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No scanners Scanners not in use Scanners: choose your own line Scanners, random use for some In use for most/all SEARCH for a status Enter a three-digit IATA code (e.g. LAX, ORD, JFK) or look up a code or list all US airports) Or, click on a major airport here to search for it: ATL BOS BWI CLT DCA DEN DFW DTW EWR FLL HNL JFK IAD IAH LAS LAX LGA MDW MIA MCI MCO MKE MSP ORD PHL PHX PIT RDU SAN SEA SFO SJC SLC Or view all statuses submitted to TSA Status.   SUBMIT a status Airport (three letter IATA code): Airline: --please select-- Airtran Alaska American Jetblue Continental Delta Frontier Southwest United US Airways Virgin America All airlines International Other / N/A Checkpoint/Terminal: Date you flew: --Month-- January February March April May June July August September October November December --Day-- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 --Year-- 2012 2013 Time (optional): Hour 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Min (select closest) 00 10 20 30 40 50 AM/PM AM PM Color code: -Select- Green Blue Yellow Orange Red Wait time in minutes (optional): Notes:                                   GREEN (Low) indicates that there is no backscatter/radiation machine visible at this checkpoint. BLUE (Guarded) indicates that there is a backscatter/radiation machine visible at this checkpoint, but it was not in use for any passengers. YELLOW (Elevated) indicates that there is a backscatter/radiation machine in use in some lanes, but that you can "choose your own adventure" and avoid that lane ORANGE (High) indicates that there is a backscatter/radiation machine in use for some passengers RED (Extreme) indicates that there is a backscatter/radiation machine in use for all or nearly all passengers. Showing all 4028 submitted statuses Airport Airline Checkpoint Date Notes Time Wait OMA UA B 2013-06-26 WTMD opened up on the right side just in time for SDOO. If you aren't looking for it on the right side, you might miss it. rno WN Only Airport Checkpoint 2013-06-18 Unfortunately, everyone was being sent through body scanners. 100p SAT DL Terminal A 2013-06-17 700a 30 Ewr UA Terminal a 2013-06-17 Worst tsa team in America from a heavy traveler STL UA Terminal 1, Concourse A 2013-06-16 Cue is split into two lines; the left-hand line leads to a single MMW scanner, while the right-hand line leads to one of several lanes with WTMD only. No BKSX machines present. Passengers who alarmed the WTMD had their hands swabbed. 630a 10 okc AA Central 2013-06-15 Far right lane is WTMD only, was able to SDOO 530a 5 bwi WN 2013-06-14 Get a life, stand up for your civil liberties. We are losing them at an alarming rate! Opt-out, answer no questions, encrypt and lock your cell phone, computer, ipad... Give these glorified mall cops are hard time all day, every day! MKE DL Concourse D 2013-06-14 NoS for all except airport/airline employees and children. Pat down is professional and efficient. Lines would move faster with just the WTMD! fll UA Terminal 1/C 2013-06-14 Leftmost lane WTMD only, self-select there (trash can for water bottles is by that lane, good excuse to move over) 500p 5 YYZ AA T3, US Pre-Clearance 2013-06-14 CATSA is usually worse than TSA. Setup at checkpoint is awful, room for only one person to get all the stuff out of the bags, remove shoes, etc. Scanner is used on the very left lane, and is used only for secondary purposes. They are up-front with you that you have the option of getting patted-down, and it's not nearly as offensive as the TSA gropes. Biggest challenge is frustration, as it takes A LONG time to get through, even with only a handful of people ahead of you. 100p 10 Sea AS C 2013-06-11 Only one scanner lane, metal detector lanes not in use 220p 60 den WN east, by the frontier kiosks 2013-06-10 10 position, all the way to the left was wtmd only. it was closed right after i went through though. 820a BUF WN main 2013-06-09 Crowded with three of then lanes open. The MMW side would back up with people because it takes longer. So at times, the screener would send a bunch through the WTMD. 330p 15 iah UA 2013-06-09 MIA AA D 2013-06-08 several passengers were allowed to walk through metal detectors, but I was told to go through the backscatter machine. I refused and asked to walk through metal detector. My request was denied and I was given the patdown instead. I guess my dreads looked suspicious to TSA-- couldn't help but notice that mostly white and asian people were allowed to walk through the metal detectors... 720p HAV Int'l 2013-06-08 only metal detectors present. moving through customs and immigration was a very slow process because it was an international flight to Miami, but going through the metal detectors itself was a fairly quick process, especially if you did not declare possession of certain items like cuban rum or cigars, food, or expensive artwork. one person in my group was successful in sneaking a cuban cigar through customs; the others were not and their bags were searched. 400p ORD UA 1 2013-06-08 Unfortunately, everyone except those sent through pre-check was sent through body scanners. There was only one regular lane in the terminal, and the elite lane fed to the regular lane. I tried to use the metal detector lane in terminal 1 first, but it was not open--this early in the morning, many of the security lanes were unfortunately closed. There was a really long line. 430a MKE DL Concourse D 2013-06-07 NoS for all except airport/airline employees and children. Pat down is professional and efficient. In fact TSA employee was almost apologetic about doing it. There was a wench in front of the metal detector yelling at people. No need for customer service when you work for the government. Lines would move faster with just the WTMD! MEM 2013-06-07 MEM has got to have one of the worst TSA staffs on Earth. They have since "upgraded" to MMW "gumby" strip searches. They send every.single.person through the NoS. These fat a-holes don't care if the line is out the door. They desperately want to strip search you. For Freedom, of course. Jerks. AUS UA 2013-06-06 scanned bags out of view while I waited 20 syr UA All one now 2013-06-06 New check-point, common to both "A" and "B" piers is open. (Very similar layout to ROC. although the food vendors, apparently, didn't get the memo. No NOS yet, but abundant room for them. Insider info is NOS by fall. 4 SMF WN B 2013-06-05 Three lanes open, MMW primary in all. Some people were directed to the WTMD when the line for the MMW got too long, but it was difficult to time position in line to avoid the scanner. 1000a 10 Fll All H 2013-06-04 Security line goes across terminal and 100 additional yards outside toward terminal 3 640a 50 DCA FL Airtran/Southwest/Frontier/JetBlue 2013-06-03 Fortunately, at this terminal,there were only metal detectors. 120p ogg All 2013-06-02 Far left lane was WTMD only. Marked staff/crew but they wave through pax when normal lanes are busy. LAS WN AB 2013-06-01 Light traffic with one MMW lane open at the AB checkpoint. A few passengers were sent through the attached WTMD if the body scanner line backed by more than 3 or 4 people waiting to enter. I was fortunate to time it right and SDOO into the WTMD. 750a 5 SFO AA 2013-06-01 backscatter machines in use for almost everyone except folks in wheelchairs and passengers with babies-- they went through metal detectors instead. Didn't feel like putting up a fight, so I went through the backscatter machine, but was annoyed to be patted down afterward anyway... 830p ORF DL B concourse 2013-06-01 WTMD only for this concourse; Atl DL Domestic - Main 2013-05-31 MMW roped off/WTMD in use in lanes 6/7, 8/9, 10/11, and 18/19. MMW in use in lanes 12/13, 14/15, 16/17, and 21/22. Easy to select a lane of your choosing. Look around for the roped off scanners. 800a 20 ord AA Checkpoint closest to Spirit Airlines 2013-05-31 At this checkpoint (which may be more of a Spirit/Virgin America checkpoint, but all gates in terminals 1, 2, and 3 are reachable through this checkpoint), people turn right will encounter a WTMD, while people who turn left will encounter a body scanner. 700a jfk DL Terminal 4 2013-05-31 600p lgb All All gates 2013-05-30 All WTMD. SNA WN C 2013-05-30 MMW scanners for everyone, except for a mother and two young boys who were allowed to use the WTMD. 450p 0 SNA WN C 2013-05-30 MMW scanners for everyone, except for a mother and two young boys who were allowed to use the WTMD. 450p 0 oak B6 2 2013-05-30 At 5 pm on a Thursday, Terminal 1 was impassable with one MMW operating, and two roped off WTMD’s. However, Terminal 2 had one MMW and one WTMD operating, and selecting the WTMD was easy. 5p SEA WN 4 2013-05-30 In the left lane there is no scanner and everyone went through the metal detector. You can tell where there used to be a scanner for that lane so I'm sure it's only temporarily gone and will be replaced soon... 130p 20 ATL DL 2013-05-28 11a DEN WN North 2013-05-27 All lanes in North and South checkpoints open. Lanes 1 and 10 in both are WTMD-only. Lane 10 in South checkpoint is for PreCheck; the others were available for all passengers. North checkpoint line was shorter than South. No scope or grope for me, yay! One person in the WTMD lane had his shoes taken and swabbed. 1020a 15 DEN WN North 2013-05-27 All lanes in North and South checkpoints open. Lanes 1 and 10 in both are WTMD-only. Lane 10 in South checkpoint is for PreCheck; the others were available for all passengers. North checkpoint line was shorter than South. No scope or grope for me, yay! One person in the WTMD lane had his shoes taken and swabbed. 1020a 15 MIA AA International to domestic 2013-05-27 Transferring from international to domestic is not a nice experience. It seems every government employee is on some kind of power trip. Be ready for extremely rude TSA, customs people that think they can ask any detailed question about your life, etc. For re-entering security for domestic flights, at E gates there are only scanners and the TSA is incredibly incompetent and rude. After this, we did see a security checkpoint that was not using any scanners at that time, though. MIA is rife with TSA employees walking around on the cell phones doing nothing, wasting our money. 6p 15 SLC DL 2 2013-05-27 Almost all sent to MMW. Did manage to tie up 6 of the thugs on the pat down 1120p 10 SJC AS Terminal A 2013-05-26 All scanners at Terminal A were roped off. Once past security, you can walk to Terminal B in 5-10 minutes. I went to terminal B first and saw scanners in use there. 