I do. I think she did the right thing. The problem is is that these under- trained twits are going to go on power trips and abuse and demoralize people. And I think that people need to stand up to the abuse. If airport security is going to expect to ask people to strip to their underwear then they need to start informing people that they might be required to strip to get on a plane, start making private booths available, and start positioning women at all checkpoints.
Male cops won't search a woman. And there's a reason for that. > -----Original Message----- > From: Katie Howell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:15 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: New FAA Regulations announced regarding security screening > > > My best friend, who is "amply endowed" was on a trip > last week from Orlando - Philly - Orlando. I don't > know where she was stopped, but she was wearing a > underwire bra, and a sweater that had a zip front from > waist to neck. The security folks continued to "wave > the wand" looking for the contraband, and she told > them that it must be the underwire or the zipper. She > was asked to open her sweater....to basically "flash" > the male security guard...to prove that she was not > armed. She asked for a female security guard, and > since none were available, she refused to unzip her > zipper. When the male security guard insisted that > she open her sweater she walked up to him and said, > "you want to see what's here? You open it." He > promptly waved her on. > > Now I don't condone her challenging the guard, but I > do wonder if the airlines are ready to body search > anyone in a way that does not offend anyone. ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
