Stripping Down To Avoid Humiliating TSA Pat-downs?
There is a growing trend of women air-travelers who abhor humiliating pat-downs when clearing US customs and have taken to stripping down to lingerie and bikini.
Voluptuous ladies are reportedly being targeted, so letting the officers ogle is better than being touched but before you take this approach, note that results vary...
Corinne Theile, 31, doffed her boots, raincoat and black bikini cleared the Transportation Security Authority (TSA) gantlet at Los Angeles International Airport without a hitch.
Dr. Tammy Banovac, a retired surgeon who uses a metal wheelchair, had always felt violated by hand searches and recently went through security at the Oklahoma City airport wearing only a black lingerie.
Unfortunately, the plan didn't work out as the scanners detected nitrate residue on her body -- which experts say could be from medication, hunting, etc.
Banovac was then subjected to an hour of questioning and the dreaded hand-searches. She missed her flight and the irony is that when she returned the next day, again in lingerie, she was patted down again.
I feel security is important, after all nobody wants to travel in an airplane which is hijacked by terrorists. But pat-down is degrading and the alternative of full-body or ‘nudity scanners' is no better at protecting our privacy too.
Hopefully, technology can improve on scanning systems to do the job with efficiency and dignity. Meantime, we just got to endure the treatment.. :(
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