920a 10 LGA DL Terminal D 2013-05-26 Right lane and sky priority / Pre-check lanes have WTMD only. Left lane goes to body scanner. 430p GRR DL Concourse A 2013-05-26 Single MMW/WTMD setup. Those with kids got WTMD, others got the zap. 100p oak Other 1 2013-05-26 Two lanes open, one MMW, one WTMD, easy SDOO 8a SEA AS 3 2013-05-25 Checkpoint 3, Lane 1 is the TSA precheck line and is WTMD-only. The same checkpoint had at least one other WTMD line. The N/D checkpoint also appeared to have one WTMD line. Other checkpoints were scanner-only. 450a 5 Dtw US US Airways 2013-05-24 You could chose between a lane with the scanner or with WTMD 930a ANC AS main 2013-05-24 Credit where it's due: screeners were kind enough to orchestrate a transfer of my forgotten cell phone from my husband landside to me, airside. But then, everyone but the special people were sent to the scanner, while a Starbucks barista got multiple trips through the WTMD and couldn't figure out why her apron with full pockets kept dinging. I also watched a teenage girl get a full monty grope in front of her whole family for the crime of wearing a knee brace. She appeared to be an involuntary opt-out, or to be getting a post-scan grope. The screener who did the grope used the words "butt", "groin", and "breasts" rather than "resistance" and "sensitive areas". The girl looked amused by the whole affair, but her family looked shocked. 1030p SFO WN 2013-05-23 500a Pit DL Int'l Arrivals 2013-05-23 All passengers arriving into PIT on an international flight must relearn security regardless of final destination. The good news is it's WTMD-only. 540p 0 BHM AA All 2013-05-23 No scanners, TSA pretty friendly compared to other airports. 6a 5-10 psp UA 2013-05-23 0 ATL DL Main 2013-05-22 All lines using MMW. Possible random wtmd when line gets too long, but you have to time it perfectly and be lucky. 800a 15 MSY UA D 2013-05-22 Two MMW lane were opened. Very slow and very long lines. No WTMD so opted out. 500p 30 Dfw AA E16 2013-05-22 E16 is still good. But you may be called "handsome" by a greasy TSA smurf. 740a 10 MHT WN B 2013-05-22 Looked like 3 WTMD, 2 MMW in use at this checkpoint. WTMD if the scanner was occupied, family/crew line was WTMD only. 630a 5 OAK WN T2 2013-05-21 There is still one WTMD only line in the center toward the left. Both terminals are connected after security. 920a LGA AA CTB-D 2013-05-21 Easy SDOO here. Left lane is WTMD only, right lane goes to MMW. 900a sfo UA T3 2013-05-21 TSA female said scanner? wasn't an x-ray. No notices to opt out. Would have for health concerns if there were signs. 130p 5 SAN AA Commuter 2013-05-21 Commuter Terminal switched to to the Millimeter Wave machine. When I was going through, they have both x-ray machines working, but forcing everyone to go through the MMW. That slowed everyone and everything down. When you put your stuff in the x-ray, you got into another line, about six people deep, for the MMW. Further impeding things is the pillar right by the entrance of the MMW. Also funny was two FAMs trying to get processed. Even they were looking around and smirking at the TSA's incompetence. Both of them looked at me and we chuckled. 1030a 15 MSP DL Checkpoint 1 2013-05-20 510a MSP DL Checkpoint 3 2013-05-20 520a MSP DL Checkpoint 4/PreCheck 2013-05-20 Only WTMD line 520a 1 BUF US main 2013-05-20 two MMW machine are in use and one WTMD is used at left side. 1020a 5 AVP All all 2013-05-20 MMW Removed! Back to only metal detector! 1030a 1 LGA DL Terminal D 2013-05-20 MMW in use on the left, WTMD-only lane to the right. 350p 5 BOS DL Terminal A 2013-05-20 1240p 10 BOS DL Terminal A 2013-05-20 Long lines for bag x-rays, but there was a lane with a MMW roped off on the far right. Lanes with MMW in use send 100 percent of pax through them. 1240p 10 DEN DL South 2013-05-19 Only WTMD open was for precheck lane (my BP didn't print with that info this time) 200p 8 DEN DL North (Colorado flag) 2013-05-19 No WTMD open. 200p DEN DL Bridge to Concourse A 2013-05-19 Groper thought I was rude when I answered his question about sensitive areas with "my genitals." 200p Atl DL Domestic-Main 2013-05-18 MMW roped off in lanes 8/9, 16/17, 18/19. MMW in use in lanes 10/11, 12/13, 14/15, 21/22. Easy to select a lane using the WTMD. 740a 5 LAS WN ABC 2013-05-17 I was on the conveyer side closest to the WTMD in one of the lanes. The lines of people were becoming so massive that the TSO just wanted all of us to go through the MMW to speed things up. So your chance of escape increases at ABC increases if its crowded and if you choose the conveyer line closer to the WTMD. 830a 15 LAS WN ABC 2013-05-17 Correction below, should read "TSO just wanted all of us to go through the WTMD..." 830a 15 otp Int'l main 2013-05-17 no scanners only WTMD, and don't have to take your shoes off 720a 5 lax UA 2013-05-16 830a EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2013-05-16 Had to wait over 5 minutes for groper; patdown was almost nonexistent. 1250p 8 OKC AA West 2013-05-16 During busy times, there is a WTMD only checkpoint down the hall from the west checkpoint. To get there you have to wait in the line for the west checkpoint and the far right ID checker is the only person who will allow access down this hall. It was just luck to be sent to this ID checker and then down the hall. People who were sent to the other 2 ID checkers were being sent to the MMW in the west checkpoint as usual. 530a PDX D-E-F 2013-05-14 Far left lane has magnetometer only. Go here. All other lanes use invasive scanners 500a 10 ROC DL Main 2013-05-13 MMW all lanes, regardless the long lines 500p ATL DL 2013-05-12 1030a SAT DL A 2013-05-12 The TSO tried to tell me the machine is safe. And then while I waited, tried to have me stand between the AIT and the baggage scanner. Uh, no. 930a 5 FNT DL 2013-05-12 No stupid "pet" tricks today. 250p ORD AA 7/8 T3 2013-05-12 MMW for all passengers except Pre-Check. A few lucky ones go through WTMD when scanners need calibrating. Lines move slowly. 530p 20 DRO All Only one terminal 2013-05-12 Only a metal detector. The TSA seem less on a power trip without the scanner. Who knows, though, when another scanner will appear. For now, it's not too bad an experience. 500p ABE DL 2013-05-10 400p 2 SJC US Terminal A 2013-05-10 Avoid scanners by using lane 6 on the far left. 520a 10 AUS UA Main/ Center 2013-05-10 One metal detector each for 'pre-check' and premium/first class passengers. Scanner in use on right side, but it was possible to navigate to the metal detectors. TSA not that rude, but still unfriendly. 1150a Bos DL A 2013-05-09 Lines were disorganized and confusing. 8-deep line for the MMW, yet the WTMD remained roped off for everyone. 1120a 15 lax UA 7 2013-05-09 Metal detector only. 820p 15 ATL DL South smaller gate 2013-05-09 Very long lines for non pre-check lanes. All people through MMW. I opted out. They tried to have me abandon my stuff and walk to some other area. I refused and said to the agent, Hey I'm not supposed to leave my stuff unattended right? Someone can put something in it! A friendly and quick patdown followed once I acquired my stuff. It was more or less hilarious, as I was calling them on BS the whole time. 830a 45 SFO DL T1 DL pier 2013-05-09 MMW in every lane as primary 1200p BRS Int'l the only one 2013-05-08 WTMDs only as far as I could see. 720a 5 AMS Int'l Gate F4 (KLM) 2013-05-08 Checkpoints are at gates. Scanners for everyone except those who were holding babies. 1200p 30 MSP US Terminal 1, Checkpoint 4 2013-05-08 Long line but worth it because only a WTMD present. You can check in at any airline in terminal 1 and still use checkpoint 4 4p MSP All Terminal 1 Checkpoint 2 2013-05-08 Both a WTMD on the right and MMW on the left were present, but can go to either. Go right to avoid intrusions into your privacy. mdw All Elite Checkpoint 2013-05-08 At the elite checkpoint, there was a body scanner if one turned left and no body scanner if one turned right. Fortunately, the body scanner was not being used. For the regular checkpoint, there were lanes with body scanners and at least one lane with a metal detector, but I could not tell whether people were able to select their own lane. 140p MCO F9 B 2013-05-07 2 lines were closed when arrived, opened about 15 min later 1000a 35 BUF WN main 2013-05-06 All backscatter machines removed and replaced with MMW scanners that have the Gumby figure display. 850p Bos DL A 2013-05-05 All WTMDs roped off. 420a 0 Jfk DL T3-Gate 1 2013-05-05 Backscatter was roped off. 1000a 0 FNT DL 2013-05-05 250p 1 Lga DL Marine Air Terminal 2013-05-05 WTMD-only! Renovations are occurring at the MAT, so a MMW could appear here in the near future. TDC was playing the name game. 550p 0 JAX UA 2013-05-05 1100a PHL DL D 2013-05-05 There is a MMW scanner in this terminal, but I opt out each time. Professional and non-invasive pat down followed, I was pleased with the results. Also they tried to say MMW was 'new technology' blahblah and I flat out said that everytime I go through it, I get patted down anyway, so I'll just skip the machine, thanks. 100p 5 JFK CO 1 2013-05-04 JFK AA 8 2013-04-30 This is a security breach! If anyone wanted to sneak something in and cause harm, they would know how to get past security because of you dum dums!!t There has to be SOME unpredictable screening. Let's protect the people who protect you EVERYDAY! THINK PEOPLE!! 120p YVR DL US departures 2013-05-04 Went through WTMD in the Nexus line with no trouble. All lines appeared to have WTMD. I saw one scanner, behind a curtain and apparently not in use. 1100a 5 MSP DL Terminal 1, checkpoint 6 2013-05-04 At this time of night, only one checkpoint was open and scanners were the only option. 900p 5 MIA All All 2013-05-03 Who protects us from the TSA dum-dums? Only sites like this! DEN F9 A Concourse Skybridge 2013-05-03 Far right lane on the A bridge is still WTMD-only, but I haven't seen it in use for a couple of months now, regardless of how long the lines are. Non-elite line wait was probably closer to 20-25 minutes; looks like people have figured out the A Skybridge shortcut! 530a 5 ABE DL 2013-05-02 350p 1 MKE DL D 2013-05-02 No Precheck here. All pax getting the AIT. 630p 10 ewr UA Terminal A, United Express concourse 2013-05-02 WTMD only in use. Easy and painless. 