Travel Experiences

[Parity]

  Well, It's been a long 5 weeks.  I have been away and traveling so much it feels good to be home.  

  I just wanted to share one quick thing.  My last leg had me flying from DFW to the north in what was a large winter event.  I left early in the AM with just a t shirt and Duluth two pocket flannel shirt unbuttoned.  Not wanting to hold things up with security, hoping to make a quick walk to my gate I went bra less.  Now that set the scanner off!  I was asked to step aside and was asked if my, motioing to my shirt, pockets were empty.  I said yes.  I was asked to hold my arms out for a side pat down.  I did and the TSA agent, mid 20's male, did the pat down palms towards my chest. He had to feel my breast tissue as his palms went down.  He just looked up and said, " It must have been the pockets."   

  I feel the scanners must look for variances in body shapes M to F.  

  Has anyone else had strange events or things happen this month?

[50/50]

Those body scanners flag abnormalities. I get flagged every time I fly with a pat down. A few times I have been asked if a male or female officer is needed. Just goes with the territory of having boobs and for me also having an androgynous characteristics of both sexes.
After being flagged so many times I asked a friend whose son worked for tsa at one time.
Anyway that’s what he told me.

[WPW717]

Went through Nashville Airport twice. Both times I was flagged to step aside. I had a bra on. Must have seen the hearing aids because the TSA Agents attempted to sign. I don’t, but I read lips, somewhat, 😆 , as I graduated last in my class. They mouthed’ arms up’ and them patted my back at the bra snaps. Smiled and flagged me on.

[Justagirl💃]

I'm in a wheelchair, so I avoid the scanners. I do however get patted down by a female officer every time I go through TSA. They don't even ask, they just have a female officer do it.