I can (grudgingly) accept the security rationale to go through a full body scan, but I'm terrified at the idea that the scanning staff might decide to order a pat down on top of it: I heard that this can happen even when no weapons are carried.
So please reply to these questions:
1- are women's support bras with wire frame in them (commonly sold at Walmart) properly recognized by TSA scanning staff, or will they trigger a pat down order? If the staff has not been trained yet to recognize these metal-containing clothing items of daily use for women, is there currently an effort to speed up the needed training?
2- what other common items of daily use I might not think of, could trigger a pat down order by TSA scanning staff?
3- if a pat down is ordered by the TSA scanning staff, can the traveler appeal to see a supervisor who can then do an interview with intelligent probing questions to determine with more truth, whether or not a pat down is really necessary? And could that supervisor cancel the pat down order?
4- is there any possible advance screening/registration with TSA that one can get before traveling, to help preclude an arbitrarily adverse situation, like having the bad luck of a an obtuse, ill-trained or fedup TSA scanning staff arbitrarily order for a pat down after a full body scan?
I can't begin to tell you how important your answers are to these questions, and urgently needed.
I want to avoid insamuch as possible, having my well-being and my multiple-flights trip ruined by the crushing experience of undue pat downs.
I recognize that TSA teams may behave differently in different airports, so I hope people will answer at least some of these questions, and concerning several airports (in NY & Washington especially, but also in NC/Douglas and others too).
Thanks for all the details anyone may be able to provide.