<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Mats:
The legality has been questioned, but it's legal. The response has been that boarding an airplane includes implied consent that one will undergo searches of one's person and belongings, even on multiple occasions. </font>
Or else what? Prior to boarding one can be denied boarding, afterwards one is, what? Arrested for changing their mind?
I'm not buying that. In articles I've seen they've described a process where passengers are reverse screened after leaving an aircraft at their final destination. If the point at which a screen ceased to be legitimate isn't disembarcation, then when is it? Why can't the police follow you out of the airport and stop you on the street?
Regarding implied consent. There's no such thing in this case. No signs have ever been posted regarding the possibility of reverse screening and no notification has been given.
[This message has been edited by whirledtraveler (edited Jan 06, 2004).]