When they were ready to do their pat downs, I did see both screeners take new gloves out of a box, as the female screener patted down the female passenger, the male screener stood around and when she finished, the male screener swabbed her gloves and tested the swab on the ETD machine. Then they switched positions and the male screener did the pat down on a male passenger with the female screener standing there just watching.

Once they started on the male passenger, I immediately got on the boarding line and they were still at it when we cleared the GA scanner and entered to jetway, so I do not know if the screeners changed their gloves after finishing with the male passenger. It appeared they were alternating between female and male passengers.

I would assume they did not change their gloves, whenever I have had my carry on luggage selected for inspection, I have had to ask the screener to change their gloves, they never do it voluntarily.

Mr. Elliott