TSA agent caught wanking... - Page 3

Sailor Steve · 11-24-10, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

I've got to fly for Christmas..Let's see

Pins in my elbow, back and neck, metal plate in my knee..

gonna be fun.

I had to go to court the other day and was actually pulled into a seperate room, didn't have to take my pants off, but they pulled the pants leg up to my knee.

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.

CCIP · 11-24-10, 01:28 PM

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

11-24-10, 01:28 PM	#32
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	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 __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)