1000a 3 JFK Int'l 4 2013-04-30 Kuwait Airlines flight to London. Mandatory porno scanners, and select pat-downs on top of it. 7p 10 JFK AA 8 2013-04-30 This is a security breach! If anyone wanted to sneak something in and cause harm, they would know how to get past security because of you dum dums!!t There has to be SOME unpredictable screening. Let's protect the people who protect you EVERYDAY! THINK PEOPLE!! 330p 5 FNT DL 2013-04-28 Even the TSOs are tiring of doing patdowns... though I still got one. And saw another pax opt out as well; good to see. 240p 1 FLL US 3 2013-04-28 Left-most lane is metal-detector only, but the other two lanes have millimeter wave body scanners in use. 600p TLH 2013-04-27 Courteous and professional about opt-out. 730a 0 mdw All Only Airport Checkpoint 2013-04-26 There are now two body scanners in the main checkpoint. If one can use the elite checkpoint, there is now unfortunately a body scanner installed, but fortunately, nobody in this checkpoint was being selected for the body scanner. 450a alb WN main 2013-04-26 they have both. you are able to choose which one you want to go thru. 530a alb WN main 2013-04-26 they have both. you are able to choose which one you want to go thru. 530a Msp US 4 2013-04-25 Sequester politics 430p 35 EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2013-04-25 Power-tripping TSOs and LTSOs today. Took a reasonable STSO to tell them to do their jobs. 600p 7 JFK DL 2 2013-04-25 Security line a total disaster. One MMW and 2 baggage X-rays in use. Line was a total scrum, eventually the DL agents resorted to calling people forward by departure time. 610p 70 LHR Int'l 4 2013-04-25 Porno scanners at all lanes including mandatory porno scanners for ALL passengers. Bag searches and patdowns at the gate 300p 50 dfw AA A37 2013-04-25 Ck Pt busy. MMW. I requested patdown which was prompt, courteous and efficient. TSA agent carried my belongings over to patdown area. 430p 10 JFK AA 8 2013-04-24 MMW in use for most passengers. Business class mostly used metal detector. The person before me opted out. I asked to use the metal detector with my young daughter and was allowed to do so. I think the TSO could see that I would be another opt out if asked to go through MMW. 400p PHL US D/E 2013-04-24 Scanners now on all D/E lines, but they'll pick some to go through WTMD during busy times (and rope them off otherwise). I got sent through WTMD, fortunately, but this is no longer a safe checkpoint. ORD UA Checkpoint 3/T1 2013-04-24 1200p ewr AA A 30 2013-04-23 Normally there are two que lines ... priority access and the regular line; TSA has turned priority access into a normal line and are making all priority access go to the back of the line ... a second TSA agent told me TSA has the option to discontiue priority access without notice and the arilines can keep there 'priority access' sign in place but TSA can chose to ignore it; there were half a dozen TSA agents cheerfully watching the chaos ... looks like organized work slow down to punish frequent flyers JFK DL T2, T3, T4 2013-04-23 Had plenty of time so I checked all three terminals. There is now a BKSX at T3. All three terminals now looked to have scanners in every lane and almost everyone was being scanned, including at T3. 100p DTW DL PreCheck 2013-04-22 Green color code if you are granted the "boon" of three beeps from our :constitutional" government. Many "random" hand swabs of "trusted travelers" (guess you're not that "trusted"). 400p PHL US B 2013-04-22 630a ATL DL 2013-04-22 8a mco US b 2013-04-22 40p CLT DL B 2013-04-21 Prompt "dynamic" for once. 1040a 2 PDX WN A/B/C 2013-04-21 One MMW machine in use. A couple passengers diverted through attached WTMD when MMW backed up, but for the most part the line was moving quickly through MMW. 740p 5 CLE UA C 2013-04-21 MMW for everyone. After that, they were patting down everybody's shoulders without explanation. 730a 10 Sjc WN B 2013-04-20 No SDOO possible, all through scanners unless you opt-out. 1p jfk AA American Airline Checkpoint 2013-04-20 Just about everyone chose to go through the lane with the body scanner. However, there was another lane on the far left at which people could choose to go through the metal detector instead. 410a 0 IAD UA Main 2013-04-20 Awful crowd around 3 pm. All lane pairs had one MMW and one WTMD. Because of crowd, hard to see which lanes went where; some lane pairs had THREE lines feeding into them. Easily chose metal detector line; very few being pulled from metal detector to MMW. IAD All Employee 2013-04-20 WTMD in use at employee checkpoint with no line 300p 0 CMH UA B 2013-04-19 Terminal B has three WTMDs, two of which also have MMW NoSs. Only one lane was open as pax traffic was light. A LTSO was standing in front of the WTMD directing everybody to the NoS. I saw one pax opt out, go through the WTMD, and go on his way (no grope!) 600p 0 jfk AA American Airline Checkpoint 2013-04-19 Unfortunately, everyone except for precheck passengers, including in the elite lane, were sent through the body scanner. 400p dfw F9 E16 2013-04-19 WTMD only 7p 0 San AA T2 2013-04-18 They have dumped all of the back scatter machines in T2 and have MMW machines in all lanes. Three X-ray machines were in use, which translates in to two magnetometers. One other observation, as experienced multiple times in T1 with AS & UA, for some reason the screeners are absolutely militant about standing behind the red line until you are called. It's borderline embarrassing how they do that. 610a 2 ABE DL 2013-04-18 Standard WTMD checkpoint. 400p 2 IAD UA East 2013-04-18 MMW in use on all lanes. One-striper was blocking the WTMD at all lanes and directing everybody to the NOS. No trouble with medical liquids, openly declared and in a separate bin. 330p 15 CLL UA main 2013-04-18 WTMD only, didn't see any patdowns. They've dropped the "say your name" and handwipe gambits. Avoided having my backpack searched by putting my keys and phone in the bin separately. 1130a 5 sfo UA 2013-04-17 800a MCI DL B 56-59 2013-04-17 Nice contractors (not TSA) but everyone directed to MMW or get groped 1030a 8 SJC DL A 2013-04-16 Choose your lane. Newspeak PSA. One line, metal detect or scanner 550a 10 sea UA 2013-04-16 MIA AA Int'l to domestic connections 2013-04-16 All WTMD, no naked scanners, going from customer to D gates 600p LAX UA T7 2013-04-16 Only WTMD in use p 10 dfw AA D30 2013-04-15 Precheck with 0 people around - very fast 130p 0 DCA All Terminal A (1-9) 2013-04-15 Still WTMD only in Terminal A (B6/AC/FL/WN/F9/SY) 520a 5 Bwi WN 2013-04-15 Get a life, scan and cooperate. Then go make a difference. 5 dca DL b 2013-04-15 540a 45 DTW DL PreCheck 2013-04-14 Got PreCheck "beep beep beep" .. however, all pax had to have hand swabbed for ETD. Stupid. One poor woman failed the hand swab test, and got taken off to full secondary inspection. I really feel very sorry for her. She looked as if she had no idea what was about to happen to her. 400p 2 DTW DL PreCheck 2013-04-14 Got PreCheck "beep beep beep" .. however, all pax had to have hand swabbed for ETD. Stupid. One poor woman failed the hand swab test, and got taken off to full secondary inspection. I really feel very sorry for her. She looked as if she had no idea what was about to happen to her. 400p 2 DCA DL Terminal B/Gates 10-22 2013-04-14 We flew First Class this time, so wait time was diminished by being in the Sky Priority Lane. But lines weren't long and were efficient. Still mostly AIT - for some reason, a woman and her tween son in front of us were led into the WTMD, but I think it was a combination of trying to avoid an AIT backup and the mother/child combo. Otherwise, everyone is through the AIT. 930a 5 atl DL Domestic-Main 2013-04-14 MMW roped off on lanes 16 & 17. Easy to avoid MMW ROA UA Main Checkpoint 2013-04-14 One Millimeter machine used for all passengers. 430p 0 IAD All TSA pre-check "one beep line" on departure floor 2013-04-14 Millimeter machine used for pre-check "one beep" passengers 120p 5 DFW B6 E8 2013-04-14 All through MMW/ATR. Very quiet at 8:45am. ABE DL 2013-04-12 Other than a "TSO" wanting to put my liquid baggie into same bin with my laptop (don't they have a rule against anything in the bin with a laptop?), relatively painless crossing into the "free" countryside this morning. 500a 2 Sea AS N/D 2013-04-12 Everyone through metal detector; scanner blocked off. 540a MSP DL Terminal 1 (Lindbergh)/Checkpoint #4 2013-04-12 Went through Sky Priority Line, which was much shorter than the normal entry. CP #4 is still WTMD only; all other CP's appear to use MMW machines. Staff polite and friendly. 720a 5 PHL US C 2013-04-12 I only went through a metal detector (right side lane) 1100a pia DL All 2013-04-12 MMW scanner has been removed SJC AA Terminal A 2013-04-12 Not busy. Only one line open with both WTMD and MMW active. Most people using the WTMD. 1020a 5 lax UA T7 2013-04-12 5 HIB DL 2013-04-12 Walk through metal detector only with seemingly random pardons. MKE Concourse C 2013-04-11 550p 5 LGB US Only one 2013-04-10 Still only WTMD in sight. :-) 1000a 0 odd Int'l 5 2013-04-10 WTMD in place at first and last station. Backscatter in middle. Requested metal detector and went through that line. 500p 5 ORD Int'l 5 2013-04-10 odd Int'l 5 2013-04-10 WTMD in place at first and last station. Backscatter in middle. Requested metal detector and went through that line. BOS B6 C11-C36 2013-04-10 MMW/ATR in use for all pax. Bna AA C 2013-04-09 Back scatter in use for all passengers. TSO commented on low staffing due to the sequester. Opted out for pat-down. No drama from TSOs on opt-out. Pat-down did not touch privates. A man in a wheel chair was put in the pat down area then wheeled out without being checked. 600p 5 ATL DL Main 2013-04-08 They now have MMW on all lines. No escaping even when busy 830a 30 FNT DL 2013-04-07 Standard stupidity. 300p 2 FLL WN B 2013-04-07 No nude body scanners here. Four lanes of walk-through metal detectors. But they do have glass and metal cages for putting innocent people into jail. 750p 2 LAS UA 3 2013-04-07 Every lane was MMW, no Precheck available. Some lucky people got to use the WTMDs as the MMWs sometimes needed calibrating. 800p 20 LYH US 1 2013-04-07 Also a TSA training airport 840p 10 DFW VX E15 2013-04-06 Still just the metal detector! 0 buf UA main 2013-04-05 X-ray cancer machines were used at every line. SDOO is not an option. Got pat down. 530a 5 ORD Int'l International 2013-04-05 Only one MMW machine opened. NO WTMD. Opt Out, Got a pat down. 830a 0 MSP WN 2 (Humphrey) 2013-04-05 Bit long of a wait to get to head of line with not enough staff, but MMW's not in use. Most or all people went through WTMD. Agents reasonably civil and friendly. 