Originally Posted by
TSAPressSec
With the utilization of AIT at select TSA Pre✓™ checkpoints, a random generator on each walk-through metal detector may direct a passenger to be screened via an AIT unit; happened to me Monday, and added less than 30-second to my screening.
I'm glad it only took 30-seconds (and impressed that you timed it!)
That won't be the case for folks like myself, particularly at PHX T2. I'm physically incapable of assuming and holding the position in the AIT. At PHX T2 (and sometimes at other airports, always at PHX T2), the rule is that if you are medically or physically incapable of using the AIT, you are an 'opt out'. This means the full body grope and the full bag search-and-swab (this is how 'artfully concealed in a clearly-labelled prescription pill bottle' nitro pills were discovered and confiscated).
This entire process takes much more than 30 seconds, particularly with one TSO who insists that you maintain eye contact throughout the grope, otherwise you have to start all over again with the pre-grope remarks.