So circumstances beyond my control are going to force me to use public air travel for the first time in ages next month (fortunately not around Thanksgiving). My airport choices of egress are either BWI or Washington-Dulles, both of which have installed the millimeter-wave/backscatter x-ray body scanners recently. Don't go through the pornoscope, and you have to be felt up by the TSA JBTs.
So here is my chance to stand up for the little man and denounce all this for the security theatre it is. My first choice is to decline the scanner and ask for the pat-down, preferably in a manner that will embarrass the lucky man who gets to reach second base. I prefer the frisking since I know only 1 person will have access to the "result", I don't really want to be x-rayed by a machine that hasn't been checked out medically, it takes more effort by the TSA, and it's a public display of what we have become. But I am asking the Backroom for other suggestions (that will not get me arrested or put on the No Fly List). I intend on showing up early, so a short delay shouldn't be a problem.
And, yes, I have given serious thought to the Derek Smalls route.
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