(04-20-2011, 03:55 PM)bobbyphilly Wrote: well greenery, i am sorry for no good advice, but i have traveled the world with a toplace recently, from jfk to honkkong to philippines to thurout asia.2 weeks from now i will go to atlantis , in the bamahas and i will look for that machine. i will be leaving from phila to wpb fla- to ft laud- nassau. 2 weeks . i will let u know. just trying to give some insight, even if it does not address u question. see the problem for me here on this site is lack of posts verses the h/a site which i no longer post so i guess i am jonesing for a reply...john you got to make this forum like the other guys forum and its more friendler to shoot a fast [post. i spoke with mike about this long ago. its not user friendly imo..
bobby /philly

Hi Bobbyphilly,

I sincerely apologize if my previous messages pissed you off. I am just here to discuss the issue of those screeners and not trying to argue with you or anything.

Thank you so much for your input and may you have a wonderful trip.

Cheers!

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(04-20-2011, 11:57 PM)Paul In Ireland Wrote: I totally `get` reservations people have about frequent exposure to those machines ,which is a slightly different issue to the original question posed..... i.e. would your system be detected... I`m honestly thinking that it wouldn`t due to the fact that lace or even skin-systems are so thin [probably less than a millimeter] that they wouldn`t really `stand out` to the scanner-observer..... I guess the really best way to find out would be to contact the Airport -administrators of a particular Airport and pose the question....a polite e mail pointing out that you are a wearer and don`t want to have an embarrassing incident if/when passing through those scanners [should you choose to do so] ..... it`s a very valid `concern`for travellers and one which it would be nice to have a definite answer to. Ireland is small and the three main Airports are administered by a Government authority .. I would have no issue contacting them before I were to travel if I had that concern..in fact I might just do that later today and will post any reply I get back.. cheers guys.. Paul.
Have just contacted the security guys now by phone.. those machines are not in use here yet so he was unable to answer my question..... maybe someone living in USA might be able to contact the security people at their nearest major Airport to ask? It`s a genuine concern/issue so I`m sure they`d be happy to help.

Thanks a lot, Paul.

Regards,

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(04-21-2011, 02:44 AM)LP Dude Wrote: I can tell you that last year at the airport I was asked if I wanted the full body or the pat down and I thought I'd try to full body scan. I honestly didn't even think about it and yes I'm a wearer. The machine spun around and the person said I could go so nothing was mentioned. I did look at the person after me and it looked like at the top of the machine there were green LED things that would I guess set off alarms should they be hiding something.
This leads me to believe it will detect objects but maybe lace and some hair doesn't set the machine off.

Maybe I should give it a try when I travel by myself next time.

Thanks, LP Dude.

Regards,

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(04-21-2011, 05:38 AM)Xeon005 Wrote: I think Paul's responses were pretty reasonable. These scanners are probably trying to pick up objects or things with organic compounds. I can't see the scanner going off for a material. otherwise clothes, underwear stockings etc would be setting off the machine. I think the machine is engineered to look for certain things, and organic compounds etc. I might be wrong.

If the machine did reveal a hair system, if there was no object or anything underneath that was of concern, I can't see why they would pull you aside. Kind of would defeat the purpose of the machine to me.

I agree. Thanks, Xeon.

Regards,