Body scanning & Boryspil Airport

[Ryan & Inna 0]

Kind of off topic but I just realized that I "think" Borispol has the new body image machine thing when going through security to fly away when I left UA in early november... can anyone confirm this and how do we decline going through such machine... I just remember standing sideways with 2 feet prints

I wanna make sure I know how to tell them nooooooo (and not get taken to a side room and miss flight) when leaving in January...

Im fine with a pat down!

Just no to radiation being pumped into me by minimum wage employees that have no concept of what its doing to our bodies

A recent conversation with my brother:

Brother: either way, they probably are safe right now while they're new and calibrated fromt he factory

me: but i didnt raise my arm, i just stood sideways

Brother: but given that there's been incidents with medical radiation therapy machines being operated by PHD radiologists giving people way over doses of radiation, I don't exactly have much confidence in these machines being operated by the minimum wage security theater morons, as soon as they start to get older, I'm sure they're not going to keep paying techs to come in and check the calibration and more radiation will just mean clearer images so nobody is going to bother to fix them unless they're emitting too little radiation

me: eeks

Brother: also, they say the machines cant save images, what about the guy that sneaks in his cell phone and takes a picture of the screen? not to mention the fact that 100 images from a similar machine that "cant save images" were leaked as they were saved, so they can save images and theres more than one way to get an image off these machines. so I call BS.

me: lovely

Brother: yep, not to mention, half the time if you go through the scanner, you get the same pat down anyway

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

Kind of off topic but I just realized that I "think" Borispol has the new body image machine thing when going through security to fly away when I left UA in early november... can anyone confirm this and how do we decline going through such machine... I just remember standing sideways with 2 feet prints

I wanna make sure I know how to tell them nooooooo (and not get taken to a side room and miss flight) when leaving in January...

Im fine with a pat down!

Just no to radiation being pumped into me by minimum wage employees that have no concept of what its doing to our bodies

A recent conversation with my brother:

Brother: either way, they probably are safe right now while they're new and calibrated fromt he factory

me: but i didnt raise my arm, i just stood sideways

Brother: but given that there's been incidents with medical radiation therapy machines being operated by PHD radiologists giving people way over doses of radiation, I don't exactly have much confidence in these machines being operated by the minimum wage security theater morons, as soon as they start to get older, I'm sure they're not going to keep paying techs to come in and check the calibration and more radiation will just mean clearer images so nobody is going to bother to fix them unless they're emitting too little radiation

me: eeks

Brother: also, they say the machines cant save images, what about the guy that sneaks in his cell phone and takes a picture of the screen? not to mention the fact that 100 images from a similar machine that "cant save images" were leaked as they were saved, so they can save images and theres more than one way to get an image off these machines. so I call BS.

me: lovely

Brother: yep, not to mention, half the time if you go through the scanner, you get the same pat down anyway

Why do they have to be Minimum wage..? They are the ones that are keeping flights to/from the UKRAINE* safe. Just follow the ropes and not making it harder for your self d@mn! I'm sure it's tested and proven to be safe as long as you're not going through there every day on just standing in there while active. No one is trying to see you you're just another passenger - as we are they need to get thru so that others behind you won't get mad of slow lines.. Guess what .. it's here in the US too and you probably need to have a medical NOTE saying you're unable to use the body machine... because THEN you'll become a target... you choose Welcome to America...!

Edited November 23, 2010 by RICARDO4EVA2

[baron555 934]

Just no to radiation being pumped into me

It is interesting when you do a Google search on how much radiation you will receive while flying those long flights up 35,000 feet?!!!!

[eekee 182]

It's one time; you'll get a lot more hassle for being like NO BODY SCAN. It's Ukraine; they don't care about your personal opposition to something.

[tom&tanya 48]

It's Ukraine; they don't care about your personal opposition to something.

SO TRUE! (The alternative to a body scan might be getting your a** kicked and then a hefty "fine" paid to the police officer who just did it)

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

Hahaha... I love this post...(dont know where this came from)

[SMR 368]

Like some others have mentioned, you don't have the same rights in Ukraine. I don't know the specific laws, but I really am not certain they have any sort of opt out procedure. And even if they technically do, a lot would come down to who was in charge on that particular day. While the effects of radiation are not known conclusively and different wavelengths of radiation have different effects on different people, most experts agree that the risks are relatively low. I wouldn't count on your ability to fly if you try to opt out of the scan procedures.

[easyukraine 1]

first one must realize they are not in America when they fly out of the US. the rights and laws we have here do not apply in foreign country's. if the thieves and lairs in Washington are successful we wont have many rights either.