Originally Posted by
I'd Rather Walk
Pistole has repeatedly said, except for tight skirts, pax will never be told to remove clothing. Was she given a reason why she had to take her shirt off?
In my experience, this happens frequently.
I was ordered to remove my thin, form-fitting cardigan by a TSO in MIA last week before going though the WTMD. I protested, saying that I was only wearing underwear underneath (a camisole). The agent insisted that I must remove my outer layer, so I did, complaining loud enough for people around me to hear that I should not be required to go through screening in only my underwear.
Once through the WTMD, while waiting for my clothes to come through the xray machine, my husband gave me his jacket to cover myself so I didn't have to stand there exposed.
I asked for a supervisor and explained to him what had happened. He agreed that the screener had been wrong, and should not have ordered me to strip, and said that he would speak to him.