Originally Posted by BBC
No one from the TSA was available for interview and instead it sent this statement:
"... Only a small percentage of passengers require pat-downs during the security screening process.
Pat-downs are conducted by same gender officers, and all passengers have the right to request private screening at any time."
Do passengers have the right to request screeners to use a clean pair of gloves? I'm not in the habit of having close contact with other peoples' bodies and clothing and see no reason why I should do so via screeners' gloves.
'Only a small percentage', eh? Just what is that small percentage?