I have a friend with a prosthetic leg, which consists of a simple metal pole with a plastic attachment basket and plastic foot - no place to hid anything. The last time he flew they insisted on strip-searching him. He replied "Why don't I remove the leg and you can search it and wand me?" They thought their idea was better. Twenty minutes later they finally let him go on through.

Huh, now there's a question for you. What do they do when implants get picked up?

I have pins and screws in my elbow as well; they don't show up on metal detectors, but I haven't had to go through a scanner yet (which I found really odd, having been on 8 flights to/in the US so far this year). I'm assuming they will show... My thought has been to alert them about it before I even go for the scanner. See what happens I guess. I'm gonna be on 4 flights in the next little while, all of them going to/from either NYC or Chicago. Already imagining all the fun I'll have :roll: