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Old Oct 26, 2012 | 7:07 am
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FearFree
 
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Originally Posted by Combat Medic
Only reason that I would say it is false is that we were assured that the AIT would never be used for primary screening. So if a required number of people have to go through the AIT before people are allowed through the WTMD then we were lied to and I believe that my government would never lie to me.
Well, sort of.

If the minimum number of people going through AIT is set to some % of anticipated total traffic that is less than 50%, even if the management tells the front line to make sure you "hit the numbers" before offering the WTMD, at the end of the day (or half hour as it may be) so long as the numbers show 51% of people using something other than AIT, they could say it isn't primary since it isn't the majority.

Kind of like how the bank front loads the interest payments on my car loan. At the beginning of the term, I pay much more towards interest than principle, even though the "percentage rate" is fixed. The end result is still what is on paper.
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