Originally Posted by
BSBD
There have been numerous incidents of scanner "false positives" occurring even if you empty your pockets. The false positives mean you'll be getting a patdown.
My last false positives were alerts on bare arm, bare neck, and empty back pocket.
My trips through the body scanner have been fairly uneventful, with any positives resulting in very cursory patdowns. Definitely nowhere near the level of an opt-out patdown.