FlyerTalk Forums - What is the jacket removal policy?

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Originally Posted by Decomposing Screener

So what does a proper patdown entail and proper as in best for security or more comfortable to the passenger? One time I did a pat down search on a retired corrections officer and he told me that we do poor patdowns. He wasn't being obnoxious just mentioned that the kind of patdowns he used to do were much more likely to find concealed items. He was referring to visitors entering the prison not the prisoners themselves by the way.

What a pig (the retired corrections officer, not you). As if it weren't bad enough that we are already virtually treated like we're going to visit a prison, do have to be actually treated like we're going to visit a prison? And I suppose being treated like a prison visitor should make us feel better than being treated like the actual prisoners (anal cavity searches and all). Ugh!!!

I hope you told him that you are merely looking for bombs, not hits of crack or sharpened toothbrushes.