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CNN: Pilot's union urges members to avoid body imaging

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Pilots urged to avoid body scanning by Marnie Hunter on CNN: Pilots' unions for US Airways and American Airlines are urging their members to avoid full-body scanning at airport security checkpoints, citing health risks and concerns about intrusiveness and security officer behavior. . . . "Based on currently available medical information, USAPA has determined that frequent exposure to TSA-operated scanner devices may subject pilots to significant health risks," Cleary wrote. American Airlines pilots have also received guidance from their union, the Allied Pilots Association, to decline full-body scanning. APA represents 11,000 pilots. Officer behavior? USAPA refers to incidents where Transportation Security Administration officers may have implemented the screening technique inappropriately...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on November 11, 2010 (boomark / email).