Originally Posted by
sbagdon
We aren't slaves, and we aren't indentured servants, at least not legally. Financially, we might be, yet that's another thread. Legally, if my employer says "fly or quit", there's nothing legally forcing me to fly. I'm not legally forced to meet my employee obligations, I have a choice, no matter how unfavorable that choice might be.
It's not another thread at all.
As a practical matter, people whose career involves traveling by air, cannot, for the most part, simply turn around and walk away from the checkpoint. Most people,
as a practical matter, need to work, and suggesting that the answer to this is to quit flying (ergo, quit working) is totally impractical (among other things.)
The legal question is a non-starter; this is about whether people can continue
as a practical matter, to pursue their livelihood, and whether it is appropriate for our government to require their genitals be inspected in order to get to work.