Originally Posted by
Brighton Line
I can not use the metal detector and remove my belt all the time at Pre (and get yelled at for doing so sometimes). Then through the scanner if I have it on I get an alert and the fingers. It really doesn't matter for me as at 6' 7" my head alerts all the time, yellow box on the head. 50/50 if they ask me to bend over to look at my bald spot and one time they asked to touch my head. I asked them to re-glove before doing so. Belt is off for me.
Flagging the top of your head is a prime example of the TSA smoke and mirror show. Every time we travel, they act like they've never seen an implanted defibrillator. My husband is very thin, and even though his is under the chest muscle, it's highly visible through his shirt. Good thing the machines can't see all wires.