the newspaper called them "Nudescanner" (Nacktscanner) and "body scanner" (Körperscanner). Do you know if the German government or airport officials use these terms as well?
The first is more the slang or common term, the second the more official term. But the as to the term Nacktscanner many major news sources such as Der Spiegel, Taggesschau as two examples use it.
Der Ganzkörperscanner Rapiscan Secure 1000 is essentially the Whole Body Scanner Rapiscan Secure 1000 which is the WBI in shortform in English.