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'You get half undressed anyway waiting in those lines to get the inspection done, you're taking your shoes, your belts off, and emptying your pockets so it's no more invasive than that,' Sullivan said. Moving through a scanner with cartoon-figure images takes 12 seconds, compared with 80 seconds for a pat-down, the TSA says. Controversial Full Body Scanners Hit JFK. Passenger Tom Sullivan says he's more focused on security than invasion of privacy when he travels. 'The TSA has basically said you know if you don't want to go through the scanner, walk around it, we'll pat you down, and you can go on your way,' Blank said. Reservations and walk-in appointments are available for departing and. Some feel it is revealing more about a passenger to TSA workers than they really need to know. Save time and join the TSA security line before you get to John F. Some consider a body scanner to be a high tech invasion of privacy. 'One of the initial concerns is that it would take longer, we haven't seen that at all,' Blank said. Jared Blank runs a website called Online Travel Review. 'There will be confusion, there will be concerns, uncertainty, it's something new, whenever you introduce change into a process where people are trying to get through as fast as possible it will be a bit of a bottle neck,' Larkin said.īut the machines have already been installed in airports across the country, and the report card is in. Passenger Bob Larkin is concerned that passing through the machines might initially tack time on to a trip. They use something called 'advance imaging technology' that can detect weapons and explosives that could be concealed under a person's clothes. (except the UK) Effective November 10, 2006, the TSA has advised that travelers may now carry through security checkpoints travel-size toiletries (3.4 ounces/100 ml or less) that fit comfortably in ONE, QUART-SIZE, clear plastic re-sealable bag. Maam, it seems like theres something in your vagina. Summary of Security Directive Changes for Flights departing from non-U.S. The new high tech machines will screen passengers. Things were moving along and going great until I stepped into the full body scanner at airport security. She and others see it as a necessary added layer of security in a world of terror threats. 'They have to do what they have to do ensuring our safety,' said passenger, Pamela Corpes.

Friday night at Newark Liberty International Airport some passengers welcomed the new scanners. Airline passengers might want to consider a trip to the gym before heading to the airport, after high-tech body scanners were unveiled at Kennedy Airport Friday.