One major pilots union is already instructing its members to bypass the scans, out of concerns that the radiation dose is absorbed disproportionately by the ski

One major pilots union is already instructing its members to bypass the scans, out of concerns that the radiation dose is absorbed disproportionately by the skin: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/11/american-airlines-pilots-advised-to-avoid-new-airport-scanners.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/11/american-air... ... a concern echoed by a group of UCSF biologists: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126833083 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1268330... I don't care much about the nakedness aspect, but I do resent security theater, which now apparently extends to physically intimidating "enhanced pat-downs" and making everyone remove belts, even at airports without backscatter imagers: http://www.salon.com/technology/ask_the_pilot/2010/11/04/belt_removal_at_security_checkpoint/index.html http://www.salon.com/technology/ask_the_pilot/2010/11/04/bel...