Don’t like being stripped naked by “whole body imaging” machines or “body scanners”, and then groped to determine whether what they see under your underwear is a padded bra, a mastectomy prosthesis, a menstrual pad, an adult diaper, … or plastic explosives? You could sign this petition … and/or you could organize your own “fleshmob” like this one at Tegel Airport in Berlin. (More links including videos of similar fleshmobs at other airports here.) Originally published on PapersPlease.org.
This Canadian scanner doesn’t have the problems of using x-rays and does not create an anatomically correct image of passengers bodies. I wonder if it has been considered by TSA for deployment in the U.S.?
I know I used this once before, but I needed something that could bring some levity back to this search subject. This is the way it used to be in the good old days. It still brings a smile to my face.
Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.
