Airports - "patdowns" or "body scanners?"

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  1. qwark profile image60
    qwarkposted 13 years ago

    Who gives a damn!
    Do 'em both!
    When I fly, I wanna know I'm gonna arrive alive!
    You?

    1. profile image0
      Old Poolmanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I had a hip replaced, so now set off every metal detector in the airport.  I know when I walk in the door I am going to get the royal pat down treatment.  My opinion is anyone who objects to a pat down ,or the scanner, can either stay home, take a bus, drive, walk, hitch hike, run, or whatever.  But I don't want them on the same airplane as me.

  2. qwark profile image60
    qwarkposted 13 years ago

    ...no thoughts about this eh?
    It's raising alota concern amongst many travelers.
    Why no response to this question?

  3. wilderness profile image93
    wildernessposted 13 years ago

    I don't care either.  Like you, I prefer safety to the huge enormous loss of dignity of a pat down.

    On the other hand I heard on the radio that the pilot's union says that pat downs of the pilots can cause damage (psychological I think) that will cause them to fly without their customary skill.  Apparently it makes them so mad they lose their fine edge.  Or something.  If that's the case, get some pilots with better control over their emotions - air rage isn't something I'd want to see! big_smile

  4. 2uesday profile image66
    2uesdayposted 13 years ago

    In the UK it is often the case that you get both scanned and checked over by the security people, possibly shoes removed and case searched if they select you. If it keeps people safe then it has to be that way.

  5. qwark profile image60
    qwarkposted 13 years ago

    Wilderness and 2uesday:
    Ya both have good sense....thumbs up!!!!!

    1. Ron Montgomery profile image61
      Ron Montgomeryposted 13 years agoin reply to this



      Hopefully, not during the pat down...

      1. qwark profile image60
        qwarkposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Hahaha...a "goose" in time? You know the rhyme.   lol

  6. profile image0
    Wendi Mposted 13 years ago

    I wouldn't mind the body scanner as much if they airport didn't keep (accidentally) handing my jewelry off to other people.

  7. Pearldiver profile image67
    Pearldiverposted 13 years ago

    I don't mind the Patdowns... But I hate having to fly with a wedgie! yikes

  8. surf traveler profile image79
    surf travelerposted 13 years ago

    LOL Pearldiver. The US has made air travel such a hassle.  Fear overload.

  9. Disturbia profile image61
    Disturbiaposted 13 years ago

    OK, I'm ready for my feel-up... er, I mean patdown wink

  10. wyanjen profile image70
    wyanjenposted 13 years ago

    It's like buying elephant repellant.
    Never mind that elephants don't swarm in the first place; the repellant totally works. Everybody should buy some.

    How many bombs are stopped at security checkpoints, as opposed the number of bombs that have made it all the way onto the planes? Smugglers will always slip through. The answer is better intelligence, not forcing a 4 year old disabled child out of his wheelchair for a security check. Before you know it we'll all be forced to fly butt naked. Then you just know I'm gonna lose my passport.

    Body scans are security overkill. Much too expensive, and a total invasion of privacy.

    So no thanks! I'll drive or take the train. smile

 
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