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I opted out for years and realized that I don't have to anymore. After they direct you to the scanner, just say "I can't lift my arms above my head" and they'l
by caseysoftware 11y ago
I opted out for years and realized that I don't have to anymore.
After they direct you to the scanner, just say "I can't lift my arms above my head" and they'll put you through the metal detector and swab your hands. They don't "test" you because if it's true, they could hurt you.
I've been doing it since last fall (30 flights?) without issue now.
(These have all been US domestic flights.)
- StavrosK 11y agoI am going to try that next time I'm in a hurry, thank you! I'm half opting out for the principle of the thing, though, which this doesn't have, but it's great to know.
- caseysoftware 11y agoI just did this again out of Austin this morning. Zero issues.
- yincrash 11y agoDoesn't this knowledge completely invalidate any legitimate use case for the pat down? If a bad actor only requires a simple lie to avoid a pat down _and_ the mm wave machine, what advantage is there to having either?
- caseysoftware 11y agoEveryone knows that bad actors would never lie.
- TheLoneWolfling 11y agoRelevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/651/ https://xkcd.com/651/