I keep waiting for some smart ass to approach a full body scanner wearing a trench coat and drop it off to reveal that he is completely nude as he walks through it...saying: "You wanted to see me naked, well here I am." It would be awesome if a female did it, but there are not too many female public nudists.
TSA agents have immunity? Have they been granted law enforcement powers? These guys charge $10 on average round trip. O'hare screens over 200,000 each day. This airport generates close to a $1B in security fees each yea. Just like the toll roads, this is a cash cow that those in charge will never let go. They will go more high tech and keep jacking this travel tax... Where there is fear mongering there is margin & profits to be made.
Why? You know someone will eventually do it as a form of protest. Besides I drive psychiatrists crazy. ; )
They recently pulled me out of line and gave me the full search when I did not respond to the agent who looked at my ID and said to me, "Ms. Chandler?" He was obviously irritated that I did not immediately answer. So what, now I have to socialize with them, too??!!
not a bad idea, but can they sniff out non-metallic weapons like acrylic knives? a full-body scanner can see it
i wonder about the safety of those smaller private jets. the pilots are not as experienced and the planes have less mechanical redundancy than large passenger airliners.
I have no problem with a dog sniffing me or my belongings. I don't like the X-ray or pat-down. Any idea how fast they can breed and train enough dogs? May be the unemployed can get jobs training dogs. By the way, dogs don't always work. I smuggled orchid plants via JFK. The dogs sniffed my stuff, didn't find my contraband. lol