Originally Posted by
GUWonder
You should state that you won't go in the machine to be scanned but you will go through a metal detector and/or pat-down as they deem fit. That is how I "opt-out" still at AMS for flights to the US. They try to avoid the pat-down there but they do eventually do it if you insist.
This is whyat I did a few months ago on my AMS-ORD flight and they let me skip it. Not an issue whatsoever.
BTW, the "frisk" was quick, but I was really taken aback when the guy did the waistband thing. He certainly went into uncharted waters with it.
