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

[Brennan, Mike (DOH)]

For a long time I have felt that as anyone who is on a commercial flight
crew should have the training necessary to understand the radiation dose
they receive as a (mostly) unavoidable result of their occupation.  It
really shouldn't be that difficult or take that long, and it will reduce
anxiety and misunderstanding.  If it had already been done this issue
would be easier to deal with.  

I also have long thought that there should be a separate line with a
much reduced screening regime for "prescreened" people.  There are a
number of criteria that could be used for prescreening, including some
sort of background check, and flight crews would be an obvious group to
go through such a program.

I am surprised that the scanners would take three minutes per person.
That clearly is too long.   

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[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Perle, Sandy
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 3:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] World's Pilots Reject Naked Body Scanners>Over
Radiation Danger, Privacy Breach

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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