[ RadSafe ] World's Pilots Reject Naked Body Scanners> Over Radiation Danger, Privacy Breach

[Perle, Sandy]

My youngest brother is a Captain Boeing 777 (major airline not named) and travels all international routes out of Dulles Airport. His comments are:

1. The pilots and flight crew are concerned about the radiation from these scanners considering the higher background (occupational dose in their case) they already receive
2. They have no idea what the radiation dose they receive and don't know what these scanners will add. Education is required I expect
3. They are fed-up with the new TSA rules on "groping" and are tired of being subjected to these personal and what they consider to be physical attacks by the TSA representatives

As a very frequent traveler, I personally would rather have the scanner (even though these units have definitely slowed passage through security (recently 10 individuals ahead of me at O'Hare took about 30 minutes, when normally it would have taken less than 10 minutes. This wasn't even during the morning and late afternoon passenger rush). Can you imagine the indignity that flight crews experience daily!

One would assume these checks to be maybe worthwhile, if they actually accomplished anything!

Regards,

Sandy

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