Originally Posted by Japhydog
I agree that the OP's idea is preferable to grop-a-thon.
Unfortunately, the ever-vigilant TSA will probably say that the explosives testing won't be able to tell us whether granny has stuffed a .22 pistol or a knife in her underwire bra. That's why we have to feel her up.
No, the detector would alarm in that instance.
But, yeah, speaking as a screener I certainly wouldn't mind an end to the patdown. Patting down has it's time and place but tacked onto the end of a wanding, I wouldn't mind the end of.