Originally Posted by
exbayern
'Do you have any sensitive areas?' followed by an actual response and acknowledgement by the screener.
Pat down done as in other countries ie thorough but professional, with a light back of the hand on the buttock but no hands touching the top of the inner thigh, labia (or I assume) penis. Quick back of the hands around breasts. No hands up skirts, no pulling down or out of underwear, no peering into clothing.
Just a quick, professional pat down without commentary or remarks.
Having had the male version, I can confirm no touching of the penis.
Originally Posted by
igloocoder
I now need to retract this. I just went through YHZ domestic security and had a different experience. Unlike any other airport that I've been through in Canada, there actually is a CASTA person manually checking boarding passes before you get in line the preliminary screening line. Think like the TSA person with the top secret pen light but at the entrance to the line up, except armed with a yellow hilighter. This is the way YHZ works all the time. Today instead of "Hello, Bonjour, your boarding pass please?" I got the standard maritimer greeting of "Howsitgoin?" The only thing that would have made it better was if he'd thrown the ubiquitous "boy" at the end of it.
I made a comment to CATSA about this. At YYZ at least, they have one person scan the BP with a hand scanner (like a scanning gun they use for wedding registry) just before the arrow, then one at the front of the x-ray. The distance between these checks is MAYBE 10 feet. The reason given is actually that it allows them to locate where you were and who was working in the case of complaints.