400p 20 BWI WN B 2013-04-05 Thugs putting everyone into nude body scanners. They kicked me out of the airport for refusing a patdown after the scanner gave a false positive. 610p 20 BWI WN A/B 2013-04-05 Important: the nude-body-scanner-free checkpoint that used to be open on the ground floor for terminals A and B has closed forever. It's getting harder for those of us who don't want the government judging our naked bodies to get where we are going. 20 SAN AA T2 2013-04-05 At SAN T2, they have removed all of the Backscatter machines and now every line (three of them) has the Millimeter Wave machines. Only two lines were open, both were using the Millimeter machines. 1100a 2 LAX WN 1 2013-04-03 All directed to MMW. 1040a 5 SFO UA Near gates 76-90 2013-04-02 This was the checkpoint to the right of the stairs. Only one MMW, used for all. Line was slow, we were running close to time, so I chickened out for the scanner. 100p 15 den F9 by the frontier gates/east 2013-04-01 leftmost line is wtmd only, no problem getting into its line LAS WN C Annex 2013-04-01 MMW in use for all lanes, showed my opt out card and requested my usual tsa clerk for the pat down, I miss him when hes not there. Hes firm but gentle. 330p DRO All Only one terminal 2013-04-01 A scanner was recently removed to a more busy airport, but the TSA is not generally friendly with putdowns. A new scanner could show up any time, for now just metal detector. 45 Lax AA 4 2013-03-31 15 las VX 3 2013-03-31 2 lanes open, MMW for everyone, parents with young children let through WTMD BOS DL A term 2013-03-31 Family directly in front of me went through the metal detector. My teenager and I were denied that and sent to MMW. ID checker gave me a hard time about my last name not matching my kid's last name and gave her a hard time about not believing she was under 18. 12p 10 SFO B6 International A 2013-03-30 Everyone through MMW, except children 12 years of age or younger, and one parent. WTMD covered with cardboard box. 1000a 5 BOS UA 2013-03-30 MMW in use. Pat-down was thorough but good-natured. 510a 10 dfw F9 e15 2013-03-29 still good! E16 was also still wtmd only 10 SFO UA T3 2013-03-29 MMW at all checkpoints I could see, all WTMDs blocked off. Lines moving very efficiently. I signaled to one of the agents monitoring the lines that I was an opt-out. By the time I passed my things through the x-ray, a female agent had arrived and the patdown was quick. She wasn't chatty but was polite and efficient. Did not touch my hair, but my hair's short and I'm a good foot taller than she was, so ymmv. Overall, as unobjectionable an experience as a professional grope can be. 2p 7 TPA WN 2 2013-03-29 MMW in use for most, a few waved through WTMD. Pat down on opt out was suprisingly professional and civil. Agents friendly. 430a 5 ric AA all 2013-03-28 everyone is put through mmw scanner 500a DFW AA A23 2013-03-28 since no one else has officially posted, the party is over at A23. checkpoint closed. DFW AA E16 2013-03-28 Still good. TDC didn't bat an eye at my AA boarding pass. psp AA 2013-03-28 810a 15 sjc WN Terminal B 2013-03-27 Select your own lane. 2 lanes WTMD and 2 lanes with new MMW scanners. 750a 25 ORD UA 2/T1 2013-03-27 WTMD in use / MMW roped off 1140a 5 LAX DL 5 2013-03-27 I used the Sky Priority Lane. After getting my id checked, the lane had a WTMD and a MMW. The TSO told me to go through the WTMD. It appears this is a "random use for some" lane. 1100a 1 MSP DL Main term 2013-03-27 6a 30 rdu AA 2 2013-03-26 MMW. Opt-out went fine as usual for me...not sure why others seem to have a bad experience. LAS WN ABC 2013-03-26 The lines feeding to each id check podium were getting very congested. Right when I approached, a TSO motioned to me and a group of others to move to the one id check podium that leads to the only WTMD-only lane and I escaped the MMW. I think they did this speed things up. 230p 10 iad UA C 2013-03-24 Once again another horrible premier wait time at Dulles. It took 40 minutes just to get thru the security line before going to the tram. Why is our Nations Capitol airpport the worst in the country? There seems to be no protocol to get more help. some people started yelling in the long lines. They shut down the screening 2 times in that 40 minutes wait as there were not enough lines open. 1100a iad UA C 2013-03-24 Once again another horrible premier wait time at Dulles. It took 40 minutes just to get thru the security line before going to the tram. Why is our Nations Capitol airpport the worst in the country? There seems to be no protocol to get more help. some people started yelling in the long lines. They shut down the screening 2 times in that 40 minutes wait as there were not enough lines open. 1100a 40 tus WN East Terminal 2013-03-24 No name game at ID check. WTMD only but "random" hand swabbing in effect. 310p 10 BOS B6 C 2013-03-24 Had on t-shirt under long sleeve shirt, and had forgotten ballpoint pen in t-shirt pocket, so received polite partial patdown after the MMW. Agent quite professional, told me which part of my body he was going to next. Only patted chest, back, and ankles. 6p JFK UA Terminal 7 2013-03-23 Only one line for security. TSO choice. Families allowed to use WTMD. 300p 5 PDX AS A/B/C 2013-03-23 The farthest right lane was shut down, but the next one over was operating as a self-select lane. All around a civilized staff, no visible tomfoolery (except for the asinine rules in general). 430p SEA AS D/N 2013-03-22 Far left line used to be WTMD only -- line roped off and most people put through BKSX, with some randomly picked to go through alternative WTMD next to it. 500a FLL US c 2013-03-20 MMW was in use there was no backscatters in sight and the metal detectors where roped off... i went through im not sure if i should have i should have just opted out 830a 25 LAX 2013-03-20 00p AVP All all 2013-03-20 Small airport. Has a Millimeter scanner (MMW), they use it for everyone, all the time. 400p 0 JFK Int'l Terminal 7 - BA/CX 2013-03-19 This is a checkpoint just down the hall from the CX and BA counters. Anybody can use it if you fly out of T7 (UA/US fly from here). One screening lane, WTMD only. Too small for NoS 800a 10 RDU DL Terminal 2 2013-03-19 Sending everyone through AIT, basically no exceptions. 1000a MCO WN 60-129 2013-03-18 Each lane is now a WTMD and MMW/ATR combo. Used left-side X-ray belt and got selected for WTMD. Still batting 1.000 at MCO. iah UA don't remember 2013-03-18 all lanes MMW, with the WTMD blocked off; opted out. OK patdown. ORD DL T2 2013-03-18 MMW now in use for all lanes except Pre-Check. However, sometimes you'll get lucky and one of the Pre-Check lanes is being used for regular passengers. Rule of thumb for ORD T2 remains the same - always stay as far left as you can. 1230p EWR UA C-1 Priority 2013-03-17 The priority lane led to a WTMD. There seemed to be an option to a MMW scanner as well. I was not sure whether one in the far right who was not in the priority lane could also use the WTMD lane, but all the other lanes at the checkpoint (for customers not in the priority lane) were sent to MMW. 500a DFW US E16 2013-03-16 still golden! DFW US E16 2013-03-16 still golden! DFW US E16 2013-03-16 still golden! Atl DL Domestic-Main 2013-03-15 The line backed up into the atrium. Numerous MMWs roped off - lanes 7-11 and 16-18. Easy to select one of these lines and use the WTMD. 800a 30 ATL US Main 2013-03-15 TSA determined to irradiate every passenger. Lanes 12-15 only ones open at Main chkpt; some of us herded to South chkpt for scope and grope. At least the pat-down was completed quickly; no add'l wait to get the ahem 450a 25 ATL US Main 2013-03-15 All pax through MMW; lanes 12-15 only lanes open despite 1/2 hour wait. Some of us herded to South chkpt for scope and grope; at least there was no add'l wait to get agent for pat-down. Long lines at my destination as well; perhaps the start of budget sequester theater? (This is a completion of a post which was sent prematurely thanks to the stupid touch screen on my not-so-smart phone.) 450a 25 EWR AA Terminal 3 2013-03-15 Everyone was sent through the WTMD line. It looked like there might have been other lines with scanners but they were not in use. 1220p ORD AA Terminal 3, Checkpoint closest to Spirit Airlines counter 2013-03-15 After one's ID was checked, one could either turn left for a body scanner or right for a WTMD. 520a BOS US B 4-14, US Air side 2013-03-14 Good old WTMDs, no scanners in sight! 150p Bos US B, 15-21 2013-03-14 All WTMDs at US Airways in BOS. Can access gates 4-21 from either checkpoint. 200p 0 lga US 3 2013-03-14 no scanners in sight only metal detectors 840a 5 ICT UA There is only one checkpoint here at this airport that feeds all gates. 2013-03-14 There are no scanners at this airport. Only WTMD. I wish all airports were like this. 700p 0 ATL WN Main 2013-03-12 Only one lane open putting all thru MMW. Oddly, when I opted out they didn't put me thru WTMD before my quick grope 420a 2 mdw WN 2013-03-11 using metal detectors only in all security lanes 500a 20 mdw WN 2013-03-11 using metal detectors only in all security lanes 500a 20 Atl DL Domestic-Main 2013-03-11 Look carefully for lanes with a roped off MMW. 1230p Bos DL Terminal A 2013-03-11 Metal detectors roped off. They wouldn't even let me through the WTMD while the MMW ran through its calibration cycle. 820a 0 MDW WN 2013-03-11 WTMD only because of the long lines 510a 40 bwi WN A/B Baggage Level 2013-03-11 There is no body scanner at this checkpoint. Unfortunately, the sign said that they are closing it (I think on April 20). 1020a 0 iad UA main 2013-03-11 Most checkpoints now have MMW and WTMD; only a couple have BKSX and WTMD. However in all cases there was an employee standing in the WTMD blocking it (why put some tape when you can pay someone to do this); so I opted out; normal pat down. Fll B6 3 2013-03-10 Echoing status from 2/27. Self select to far left. 2 jfk AA T8 2013-03-10 Most open lanes MMW (no BSX), looks like SDOO would be possible, precheck lane a joy as always ORD Int'l T3/Checkpoint 7 2013-03-10 One MMW was roped off until we got to the front of the line. LHR Int'l Terminal 5 2013-03-09 Provision ATD (MMW) in use in both north and south security lines but only for selected passengers. Most passengers screened with WTMDs. SEA Int'l South Satellite 2013-03-09 WTMD between international arrivals and the rest of the airport. SAN AA T2 2013-03-08 They are in process of transitioning from the Backscatter to the MMW. As of this writing, lane 1 has MMW (but I don't think they're trained on it, thus it was roped off). Lane two has no machine (had backscatter a few days earlier), Lane three has backscatter, and they're still using it. Was easy to maneuver to lane two. 600a 3 DCA US C (35-45) 2013-03-08 Opted out, got a perfunctory and friendly grope. Didn't even ask me to take off my belt or watch. 