WatermelonMan wrote:There was some talk about a pat down boycott or something the day before Thanksgiving that a bunch of people were doing. I have no idea what they were talking about and I haven't bothered looking into it but I think that could be interesting and a good start for 'Ensab'.
I think you're referring to Halloween.
So at several major US airports (about 40 of them). The TSA has changed it's security protocols. You now have 2 options, you can either step in front of an x-ray machine (basically) and a guard will take a look at you (naked) to determine if you can pass. OR you can opt out of the porno-xray machine and have a member of the TSA pat you down, which was changed around halloween to be much more invasive - they will touch your breasts, scrotom, and feel down your pants, and up your shirt, etc.. They first do this in public (to humiliate you and to discourage other people standing in line from opting out) and then they take you into a private room where they do it again with a witness.
There are
health concerns over the porno-xray machines and the only alternative is to be groped by a stranger or to not fly at all.
I haven't flown recently so I can't tell you from first hand experience, but I'm a hemaphrodite and if anyone has flown recently and had the pleasure of going through this please correct me.