Originally Posted by myrgirl
Wrong wrong wrong. We are not to get anywhere near the nipple area for any reason whatsoever. The only contact with the breast area is to be a sweep with the back/side of the hand from the cleavage area, underneath and up to the underarm. That's how I explain it and demonstrate it before I do it. Every single time.
Take a look at the screening picture associated with this article--looks to me like that girl's right breast is being touched in rather sensitive/private areas:
http://www.kirotv.com/consumer/3765174/detail.html
Just like some TSA FSDS/checkpoints/individuals interpreted the (old) shoe rules as "all shoes off," and just like some now are interpreting the outer-garmet rules as socks off or even shirts off (see other posts), there will be some who regularly interpret the pat-down rules as "fondle everything" by grabbing and squeezing.
A big problem is that just like with the shoe rules, there will likely be no recourse whatsoever against these overzealous interpreters of policy. Those of us who have complained about shoe-carnival airports and whatnot have mostly received BS replies about it being "for our own good" or "SSI" or "within policy" or whatever. There's no (visible to the public anyway) TSA history of punishment for overzealous FSDs/checkpoints/screeners. So the abuse will go on.