300p 5 PVD All Main 2013-03-07 No line. BKSX exclusively in use. Pat-down TSO told me MMW w/ATR coming in April most likely. SFO All T2 2013-03-07 No Backscatter used at SFO SFO All T3 2013-03-07 No Backscatter used at SFO SFO All T1 2013-03-07 No Backscatter used at SFO BHM AA Concourse C 2013-03-07 No rape or radiation (YET) at Birmingham, AL. lgb B6 only one 2013-03-07 only WTMD, but TSA staff said scanners arriving in June 2013 700a 0 sea AS 3 (central), precheck 2013-03-07 line 1 is precheck; with Global Entry pass is WTMD only 730p 0 ANC AS Main 2013-03-07 No line and polite, unobtrusive screeners at 6:30AM on a Thursday. They let my family with two young children through the WTMD, including my burly, bearded husband. All those of a non-privileged class, however, were funnled through the MMW scanner. I didn't see any opt outs, but I also didn't see any post-scan gropes or the overzealous swabbing I've seen elsewhere. In fact, this is the second time through ANC that they didn't bother to swab my husband's CPAP 630a 0 jnu AS only one 2013-03-07 I observed the JNU checkpoint during a long layover. Everyone was sent through the scanner, and there were lots of post-scan gropes. I watched several opt-outs receive a kabuki-style patdown: feather-light touch and stylized, pointless in its theatricality. One gentleman opted out, got his kabuki patdown, and then a “blade” was discovered in his bag, which wasn't allowed. He protested that he thought the TSA was letting those through now. The dopey-looking kid who found it was apologetic, “Nooo, not until the end of April.” Guy rolled his eyes and went back to check it in his baggage, then came back through a while later for a second patdown. They were doing lots and lots of swabbing. This might have had to do with the fact that they appeared to be breaking in a new girl who needed an easy task to do. They also did a gate check on our flight, which was the silliest make-work display I've seen all year. It took place about twenty feet from the checkpoint (this airport has 5 gates, very tiny). Three clerks lined their cart up right in front of a sign that was supposed to divide the waiting passengers into first class and coach, which created a log jam of folks who couldn't figure out how to route the line around the sign. Finally the airline guy told them to back their cart up so we could form a sensible line. Then they were randomly picking bags: one clerk picked a bag and asked to check it, a second clerk opened it and took a quick peek (far less of a look than the xray would have taken), and a third clerk just stood there. The bag checking clerk made a joke about an “insidious banana” he had found the week before. Your tax dollars at work! pdx Other D 2013-03-06 WTMD self select easy, left side 600a 10 pdx Other D 2013-03-06 WTMD self select easy, left side 600a 10 dal WN main 2013-03-05 MMW for all. Opted out. STSO threatened LEO. I then requested LEO. Grope was quick with LEOs witnessing. 800a 1 LGA US Terminal C 2013-03-05 At Terminal C, for US Airways, at left checkpoint, both lanes were using WTMD! Backscatter machine was roped off. This was the middle of the day with only a moderate amount of travelers 1230p 15 LGA US Terminal C, Left Checkpoint 2013-03-05 Both lanes used WTMD. MMW ( not backscatter) roped off 1230p 15 FNT DL 2013-03-05 A bit more agressive with the patdown today, compared to previous 5 passthroughs. 250p 1 hou WN main 2013-03-05 name game being played but I wasn't asked. Opted out in Spanish. grope speech seemed to go faster. two passes at "resistance" on each leg this time. 350p 5 hou WN main 2013-03-05 name game being played but I wasn't asked. Opted out in Spanish. grope speech seemed to go faster. two passes at "resistance" on each leg this time. 350p 5 SFO VX T2 2013-03-04 The far left line is precheck (WTMD only). Since my last trip, the elite line funnels into the same line and the second-to-left lane has had its NoS removed. So now if you are elite and the far left non-pre line is open, you can avoid groping. I'm glad no terrorists would ever think of getting elite status! TSA is on the job. PWM DL 2013-03-04 No WTMD option except for small children and of course the "trusted" airline crews. 240p 3 BOS AA Terminal B 2013-03-04 BSK gone, replaced by MMW for Main Cabin line. Priority Access/First Class feeds into a WTMD only lane (yeah!) right next to the Pre-Check lane which was empty until I got to it after finally getting thru the ID checker. All in all, not a bad morning trek thru Logan. 630a MSY WN B 2013-03-03 Walk through metal detectors blocked with ropes, all through millimeter wave body scanners. I told them I couldn't lift my arm over my head and was allowed to go through walk thru metal detector. My traveling companion opted out and I was permitted to take photos of his patdown. 130p 3 FRA T1 2013-03-03 WTMD, if set off, pat down 0 TUS US B gates 2013-03-02 WTMD, but one weirdo decided to do a "leg search" after the WTMD. Last time it was "back search." It did avoid the area of most concern in the pat down. 100p PIT All Main 2013-03-02 Just head left. 530a 0 YYZ Other T1 2013-03-02 Only used as secondary YUL Other A/B 2013-03-01 MMW for all those who alarm WTMD twice, or once depending on mood of screener in question. 730p < 5 SJU AA D/E 2013-03-01 seemed to be using WTMD as primary, MMW as backup 5p 2 PHX UA Terminal 2 2013-03-01 No wait at this sleepy airport at 7 pm on Friday night. Was glad to see the BKSX are gone, as I had a bad experience here with a snotty female TSA agent while opting out of BKSX here few years ago (Agent Attitude came over from another area and got in my face and aggressively accused me of "escalating" after I had very calmly told the male agent in my line that I preferred the pat down.) (And lady, you'll know when I'm actually escalating, trust me.) In any case, there are now about five separate lines here, each of which looks to have both WTMD and MMW. Tonight, with literally no traffic (one guy ahead of me in line as i walked up) -- all lines were roped off, funneling everyone to line 3. Line 3 WTMG was blocked off - everyone through MMW. I am OK with MMW, so did not get to re-assess the opt-out experience. 700p 2 ABE DL 2013-02-28 Slowest lines ever seen at ABE; one TSO joked it's preparing us for the sequester -- not funny. Finally opened second line 5 mins before 2 flights' scheduled departures to handle pax for those flights. Unbelievable. 340p 25 oak WN 2013-02-27 FLL Other Terminal 4 Concourse H 2013-02-27 On Feb 27/13, Metal Detector was on far left. as coming from ID check. Slow conveyor belt and only 3 in line. Others went through backscatter in center lane. 620p SFO UA International G 2013-02-26 Either orange or red depending on time of day. There are both WTMDs and MMW machines at the checkpoint, but they only use both when traffic is high, otherwise it's MMW only. As far as I can tell, the high-traffic time is ~10-11:30AM. I arrived at 11:50 and had the bad luck to see them closing the WTMDs as I got into line. Politely opted out, genitals not touched during patdown. 1150a 10 JFK AA T8 2013-02-26 about 50/50 between WTMD and BS, only one entrance open at that time 8a 5 MSP DL 1, rental car and transit 2013-02-25 Lines at the Main 600a 15 MSP DL 1, rental car and transit 2013-02-25 Lines at the Main CPs were outrageous as they usually are in the morning in MSP. I took the tram downstairs to the rental car and transit area where there is a CP (you can check bags on the tram level and head straight over). The line was shorter, only 15 minutes, but nearly everyone was shoehorned through the scanner, he metal detector was only used when the line backed up. I wasn't one of the lucky few but the grope was quick at least. 600a 15 PDX D/E 2013-02-25 Left hand lane is WTMD only. Easy to self select 500a 10 SFO UA T3 (overflow, south of main T3 checkpoint) 2013-02-25 MMW and WTMD both in use at this checkpoint, though today the WTMD was blocked off, and both lines were being routed through MMW. I'm OK with MMW. As it turns out, they had me step in, then asked me to step back out as one agent announced "calibrate!" WTMD was then unblocked and I was then re-routed through it, along with everyone else. No idea how long the MMW was out of service, but they were routing everyone through it pre-calibration 1130a 10 FNT DL 2013-02-24 Normal patdown operations. 250p 1 AZA Other single terminal 2013-02-24 All went throught WTMD. Backscatter was roped off. This was for Gate 6 on Spirit for a red eye flight. 1200a 5 CLT DL A 2013-02-23 Very short line on a Saturday afternoon, only a couple of minutes wait for "dynamic male assist" patdown. 200p 5 LAX Int'l International 2013-02-23 Post-security, "Thousands Standing Around" waiting for their shift to start. 630p 25 ABE DL 2013-02-22 Doing random patdowns after WTMD. 510p Sea WN Center 2013-02-22 Far left checkpoint to avoid body scanners 10 MKE Concourse E 2013-02-22 150p 2 BOS DL A 2013-02-21 Very light traffic today, only two lanes open. Enough staff to run MMWs only. Pat down cursory and courteous. 520p 5 RSW B6 D 2013-02-21 Two unavoidable MMW in use for all except those with young children. Fortunately, I had one of those with me. I will add that by TSA standards, the bunch here was one of the most courteous I've encountered. 430p 20 PVD B6 Main 2013-02-20 Cancerboxes still in play at PVD. Given their faith in junk science and bad TSA policy, along with long waits, avoid this airport until the cancer boxes are gone. Should have gone to BOS parking is not much more and they have switched to MMW. 400p 40 LHR Int'l Terminal 5 Transfers 2013-02-20 One MMW in the center of the checkpoint. No opt out permitted if selected; use outer lanes to avoid. HEL Int'l Terminal 2 2013-02-20 Friendliest screening I've ever experienced. OAK DL Terminal 1 2013-02-19 Brand new MMW scanner being installed tonight where the BKSX was a few days ago... argh 910p LAS WN AB 2013-02-19 One WTMD open on very far right and one MMW/WTMD combo going. Was able to use WTMD only lane (might be crew/family only at busy times, not 100% sure). Got selected for additional random screening, but it was only a shoe swab. 630p 3 MEM DL B 2013-02-19 MEM still has the Xray machines that supposedly are going away. 750a 10 DAL WN T2 2013-02-19 Scanner for all passengers 20 MCO WN 60-129 2013-02-18 BKSX are gone, most lanes MMW/WTMD combo. Didn't see any clear positional opt out, but you could probably time it right. 