Originally Posted by Bart
Instances of women who are weaing only a bra underneath a leather coat, for example, can be handled discreetly in private screening as exceptions to the outer garment removal rule. What the Dallas News article is suggesting is that all passengers undergo some measure of ETD screening of their bodies. That's impractical and opens a wide range of privacy issues.
Hi Bart,
What do you mean by "handled discreetly in private screening"? Do you envision all of these women having to strip to their undergarments in the presence of screeners? What about billowy skirts? Should women have to remove those too? Why exactly does the TSA make any distinction between outer garments and regular garments? I have plenty of outer garments which are tightly fitted and plenty of regular garments that are blousy, billowy, et cetera and could conceal large volumes of material. It seems a distinction without a difference.
When you suggest investigating "bulges" that seems to imply we will have to wear form-fitting clothes exclusively at a checkpoint, because that's the only way you're going to notice bulges. Most people dress specifically to hide their personal bulges.
Why is ETD screening of bodies impractical? I thought puff-of-air detectors qualified as ETD screening of bodies?