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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 4:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Vidiot
My only time going through a NoS was a MMW at RIC a few years ago. I'd lost a bit of weight and was really hoping my pants wouldn't fall down once I assumed the perp position.

Hmmm, I wonder how TSA would react if I wore REALLY baggy pants and went commando through a NoS? Is following their barked orders to remove one's belt and raise one's hands "interfering with the screening process" if they get a result they wouldn't like?
There's actually video out there of a teenage kid standing there with his pants around his ankles. Fortunately for him, he was wearing what look like basketball shorts underneath. TSO still does the hands-in-the-waistband' routine, rest of patdown, then leaves him standing there while he takes his sweet time doing the swab routine. I posed the same question: what if the kid had been commando?

If it were me, I'd just stand there until explicitly ordered to do otherwise. "Just following orders..."
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