500p 20 FNT DL 2013-02-17 It's getting pretty bad when TSOs start greeting you by your first name....ugh. 250p 1 OAK DL Terminal 1 2013-02-17 BKSX in left lane only and not in use; everyone thru center lane WTMD 520p TPA WN C 2013-02-16 All except opt-outs and families with children have to go through MMW. Didn't notice any BDOs scouting prey as was mentioned in the 2/5 comment. 710a 15 PIT All Main 2013-02-16 Two lanes open today. One had the NoS roped off...easy lane choice! 1110a 0 JFK DL T3 (Can also access T2 by walk, or T4 by shuttle bus!) 2013-02-16 No scanners. One TDC was doing name game, one wasn't. Very easy through 600p 20 PDX WN D/E 2013-02-16 One MMW machine in use for all passengers. TSA screener standing in front of WTMD and was annoyed when I stated to him that I opt out. Actual pat-down was thorough, but barely missed contacting my genitals. 500p 2 LHR Int'l Terminal 3 2013-02-16 MMW in center of checkpoint. WTMD only in outer lanes. No opt outs allowed in the UK. ABE DL 2013-02-15 Three male full patdowns while I was in checkpoint; WTMD set to sensitive level? 510a CAE AA ALL 2013-02-15 MMW scanner PHL US C&D 2013-02-14 100% MMW were used. No way to SDOP. Opt out and got FXXKed by tsa. TSA go to HELL! 200p 30 HOU All ALL 2013-02-14 all passengers through porno-scanner. Pat down for opt-out was not aggressive or invasive. 1200p 15 SNA AS 2013-02-14 My minor age daughters and I (female) were selected for millimeter wave machines. We opted out and all three of us were given the pat-down search. It was clear that they did not want to have to go through this extra work, and tried to "talk us into" the machine, loudly discuss amongst themselves that they did not have enough female agents to do pat-downs at the moment. We selected to be pat-down in plain sight of all in the area and not in private room. 1p 15 SJC UA United 2013-02-13 Surprised to see Rapiscan cancer boxes still in use. Smurf commiserated and was concerned about radiation. Very quick pay down. 600a 5 JFK Int'l Terminal 7 2013-02-13 MMW used for all passengers. 500p 60 ord UA Terminal 1 Far left checkpoint closest to Terminal 2 2013-02-13 All lanes funneled to one checkpoint which had everyone go through the MMW Scanner. I informed the agent that I would be opting out and he had me wait until another agent came and escorted me around the scanner to the other side. He then had me empty my pockets and remove my belt while going through the speil of how he was going to conduct the pat down. He was very professional and was done in about 2-3 min. 500p 10 ord UA T2 2013-02-10 wtmd roped off - 2MMW in use. 700a 0 FNT DL 2013-02-10 Opted out; patdown was cursory. 1100a 5 lgb B6 all 2013-02-10 All wtmd. No name game. Prescription cough syrup got magic wanded. jac AA All 2013-02-10 WTMDs only for small children + 1 parent (if two parents with kids, male parent must go through AIT) 800a 5 TPA DL E 2013-02-10 Everyone going through MMW. Patdown was obnoxious as usual but not as invasive as it's been in other airports. 600a 5 LAX UA 7 2013-02-09 530p lax WN 1 2013-02-09 800a sea AS Checkpoint 4 2013-02-09 Far left lane had option of WTMD or BKSX. Walked right up to WTMD and got waved through. All other lanes at checkpoint were BKSX. One lane at Checkpoint 3 appeared to be WTMD only as BSKX was taped off. Line was way longer at 3 so we went through at 4. 10a 5 DCA AA 23-32 2013-02-08 Lane to the far left open which has metal detector only. 800a 10 iah UA B 2013-02-08 One WTMD and one MMW--TSA forcing most through MMW. 430p 5 iah UA B 2013-02-08 One WTMD and one MMW--TSA forcing most through MMW. 430p 5 dal UA term 1 2013-02-08 MMW for all. opt out patdown was quick. 530a 0 dal UA term 1 2013-02-08 MMW for all. opt out patdown was quick. 530a 0 dal UA term 1 2013-02-08 MMW for all. opt out patdown was quick. 530a 0 SJC US Terminal A 2013-02-08 Two lines and everyone gets zapped by the Rapiscan boxes. Bonus: watch fetish after zapping. ID check was very slow. 810a 15 MSP DL Terminal 1 Checkpoint 4 2013-02-08 Still WTMD only, still pleasant employees, still lightning fast for SkyPriority. 750a 3 MDW WN 2013-02-08 I fly home fom Midway one to two times month. WTMD most lanes (stay to the left) and TSA personnel very professional 530p 5 MDW WN 2013-02-08 I fly home fom Midway one to two times month. WTMD most lanes (stay to the left) and TSA personnel very professional 530p 5 ERW DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2013-02-07 No chance for SDOO; MMW for all. Opted out, per usual routine. 450p 15 EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2013-02-07 No chance for SDOO; MMW for all. Opted out, per usual routine. 450p 15 rdu WN 1 2013-02-07 Hate RDU. Funny how you wear same clothes, same everything and this is the only airport that I get patted down. Happened 3 times at RDU. Be sure you don't ask to go to private room. Want everyone to see the patdown. 6a SEA Int'l southern most 2013-02-06 As far as I could tell no one was given the option for a pat down, appeared that the metal detector machine was shut down, everyone was directed to be scanned 1000p 5 RIC DL ALL 2013-02-05 Hope the $217 million powerball winner was someone who dislikes the security nonsense at this airport! =-) If so, perhaps you could sue individual TSA agents and make a strong precedent against the post 2009 invasive and ineffective airport security methods. DTW DL Checkpoint 3/McNamara 2013-02-04 Had to show BP to "pre-TDC" TDC TSA paid operative. What a make-work program. 620a 4 TUS US East Terminal 2013-02-04 No scanners, only WTMD. Name game in full effect at ID check. 1130a 10 bos DL 2013-02-04 You are all retarded, it's millimeter wave technology, if you listent to the radio in your car or use a cell phone you are exposed to more radiation than this new body scanner as well as on the plane itself. So, you'd rather get felt up by a TSO than risk 3 second in a body scanner? Brilliant! Morons! 520a 10 ABQ WN 2013-02-04 Theworst airport I have ever flown out of, except for maybe Denver. MMW for all lanes, unless you are a child or carry a pet. TSA personnel disrespectful. I do not recommend flying out of ABQ 1010a 15 ABQ WN 2013-02-04 Theworst airport I have ever flown out of, except for maybe Denver. MMW for all lanes, unless you are a child or carry a pet. TSA personnel disrespectful. I do not recommend flying out of ABQ 1010a 15 FLL WN 2013-02-03 No body scanners at this checkpoint. Screeners pulled literally every large bag for secondary check: even tiny bottles of liquid triggered opening bags. There were only four of us in my line but it took 15 minutes to clear the four of us. Also, there was a team of goons stationed at the gate standing around to give people a second dose of harassment before boarding the plane. 600p 10 BOS DL A 2013-02-03 Spotted Mitt Romney going through security and the AIT! I wanted to shake his hand after security, but by the time I had opted out and been patted down, I couldn't find him. 430p 10 ROA All all 2013-02-03 One MMW machine. Opt-out pat-down was not aggressive 200p 15 SMF All Terminal A 2013-02-03 If you get lucky, the MMW will need to "calibrate" and they will open the WTMD 240p 0 HNL Other Interisland 2013-02-03 WTMD only at Interisland. Worth the walk after bag check and the Wiki-Wiki after security. Alarmed, was given a cursory and non-invasive patdown by an unusually nice TSA employee. Had a coin in my pocket...oops. 200p 5 HNL Other Interisland 2013-02-02 Only one checkpoint (with two separate lines and scanners). WTMD only still. Lines moved pretty quickly considering their length. From experience, even if you're flying to the mainland you can still use this CP but if you do so, checking bags will be a pain since you cannot do so at this terminal. Getting to the mainland terminal from the secure area is via the free wiki wiki shuttle. 900a 15 Las WN C 2013-02-02 MMW wave for all. Not a busy checkpoint, just one lane. 820a 2 MCI UA Term A, Gates 23-30 2013-02-01 Just like the old gate area, the new checkpoint is WTMD only. Much larger, though, so I would not be surprised to see an MWW at some point :( CDG Int'l 2E Gates M Sky Priority 2013-02-01 No scanners at all. Shoes stay on. Was randomly selected for pat-down which was not as bad as the US or some other airports. Maybe I am just getting used to it. a MKE Concourse D 2013-02-01 MMW only 550a mry AA Only one exists 2013-02-01 Only WTMD in use DEN Other A Sky Bridge Security (to all gates) 2013-01-31 I found the only metal detector in use in the whole airport. It was at the Bridge Security checkpoint all the way to the right. And there was absolutely no wait. Thanks be to God. 100p EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2013-01-31 Same nonsense as usual here. 500p 3 STS AS there's only one 2013-01-31 Still no groping and no scanners. One WTMD at the only checkpoint. 1020a 10 SFO AA T2 2013-01-31 Opt out. First pat down set off explosives detection. Second groin rub in private room. No option to do in public. Aloof and unresponsive to questions. 510a 20 SJC US Termial A 2013-01-30 Two lines and almost everyone gets zapped. So much for getting rid of the Rapiscan boxes. 800a 10 MSP DL Terminal 1 - CP 4 2013-01-29 Any checkpoint will give access to all Lindburg terminal gates. Crazy long lines here, always be prepared. However, I noticed CP 5 was closed, so that might be why the lines were heavier. Only one TSA agent checking ID's. I wasn't able to shortcut the line by using the pre-check line this time. 730a 40 DTW DL 3 (SkyPriority)/McNamara 2013-01-28 Got the three-beep precheck clearance; surprisingly, TSA "clerk" asked me if it was ok with me if I used precheck?????? 610a 2 DFW UA E15 2013-01-28 No scanners at this checkpoint. Thank you to previous posters for letting us know about this checkpoint! 400p GEG AS Concourse C 2013-01-28 WTMD only. Staff friendly and efficient as usual. 1240p FLL Int'l 3 2013-01-27 Scanners in use for center lanes. Carefully navigate yourself to one of the lines on either extreme (left or right) to avoid backscatter x-ray. 1000a 25 BUF UA Main 2013-01-26 Two lanes were opened. One WTMD and One cancer machine lane were opened. 