Originally Posted by
neko
I don't remember ever thinking about lines much, except maybe a little bit at holidays.
As far as I know, the HHMD are pretty much cheap commodity hardware - order online from China or whatever. Don't know who makes (or made) government spec ones, but the technically they're not complicated.
Imagine the lines/wait time at the airport if they just used more WTMDs. There could be multiple WTMDs, like the cash registers at a grocery store, and people could just choose a line and walk through them. Less work for the TSO's and less hassle for the passengers. I'm sure the WTMDs cost less too. The government hardly has enough money these days. There have been so many people out of work since 2008 and what does the government do with the stimulus money? They buy these expensive body scanners. I'm sure the money could have been better spent helping people instead!!!
I haven't heard any big stories about the new body scanners catching anything major. Seriously, no agency can prevent every single bad thing from happening. Why live in fear?