Originally Posted by myrgirl
This has been addressed here before but I'll try my best to explain it. And, no, this is not SSI, this is what we can tell pax in line if they question us. In addition to jackets and coats, bulky sweaters and sweatshirts, hoodies, vests, pullover windbreakers, thick shirts and that type of item needs to come off and be sent through the xray. This allows a quick way to clear the item and the passenger. If the passenger balks at removing the item for whatever reason, i.e. nothing on underneath, think its a stupid rule, refuses with no explaination, then they do not have to remove said item. They are to be refered to secondary screening where the hand wander will determine if the person and the garment in question can be cleared through wanding/pat down or if a private screening and garment removal is necessary.
myrgirl, we all know the rule. The problem is that the rule is moronic. Your response above is just further regurgitation.
One more time with the question -- do terrorists always wear undershirts? Is that why one has to remove if one has undershirt and not remove if one does not have undershirt? Or is this policy just lame-*ss psuedo-security like just about every other TSA lame-*ss policy?