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Old Apr 15, 2024 | 2:21 am
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Originally Posted by fartoomanyusers
is the LHR setup that where they convert a pair of lanes to CT scanners, everybody has to go through a full body scanner ?

in other airports the full body scanner seems to be the choke point
Yes, that's the setup that's been chosen in most UK airports, though it is not mandatory; LCY for example maintains the WTMD with only passengers who beep it sent to the full body scanner.

It will continue to be a choke point for a while at least whilst passengers get used to the "have absolutely nothing in your pockets" approach. It also depends heavily on the agents who resolve anomalies pressing the right buttons – the AI that interprets the scans wants to know whether an anomaly on the body scan was genuinely a thing in someone's pocket or a phantom.
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