1250p 5 BWI FL Lower Level 2013-01-26 Only metal detectors on Baggage Claim level 1130a 10 MSY WN B 2013-01-25 No WTMD in use. Opt out or go through the MMW. 2 IAH AS A South 2013-01-24 MMW only option even in Sky Priority 340p 5 ORD UA 1 2013-01-23 MMW in use for both lanes ORD UA 1 2013-01-23 MMW in use for both lanes yul Int'l C 2013-01-23 MMW is present in some lines, but not used or used only if you set off the WTMD more than once. 600a 10 MSY WN 2013-01-21 Extremely disturbing: blueshirts are redirecting people who have chosen to wait in a much longer metal detector line and forcing them into the millimeter wave body scanners. Line was outrageously long and people were also being stopped for leaving 3-ounce liquids in luggage. 140p 30 PHL UA D/E 2013-01-21 It's over in PHL. Going from green to red. There are 4 MMW units in the right lanes. The other lanes on the left were closed. No way to SDOO and had to opt out. Pat down was professional and courteous. 730a Ewr UA C2 2013-01-20 Tsa not allowing anyone through security. Waiting 10 minutes so far. No announcements as to what is happening. 740a SLC DL 2013-01-20 All 3 of us outed out. Husband had false positive. Taken to closed room. 620p Phl WN D 2013-01-20 Crapppy organization staff 3p IAH UA 2013-01-20 a DAL WN T2 2013-01-19 Body scanners are in use at all points. Once the line backed up enough they let a few go through the metal detectors. 20 aus UA Far Right 2013-01-18 Only 10-5 people in line, but it still took over 10 minutes to get through security. Both metal detectors running, scanner appeared to be only for secondaries. A mother behind me, with a couple of little girls in tow, was selected for secondary - go figure. 1110a 10 Lax Int'l TBIT North 2013-01-18 ATD ProVision is mandatory except for young children. Cleared without any problems. I now wear shorts with elastic band and a fairly tight wirkout shirt. This usually gets me through untouched. 140p USA All All 2013-01-18 TSA is removing backscatter machines from all US airports, and, in some cases, will revert to using WTMDs only (no MMW). Ostensibly because Rapiscan could not meet Congress's 6/13 deadline for privacy software, but this flyer thinks the real reason is that DHS knew it was losing on the X-Ray safety and ease of avoiding detection issues. A partial victory . . . SAN UA 1 2013-01-18 Backscatter only. I told the nice TSO that she shouldn't be standing so close to the machine. She replied that she's pregnant. WTH? 900p 0 Sjc WN southwest 2013-01-17 230p 5 PSC AS Main 2013-01-17 No scanners now. Screening area is going to be enlarged in an upcoming airport remodel -- so things could potentially change for this friendly little airport. 930a 0 LAX UA 6 2013-01-17 900p 10 GPT UA Only One 2013-01-17 Backscatters in use. Had to opt out. Families went through WTMD. 530a DAL WN Terminal 2 2013-01-16 A sad day in Dallas, as the upstairs checkpoint (which was WTMD-only) has been permanently closed. All Southwest passengers must now use the main checkpoint. SFO WN T1 2013-01-16 100% scanners and then patdowns if you happen to be wearing earrings.... Rude staff. 1200p 10 bdl WN A 2013-01-16 2/3-3/4 bksx in use, 1 lane wtmd 430p 5 LAS WN C 2013-01-16 No line, MMW in use at all CP. 7 minute wait for opt out screener. 100p 10 FLL WN 1 2013-01-15 No scanners at the Southwest terminal 1 san AA commuter 2013-01-14 SAN commuter terminal is one lane only, BSX/ WTMD combo. BSX roped off when i went through, but it got opened for the next guy. "Random and unpredictable" and completely idiotic. 0 PHL WN D 2013-01-14 They are putting in a MMW scanner, but at this time I only went thru the standard metal detectors. Did not see many patdowns. 600a 20 AUS WN Far Right. 2013-01-14 MMW in use for all. WTMD roped off. WTMD is only used at this CP during peak morning period 300p 10 LAS WN ABC 2013-01-14 MMW for all except opt-outs, three male assist in my party completed within 5 minutes of opting out 420p 15 MDW WN Main 2013-01-13 500p MDW WN Main 2013-01-13 500p san AA 2 East 2013-01-13 Today, only the middle and right sections were in use. For the middle one, most were being sent through the BKSX. Right BKSX was not in use and everyone there was treated to a WTMD-only lane. 800a 5 EWR UA C-1 2013-01-12 Lane on the right was WMTD. Was able to do a SDOO. 930a sfo AA t2 2013-01-11 3 magical beeps at precheck means I get to fly with dignity. The dude in front of me got two beeps, so off to the gropelab he went. MMW for everyone except precheck. Atl DL Domestic-Main 2013-01-11 MMW roped off in lanes 6/7 and 16/17. Easy to SDOO, but long lines. 800a 25 Las Other Checkpoint D 2013-01-11 1150a 10 bhm DL C gates 2013-01-11 CLL UA sole 2013-01-11 WTMD only, but it is apparently set to beep every 5th-6th person, who then gets a pat-down. This appeared to be random, not targeted. 11a Stl DL 1 2013-01-10 SDOO on the left. Had to skip the priority security line, but line was short 710a 10 CLE UA 2 2013-01-10 920a 25 PBI US Concourse B 2013-01-08 All lines open that led to MMW machines. When the line slowed down, some people were asked to go through the wTMD. I was directed to the porn scanner and the TSA agent who came to got had a nasty attitude. He sat there lecturing me about the MMW scanner being safe and asked me 3 times if i wanted to go through a pat down. I got really pissed off at some point and I replied, "Isn't your job to do patdowns?" I know that now TSA agents give you all this info about the scanners being safe but this guy had just a nasty attitude about it. When he was doing the patdown, he hurt his knee so I had to wait a few minutes until he finally decided for me to go even though he had only done a half patdown. Kind of felt sorry for the guy, but guess you shouldn't be a TSA agent if you don't like doing pat downs. My friend also opted out, but her tsa agent was actually very nice. 500a 5 MBS DL New Terminal 2013-01-07 Still has no NoS "machines", even though it's a new terminal. Will have to watch this airport, though, as the history of TSA is to move NoSs in with terminal upgrades. 250p LAX UA Terminal 6 2013-01-07 WTMD only BOI Other Main 2013-01-07 Opt out. Given pat down. Was just hassle for them. Not too intrusive. 430p 10 Mke DL E 2013-01-07 Opt out only. Fast enough though. 120p 5 DFW AA A23 2013-01-07 To the 12/27/12 post: I just flew out of DFW at A23 and there io body scanner. WTMD only. CLT DL B 2013-01-06 Mandatory scanners, but I did my opt out patdown and was on my way quickly. 40a 5 SAN AA 2 2013-01-06 Backscatter roped off on the left. Long line, lots of kids trying to run opposite way through wmdt. TSA didn't seem to care which line i chose. i guess its a matter of time until they reactivate the cancer box 930a 20 clt DL ALL 2013-01-06 You are disgusting for arresting Rand Paul's son. I hope he will be our next president as he opposes the ILLEGAL activities the TSA conducts on a daily basis and have been on a rampage of conducting since 2010! The CLT TSA have efectively destroyed Charlotte's airport by installing MMW's at ALL checkpoints. PIT WN Alternate 2013-01-06 I was prepared for gropage, pleasantly surprised to find no backscatters in use 710a 10 SBN UA A 2013-01-04 MMW used for almost all passengers 310p 5 MCO DL B gates 2013-01-03 MMW for most, some overflow to WTMD 5p DCA UA B10 2013-01-03 830a DCA AA Center Pier 2013-01-03 No escape 500p Msp DL Msp 2013-01-01 BWI WN A/B Baggage Level 2013-01-01 630a 0 MCO UA Gates 1-59 2013-01-01 People using the preferred lane did go through MMW. Pre-check went through WTMD. 420a 2 DEN F9 A (Bridge) 2013-01-01 No escape, in use at all open lanes. 1200p RDU Int'l 2 2013-01-01 600p 9 MSP DL Terminal 1 Checkpoint 4 2012-12-31 No scanners, WTMD only, and possibly the nicest TSA employees i've ever dealt with, probably because, well, no scanners. Checkin to cleared in 4 minutes. 730a 2 STL AS Terminal 1, Concourse A 2012-12-31 Mandatory BKSX, WTMD roped off. I opted out, female pat down did not take long. 420p jfk DL T3 After Customs 2012-12-30 Painless TSA experience. No lines, no body scanners, no nonsense. Too bad it ends in 6 months when T3 gets knocked down. 500p 0 FLL WN 1 (Concourse B) 2012-12-30 No scanners, no line, a surprisingly nice TSA experience. 6p LGA DL D-right 2012-12-30 gate was in C, walkway open 730a FLL UA C1 2012-12-30 Security line was empty and only one line was in use, which led to the backscatter Xray. Had to opt out but the patting down went fairly fast. 600p 0 IAH AA A 2012-12-29 Some being sent through WMTD. I didn't get so lucky. Pat down by a middle eastern guy. MSY AA Concourse C 2012-12-29 MMW with ATR for all passengers, Opt-out was complete within three minutes. 700a Ack All Gates 2-3 2012-12-28 WTMD only. 640a 0 yqb Other there is only 1 2012-12-28 metal detector only, shoes on! 10a 2 yyz Other connections/flights for USA 2012-12-28 metal detector only, waiting time a bit long 1p 20 dfw VX E16 2012-12-28 No body scanners at this checkpoint! 430p ROC AA main 2012-12-27 Two lines fed into one open MMW lane with adjacent WTMD roped off. It didn't matter how long the lines became, everyone except children and opt-outs went through MMW. No periodic WTMD use to speed things up. 10 DTW DL McNamara, lower level 2012-12-27 Chatdowns mandatory for all single travelers. TSA agent doing the chatdown was hostile and invasive. Also had bag check at the gate. 120p 10 DFW AA A23 2012-12-27 GAME OVER. MMW ATD @ A23. SDOO Possible, but not guaranteed. Very hard to keep an eye on possessions as they exit the XRay before you do if there is any sort of line. 650a <5` EWR UA C-3 2012-12-26 All checkpoints were extremely crowded, however only in C-3 was there a chance to be sent through the WTMD. If you pick the right line in the right checkpoint, you may be able to avoid the MMWs. 330p 10 MKE UA C 2012-12-26 Premium lane still NoS-free (when it's open). Far left, may be able to SDOO from other lanes. 400p PIT WN Main 2012-12-25 leftmost lane has WTMD only 330p PHL WN D/E 2012-12-25 L3 Provision ATD MMWs now installed at the D/E checkpoint in the lanes farthest to the right. They were sending people to those lanes including myself, but it looks like a good amount of passengers got to go through the non-MMW lanes. Lit US The only one 2012-12-25 Random NoS DCA AA 2012-12-25 Opted for the grope. Took about 30 seconds. Guess I didn't look like a terrorist. JFK UA T7 2012-12-25 Alternate WTMD and backscatter, I chose WTMD, screener tried to force me thru the backscatter, I said I had skin cancer and would like to opt out, it was difficult to watch my belongings after they went thru the metal detector, it's obvious that we have no secuirty, these keystone cops are just robots, unable to think for themselves. 