Here is just one more thing for people to gripe about. Airports have put in scanners and people are having a huge issue with this. The main concern for most of them are when a person goes through a scanner it is apparently very revealing. These new scanners can pear through your clothing, and I do understand that because of this people would have an issue with others seeing there ummm, goods.
I would prefer that not everyone see what my pony keg looks like but, I would much rather go through a bit of humiliation than to be miles high and blow to shreds because someone has stuffed a bomb in their underwear. Much like what happened last Christmas when a Nigerian tried to smuggle explosives onto the plane in Chicago.
I’m not really sure how the scanner is placed or if there are any walls covering the screen but, it wouldn’t be a bad idea. At least this way you would have some sense of privacy.
Another issue is how the TSA agents are handling pat downs. One major incident that happened at the beginning of Nov.2010 was when a gentleman who was flying out for the holidays went through the scanner and the agents told him he would have to go through a pat down because they seen something under his shirt. The man did don’t have an issue with this and explained to the agents that what they saw was a urostomy bag. After explaining what it was and his medical background they took him in to a private room as requested by the passenger and one of the agents conducted the pat down with aggression and dislodged the cap from the urostomy bag. The passenger had to endure the flight sitting in his urine soaked cloths because he had no time to change. Not only did he have to face the long flight but, he had to appear in this manner in front of other passengers. It brought him to tears. Now I don’t know about you but, this pisses me OFF! I blame the TSA chief for this. I don’t think these agents have been properly trained. Some people who travel do have medical conditions and these agents need to know how to handle certain medical conditions. It’s become more than just an issue of security. Medical needs have to be met as well.
They need to understand, if they are going to buy all of these big fancy new toys and implement all of these new regulations then they need to educate their people in proper procedures. In other words, no more rent- a -cops.
