Originally Posted by
Danthony
Pre absolutely does not guarantee random additional screening. I Am TSApre And was just pulled to be randomly screened through the large body scan. They noted a problem in the groin area. Was completely and embarrassingly patted down. Wearing a dress of all things. It was horrible. And they said that the groin area discovery wasn’t random. There was something there. Huh? Not a thing. Sorry “honey.”
The WTMD also has a random selection element to it. So, you may have been selected by that for additional screening. The Pre program has a random element that will deselect you, and send you to the standard screening process. So, if you actually had Pre on your boarding pass and entered the Pre lane, then you were most likely selected randomly by the WTMD. As far as the alarm, if the machine indicates an alarm, the alarm
has to be cleared, regardless of where it is. Sometimes the area can be cleared by visually assessing the alarming area (like a bare forearm), sometimes it has to be cleared by patdown (like on the pocket area of a pair of pants).