In all of my departures from and connections via LHR, I've never been compelled to use the strip search machines to take a flight, if only because the strip search machines there are so few and far between and because getting creative to avoid them is a possibility.
Originally Posted by
sbagdon
It'll be interesting to see how some (most?) of the EU affords the scanners. We're at 2 of the 17 EU countries ready to default, and there might be more. If spending money on scanners is part of their austerity measures, this could get interesting.
If not but for temporary reprieve, some say it to be more like 4 and likely to rise to 6 before this is all said and done.
Wasting money on this "security" hardware, software and service contracts won't help, but what's another drop in the bucket when it's taken by some to be OPM.