[Gemme]

Originally Posted by AtLastHome

Interesting how the media I have been seeing about this hasn't focused on that you bring up that is very important- that fine print! He is an adult person that can read and purchased his ticket!

I see some of the issues some people are having about the body scanners, pat downs, etc., but, yes.... these measures have been taken for some pretty sobering and realistic reasons.

Probably because I don't fly often, I just do what is required for securiy when I do fly. It will be the same with these newer measures taking effect. I can understand how people that need to fly often can get annoyed with this. Yet, not having these safeguards seems nuts to me. Only takes one bomb, weapon (remember the box cutters) to cause a major disaster with innocent people being killed or injured.

Exactly.

However, in this one guy's case, I side with him. He checked the website to make sure the scanner wasn't in use at that airport but the website was not upgraded to show that it was. He even offered several times to go through the metal detector.

It feels like the TSA made a case of him, to show that they would not allow any kind of disagreement with their rules.

I've flown several times, but not really since the scanners have been in place. I've been patted down, but not in the 'new' method. So, I can only say what I 'think' I might do or choose in a situation like that but I definitely feel as if they, the individuals he came across and the department as a whole, were absolutely uncompromising. If he'd refused the metal detector as well, I could see why they might be heavyhanded with him.