TSA new pat-down from Millimeter Wave
Oct 11, 2007, 11:25 pm
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That's exactly what Kippie and Company hope the majority of Americans will say. Then, they will never have to address safety issues.
The collective security of an aircraft and its pax in the short-term should not come at the expense of the health of those individuals over the long-term. High-altitude flight itself entails a health risk from exposure to radiation for pax and crew near windows. And although that risk is a discretionary one, why entail an additional and highly undesirable risk to the act of air travel if reasonable (not to mention cheaper!) alternatives are available?
Somehow methinks that if pax are overwhelmingly choosing the backscatter, the TSA would be shouting it from the mountain tops and would not be introducing a new, allegedly less invasive, scanner.
Oct 19, 2007, 9:26 am
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I'll be flying to PHX next weekend. Is there something I can use to leave a message for the TSA if I get chosen for this? I'll write something on my chest to the effect of "Not A Terrorist" or something similar. It could be a new addition to the Freedom Baggie messages. Does anyone know of something that would be harmless to me but show up on the monitor screen?
Last edited by rc408; Oct 19, 2007 at 10:14 am Reason: Edited for family viewing
Oct 19, 2007, 10:08 am
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Oct 19, 2007, 11:23 am
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Kinda reminds me of the x-ray machines they were using at almost every shoe store in the 50's to check foot positioning in new shoes.
The x-rays were billed as completely harmless.
It was only many years lateer that a "Whoops, we were wrong
. The machines could have exposed kids to a dangerous dose of radiation" caveat was released.
The x-rays were billed as completely harmless.
It was only many years lateer that a "Whoops, we were wrong
. The machines could have exposed kids to a dangerous dose of radiation" caveat was released.
Nov 11, 2007, 9:35 pm
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You know I didn't search one of new Millimeter Wave. That absolutely I have a video from L3 Communication. It was brand new Millimeter Wave machines. It was 2 second they will scans you whole body. Here's the video that you actually can see them. Sources:
http://www.vividusa.com/products/mmwave2.htm
It was only for in PHX will be testing new Millimeter Wave screening. I'm sure they will done extremely well first time but, I don't know which terminal will be being installed. Thanks again!
http://www.vividusa.com/products/mmwave2.htm
It was only for in PHX will be testing new Millimeter Wave screening. I'm sure they will done extremely well first time but, I don't know which terminal will be being installed. Thanks again!
