Sanity has prevailed; the following from IFALPA today:-
The U.S Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has revised its policy, introduced earlier this month, on Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) and ‘pat-down’ procedures for airline pilots, attendants and passengers.
ALPA International worked tirelessly over several days with the Department of Homeland Security, TSA and other government agencies to get the policy concerning pilots reversed, and this has now been achieved.
All airline pilots in uniform, including non-U.S nationals, with airline identification, will now be subject to screening by walk-through metal detectors at all security checkpoints, as was the case before the new policy was adopted. They will not be required to be screened by AIT or intrusive physical ‘pat-downs’.