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this is total violation of rights and should only be used when absolutely necessary

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imho, in our current climate to save innocent lives, it IS absolutely necessary.

Is this supposed to pickup objects that cannot be detected by metal detectors? LIke C4? Seems to me dogs would be just as good.

Also, why were those who were interviewed only women. Weren't there any men involved in the scanning>

hmm, X-Rays aint very healthy, even in very low doses. imagine a businessman taking 2 flights a day, thats (extraggerrated) 2 times through the machine per day.
x-rays can cause mutations -> cancer - even if hte chance is low if you gte scanned once, if you do it repeatedly, its still a (slightly) increased risk that adds up with the increased rad that ppl face when flying.

xrays get absorbed/reflected by solid materials - bones, knives, prolly also C4, ...
BUT you are permitted to take a couple of things on a plane that are bigger.
take a laptop, hide a knife with a hard-plastic blade in the case, ...

the ways to get things onto planes are endless. imo what really helps to prevent hijacking are a few secrutiy personel on boards. expensive, i know, but its the most effective IMO.

Fjord

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@LF,

Actually, I often fly twice in a day. To and from a business visit. So, yes, I conceivably could be subject to low dose x-ray exposure.... total body exposure at that .... twice in a day. Some weeks I have three or four of these day trips lined up.

Not something I'd want to have to do if I can avoid it.... From a health perspective, I'll have to change the way I do business. No more circuit flying. for me.

indy cant you drive or take a train? or is your business international?

It wouldn't be advisable for me to go through one of those. I'd embarasse the same sex operator on the other side

I personally wouldn't have any problems with this. If it is effective in picking up suspicious content, then fine, it will do its job.

@ff

I travel inside the US but it is a big place and my time is sometimes limited.

Fastest way to get from place to place is by lane.


If you have an atlas, here's one of my more elaborate itineraries from this year:

Day 1: Fly from NYC to Knoxville, Tn.
Leave Knoxville same day, fly to Dallas Tx.

Day 2: Leave Dallas for Fresno, Ca.

Day 3: Leave Fresno for Denver, Co.

Day 4: Fly home from Denver to NYC.

I wouldn't be able to cover the distances involved in the same fashion
if I drove.

lordfjord said..

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the ways to get things onto planes are endless. imo what really helps to prevent hijacking are a few secrutiy personel on boards. expensive, i know, but its the most effective IMO.

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i have to agree with that. some security personell. enought overpower terrorists. i never understood why there were none of them on board.

besides, how do you scan for knowledge in hand to hand combat? knives and guns arent absolutely necessary to hijack a plane.

well in that case, remember to smile when you go through the machine

Meh - hijackers should no longer be able to get through cockpit doors, and in the modern day climate, the pilots shouldn't open them regardless of how many are butchered in the back either!!!!

As for the machine - I have seen the scan images - its no photograph image at all, its b&w - its certainly not going to be good for pervs, even if you have a good imagination.
However, would be funny to see what sort of a rucus the stars would make

@ff

After a while, I won't need lights at night as I'll glow in the dark.

@All,

All this security can only be meant to deter and discourage the rank amateur or the incidental opportunit. A truly determined effort would deploy resources to get around the passenger security and attack at some other weak point.

Also, this security really is only as good as the security personnel there to execute it. Don't about the others but some of these security personnel are far from, er, geniuses ... to say the least.

Edited by - Indy11 on 11/15/2004 10:27:36 AM

Why don't they just use metal detectors and sniffer dogs? Actually, they already do! Why this then?

___Corsair~MMIV
Reasons I'm better than you: #78468- I have squiggly lines in my name.

Look at it like this, the next step is anal probing!

I read about that last week and I think that it is a grievous invasion of privacy. It smacks of desperation if you ask me; paranoia is running rampant. Still, I respect that . As for this technology being the "ultimate privacy invasion", I disagree. Technology will become MUCH more invasive than that in the future. *Straightens aluminium-foil hat*.

Edited by - esquilax on 11/15/2004 2:57:52 PM