On 8/9/2011 3:07 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:58:20 +0000 (UTC), Erilar
wrote:

Dan wrote:
On 2011-08-08 19:23:58 -0500, Ken Blake said:

I can't speak about all of Europe, but I flew out of Athens a couple
of months ago. I didn't go through a body scanner.

I should phone back. Perhaps they thought I mean the metal detector.

Did you see body scanners there, and if so, could you tell how they
selected people to use them?

.?? I really can't see why anyone would prefer an intrusive body pat-down
to an innocuous body scanner on an occasional trip.


I've undergone both, at various times, and have no serious objection
to either. I've never found the "body pat-down" to be intrusive. At
worst, it was time-consuming.

Mostly I find the pat-down annoying - but once, I was randomly selected
for a secondary security check at the gate - the pat-down was so
thorough it should have been preceded by an engagement party...