I think the groping has settled down a bit, but it may be because some screeners are finally getting it - no matter how punitive, there are always going to be some folks who have to be groped anyway - folks physically unable to use the NoS and 'resolution' gropes to clear scan anomalies. I think it really does take a hard core personality to keep up the 'attitude' all day, every day.

I also think the abusive gropes have lessened a bit because of the ATR (?). I think many of the post-BSX gropes are due to 1) overkill - peeper should/could have identified the anomaly and that is the only area that should have been groped and 2) I think many post-BSX gropes were because a lazy peeper found it easier to report 'anomaly' than to pay attention and do the job.

One of our 'good apples' posted here about going to ATL to train on the BSX/MMW. He gave a great report on his experiences elsewhere, including his first-hand observation that yes, posters were telling the truth, other airports do bark and yell. He demonstrated to a skeptical checkpoint LTSO (?) that random barking wasn't as effective (or conducive to a positive checkpoint atmosphere for pax or TSOs) as normal voice 'coaching' of pax.

I wish he could go back and observe the same checkpoint to see if the lessons he demonstrated 'took' or if they're back to random barking.