What's the problem? If you have nothing to hide, then why worry?
the point is, and hence my prior questions is that it is in effect placing security personel in position of power, which may or may not be mandated within the law, outside judicial review and provides the capacity to place punitive damages on crew and passengers at will and with no recourse.
- "Sorry mate, you've been selected to be scanned"
- "Not again! look that's the the third time this week and i'm in uniform. there's a backlog at the scanner and pushback will be delayed if i wait."
- "Right, you're declining. I'm prohibiting you access to the departure area. You cannot fly"
risk is multi-faceted. chasing the policy du jour for political point scoring does not increase safety...
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