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body scanners in European airports
My plans were to visit Europe again in October, but it has come to my
attention that the use of those body scanners has become common since the attempted bombing of that flight to Detroit last Christmas 2009. My last flight was prior to that. So I called the Athens airport and spoke to their security people who said that they had the scanners and their use was required, and furthermore that this was to be found in the other airports in Europe. This sounds incredible but it is plausible. Can anyone confirm this at your local big airport? My googling only turned up EU regular that "permitted" the scanners and a lot of talk of health issues. But that is all. -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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On 8/8/2011 5:56 PM, Dan Stephenson wrote:
My plans were to visit Europe again in October, but it has come to my attention that the use of those body scanners has become common since the attempted bombing of that flight to Detroit last Christmas 2009. My last flight was prior to that. So I called the Athens airport and spoke to their security people who said that they had the scanners and their use was required, and furthermore that this was to be found in the other airports in Europe. This sounds incredible but it is plausible. Can anyone confirm this at your local big airport? My googling only turned up EU regular that "permitted" the scanners and a lot of talk of health issues. But that is all. I know they have those scanners at Heathrow, but I haven't yet been subjected to them. My last Heathrow trip was just a few days ago. |
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On 2011-08-08 17:11:11 -0500, S Viemeister said:
On 8/8/2011 5:56 PM, Dan Stephenson wrote: My plans were to visit Europe again in October, but it has come to my attention that the use of those body scanners has become common since the attempted bombing of that flight to Detroit last Christmas 2009. My last flight was prior to that. So I called the Athens airport and spoke to their security people who said that they had the scanners and their use was required, and furthermore that this was to be found in the other airports in Europe. This sounds incredible but it is plausible. Can anyone confirm this at your local big airport? My googling only turned up EU regular that "permitted" the scanners and a lot of talk of health issues. But that is all. I know they have those scanners at Heathrow, but I haven't yet been subjected to them. My last Heathrow trip was just a few days ago. Right. Could you tell how they selected who should get scanned? I've read that if you refuse the scan, there is no pat-down option. -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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On 8/8/2011 9:05 PM, Dan Stephenson wrote:
On 2011-08-08 17:11:11 -0500, S Viemeister said: On 8/8/2011 5:56 PM, Dan Stephenson wrote: My plans were to visit Europe again in October, but it has come to my attention that the use of those body scanners has become common since the attempted bombing of that flight to Detroit last Christmas 2009. My last flight was prior to that. So I called the Athens airport and spoke to their security people who said that they had the scanners and their use was required, and furthermore that this was to be found in the other airports in Europe. This sounds incredible but it is plausible. Can anyone confirm this at your local big airport? My googling only turned up EU regular that "permitted" the scanners and a lot of talk of health issues. But that is all. I know they have those scanners at Heathrow, but I haven't yet been subjected to them. My last Heathrow trip was just a few days ago. Right. Could you tell how they selected who should get scanned? I've read that if you refuse the scan, there is no pat-down option. Actually, I didn't notice anyone being selected for those scans. I was patted down, but not too unpleasantly, because the metal detector beeped when I went through. It hadn't beeped earlier in the day at Edinburgh - either the Heathrow sensors are extremely sensitive (I was wearing rimless glasses with very thin metal temples, a small watch, small silver earrings and a wedding band - no other metal), or they decided to give the young woman some practice with pat-downs on someone who wasn't likely to be any problem. |
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On Mon, 8 Aug 2011 16:56:10 -0500, Dan Stephenson
wrote: My plans were to visit Europe again in October, but it has come to my attention that the use of those body scanners has become common since the attempted bombing of that flight to Detroit last Christmas 2009. My last flight was prior to that. So I called the Athens airport and spoke to their security people who said that they had the scanners and their use was required, and furthermore that this was to be found in the other airports in Europe. This sounds incredible but it is plausible. Can anyone confirm this at your local big airport? My googling only turned up EU regular that "permitted" the scanners and a lot of talk of health issues. But that is all. 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. But if I had had to, I wouldn't have worried a whole lot about it. -- Ken Blake |
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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? -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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On Mon, 8 Aug 2011 20:06:49 -0500, Dan Stephenson
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 don't remember seeing any body scanners, but that doesn't mean they weren't there. -- Ken Blake |
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On 2011-08-09 09:40:35 -0500, Ken Blake said:
On Mon, 8 Aug 2011 20:06:49 -0500, Dan Stephenson 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 don't remember seeing any body scanners, but that doesn't mean they weren't there. Thanks, I definitely want to call back. I am totally in love with ancient history and love visiting the ancient ruiins. What a connect with history! -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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body scanners in European airports
Dan Stephenson 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. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
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Erilar wrote:
.?? I really can't see why anyone would prefer an intrusive body pat-down to an innocuous body scanner on an occasional trip. A body pat-down is usually only done if the metal scanners indicate you have anything metallic on you. Some body scanners, however, produce an image that resembles you being naked, or at least might reveal other things quite personal (elderly person having to wear diapers, somebody with an ostomy?). If body scanners are introduced, everbody will have to go through them. So the choice is rather no pat-down vs. being seen naked. It's ok if you don't mind being naked, but quite a few do. |
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