Originally Posted by
exbayern
'This is why, for now, the use of the security scan is not obligatory'
From the brochure also located on the AMS website
http://www.schiphol.nl/Travellers/At...curityScan.htm
There are also reports here from other US bound travellers that they were able to opt out. Did you use the term 'opt out' or did you phrase it differently? (English is generally very good in Holland because unlike in Germany their films etc from the US and UK are subtitled not dubbed)
Initially, as I am used to, I requested to "opt out". Their facial expressions in response to my request indicated to me that they might not understand that phrase and in so many other ways I tried to make myself clear to them. One problem we had that we were a tad late, having enjoyed the SIA lounge to long and faced with time pressure, I gave in after they continued to deny me alternatives and went through the procedure. Also I did not have the brochure at that point, they only handed it to me after I had passed through the machine. Had I had the brochure in hand prior to the experience, I would have been able to point it out to them.