Originally Posted by
msit
Is this strange? Since the TSA implemented body scanners I have flown more than 25 segments to mostly major cities such as JFK, and SFO and Ihavenever been through a body scanner or parsley.Multiple times at JFK and Ft Lauderdale, and once at DCA they have turned it off just one or two people away from me.
Now I'm not complaining but this doesn't seem like very effective use of very expensive technology.
- Mike from seatrate.blogspot.com
Mike, welcome to TS&S.
You seem to share a viewpoint which many illinformed travellers (or non-travellers) in the US share.
It is not the fact that you have not yet been scanned that it is a concern. Rather, the lack of effectiveness of the scanners is the concern.
Are you aware that other countries have tested and rejected the scanners as being ineffective? Just a few weeks ago the extended test in Germany ended, and was called a 'dismal failure'. Over a year ago, when scanners were first demanded, a German television program demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the scanners.
This is one major reason why so many here are angry. Money is being spent on ineffective tools, whilst gaping holes in security remain unaddressed.
Perhaps you would be willing to spend some time here and really try and understand the issues here. I suspect that you will receive several emotional responses to your post, but please do as I did a few years ago and take the time to do some research yourself on this subject.