320p 10 LGA AA CTB-D 2012-12-25 Three lanes from left to right: PreCheck, WTMD, MMW with ATR. Use the center lane to avoid the MMW. 700a RNO AA 2012-12-24 900a atl DL 2012-12-24 1050a SJC WN Terminal B 2012-12-24 All NOS roped off. Holiday gift from the TSA? 1240p ATL DL Domestic-Main 2012-12-24 SDOO is still available, but you have to have a sharp eye out. TSA staff very friendly except for one barker who was doing it by the book. Be careful regarding checked baggage ... factory seal was broken on a couple of board games brought along as unwrapped Christmas presents. 1230p 1 msp DL 2012-12-23 100p atl DL Domestic-Main 2012-12-23 MMW roped off in lanes 10/11. 300p 10 EWR UA C1 2012-12-23 It seemed that everyone was lining up at the security checkpoint in the middle of terminal C. I walked to the farthest right point, and went to checkpoint C1, which was divided into 2 lines. / Line1 I saw was going through mainly metal detectors, line 2 was mainly using body scanners with some random person being picked to go through the metal detector. / I chose line 1 and that line barely moved. My other friend went through line2 and even though we started both lines at the same time, he got to the ID point check way before me, and I had barely made any progress in line 1. / I switched to line 2 because my flight's departure time was getting closer. Once I passed the ID checkpoint, I saw a line that was going only through the metal detector but a tsa goon told me to go to the other line, which was being forced to go through the body scanner. I was told to go through it, and I politely asked for a pat down. 5 minutes later finally somebody came to get me, and it was a young black guy who was actually very nice. / He did his job very fast and I was out of there in no time. Surprising as I expected some mean TSA person to do the pat down, but it went very smoothly. 410p 30 SEA DL Checkpoint 2 2012-12-23 Alternating between BKSX NOS and WTMD. Got lucky, but they were typically angry and abusive with the woman who opted out behind me. SEA is just terrible, it's shameful for our region. 800p 10 SFO UA Terminal 3 South C/P 2012-12-23 Two lines, one going to a WTMD. Checker tried to move me to other, asked if that was an order, he said no and let me be. SDOO achieved. 740a 10 tpa Int'l 2012-12-22 dfw UA E16 2012-12-22 still safe at E16 1p 15 LGB US Gates 1-11 (all?) 2012-12-21 New terminal, 3 WTMD, 0 NoS in sight! Lots of space available for scanners, though. Did do name game / BDO. 1040a 5 sjc Terminal A 2012-12-21 3 lines open. WTMD only at family line. WTMD opened for other 2 lines when lines got two long. Backscatter is slow! 830a 10 JFK DL 4B 2012-12-21 Backscatter machines present in all lanes, but only in use in some lanes. Was fairly easy to SDOO. 10 BDL All Small CP 2012-12-21 Random selection WTMD or BSX. 1110a 1 YYZ Int'l T1 US Preclearance 2012-12-21 In use for resolving metal detector alarms 240p 20 SEA UA 5 (D/N gates, premier line) 2012-12-20 Random backscatter. I got lucky. There is no longer a WTMD only line on the far left. Staff were warm and friendly. 500a 7 TUL WN Main 2012-12-20 Either opt out or go through the NoS. There was only one lane open and nobody went through the WTMD. 600p 5 SEA AS D/N gates 2012-12-20 No longer any WTMD only line on the far left, I got lucky and went through WTMD. 1020a PHX AA Terminal 3, South Checkpoint 2012-12-20 4 lanes, metal detector only. 620a 10 GEG WN main 2012-12-20 12p 2 LGB AS 2012-12-20 No scanners. Small airport. 730p MSY UA D 2012-12-19 BKSX for all at D terminal. Opted Out of course. 430a 10 San WN 1 2012-12-19 p 5 LAS WN T1 Main 2012-12-19 Long line, approx 150 people in line, 2 TSA agents checking documents, 3 lines open for inspection 300p 15 Nor UA 2 2012-12-19 BOS Int'l E 2012-12-19 All passengers going through nudeoscope 950a 4 MCO UA Gates 1-59 - AA/AC/AS/B6/UA 2012-12-18 I used Pre-Check this morning, which is now the only lane at the 1-59 checkpoint with a NoS. All other lanes have MMW/WTMD combo. Elite line NoS often closed, though no guarantees. 1000a 0 MCO UA Gates 1-59 - AA/AC/AS/B6/UA 2012-12-18 Previous MCO post should read "Pre-Check is the only lane with WTMD only...ALL other lanes MMW/WTMD" 1000a 0 DFW AA Terminal D from customs 2012-12-18 IAD UA Main 2012-12-18 Whatever lane you're sent to will have two lines. When you get to the checkpoint, one of the lines goes into a BKSX machine, and the other to a WTMD. You can't tell which line is which until it is much too late. 630p PHL All D 2012-12-18 They had a section draped in black plastic that they were installing a MMW scanner in. :( LAS WN ABC 2012-12-18 800a 5 Psc AS 2 2012-12-17 No full body scanner visible. Metal detectors an additional screening for some passengers. Pretty calm 6a MIA DL H 2012-12-17 There is a Metal Detector, which some folks got to use, but when we tried to use it, they tried to force us into the cancer box...we refused for medical reasons, and were patted down. They were asking folks at the Metal Detect "do you have anything in your pockets", seems so that they could force you into the radiation and get no anomalies and skew the "voluntarily" use this statistics los AA t4 2012-12-16 130p LHR Int'l Terminal 5 North 2012-12-16 WTMDs with one NoS in the far left lane. SEA Int'l South Satellite Terminal 2012-12-16 WTMD after you've cleared immigration/customs and before you continue to the rest of the airport. Jax All Main 2012-12-15 Everyone through MMW even when lines were long for them. Good to see others opting out. 710a 10 LGA DL C 2012-12-15 Here's the deal with C gates. There are two CPs, and they are mirror images of each other. Both have a paired WTMD and MMW and a standalone WTMD. Obviously you want to (and can) SDOO towards the WTMD, although even at the pair an SDOO looked easy. At the left checkpoint, stay right. At the right checkpoint, stay left. You can access D gates from these CPs currently via a frequent shuttle bus; they are rebuilding the connecting corridor. 1030a LGA DL D 2012-12-15 Here's the deal with D gates. There are two CPs. The left-side CP has a paired WTMD and MMW and a standalone WTMD, stay left for it (you can SDOO). The smaller right-side . At the left checkpoint, stay right. At the right checkpoint, there is only a MMW/WTMD pair, and most pax seem to be pointed at the MMW, so avoid this one. You can access C gates from these CPs currently via a frequent shuttle bus; they are rebuilding the connecting corridor. 1030a sfo DL T1-C 2012-12-15 All WTMDs blocked off. Everyone through the MMW. 700a 15 LAX UA 6 2012-12-15 Both lines led to body scanner. 600p 30 MRY UA The only one 2012-12-15 Still WTMD; no scanners. Nice TSA staff. 530a 5 MSP UA T1, CP4 2012-12-15 No scanners, WTMD only. 3 lgb DL All (1-11) 2012-12-15 New terminal open. All WTMD still! ATL DL Domestic-Main 2012-12-14 Very easy to SDOO this morning. MMW in use in lanes 12-15. MMW roped off in lanes 6-11, 16-19, and 21-22. Lane 20 was also open and is WTMD-only. 800a 10 Bos DL A 2012-12-14 Almost got the sdoo but they closed the rightmost bag scan and with fewer pax were able to shift to the slower mmw. Running late I took the zap and still had to get patted down in a couple of places. Great job TSA! 430p 11 EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2012-12-13 Very, very long lines. TSA stubbornly used only MMWs; long wait times. Not a good time to go through checkpoint., 450p 30 CMH DL C Gates Checkpoint 2012-12-12 X-Ray in use for all passengers, WTMD open but all directed into X-Ray 900a 0 Ord AA T3 checkpoint 7 2012-12-12 WTMD on right was being used. backscatter on left. very easy to select wtmd line. 10 LAS DL D Gates Checkpoint 2012-12-11 MMW in use for all passengers except small children, WTMD roped off, Opt Out not challanged, recieved 'enhanced' patdown 910p 5 PDX UA A/B/C 2012-12-11 MMW in use; however it was easy to select line with WTMD 1020a 10 DTW DL Checkpoint 3/McNamara 2012-12-10 600a 15 BOS DL A 2012-12-10 All WTMDs were roped off. 1230p 5 MCI AA Term C, Gates 76-79 2012-12-10 C/P remains WTMD only. 0 ANC AS B&C gates 2012-12-10 Everyone shunted through the scanners except for military personnel and, once in a while, a few civilians when the line got long. I love arbitrary policies. 300p 5 aus far right checkpoint 2012-12-10 one wtmd and one bksx at this c/p. easy to select the wtmd on the right. 5a 10 BKK Int'l 2012-12-10 Scanners are easily avoided by using the premium checkpoint, which is WTMD-only. I had to clear immigration to re-check a bag to my final destination, but with a premium pass I can't imagine it would take that much more time to clear immigration to do this. SFO Int'l I 2012-12-09 740p pit UA Main 2012-12-09 I think I saw the leftmost lane was SDOO 830a BOI WN Only 2012-12-09 Only 1 lane open...everyone being sent into cancer box....TSA agents were getting irritated after 6 opt-outs in a row 700a STL DL Terminal 1 Concourse A 2012-12-09 When I got to the checkpoint there were two lines, one with WTMD, one with BKSX. The WTMD line was roped off by the time I got to go through. I opted out. It didn't take long to get a pat down, but I was distinctly touched on the male genitals with the back of the hand. 1100a MSN UA Main 2012-12-09 MMW primary unless opt-out or medical issue 720a 10 LGA DL D 2012-12-09 No scanners, two WTMD 500a DTW UA North 2012-12-08 ProVision ADT is mandatory. Still got pawed on my short sleeves and bare arms. 930a SFO UA 3 2012-12-08 Two lines. Wife was being prescreened for the other one, so I just walked over to her line to SDOO 750a 5 BOS AA B22-36 2012-12-07 Pre-check line is now available. However, the scanner in that line doesn't read mobile boarding passes, so I had to go to the normal lines. Normal lines are a festival of scanning and groping. BOS DL A 2012-12-07 The good news: Terminal A has MMW now to replace the rapiscan. And a precheck line. The bad news is that they are putting everyone through the MMW whereas they only had checked about half of pax in the past with the rapiscan. Progress! It took a while to get a male assist but once I did it was a quick and cursory patdown without the stupid back of my hand rambling. 1040a 7 atl DL Domestic-Main 2012-12-07 MMW roped off in lanes 6 and 10. 1110a 5 phx WN T4 D 2012-12-07 The machine in the rightmost lane wasn't running. 730a MSP All Lindberg 2012-12-07 Can't decide between blue and yellow. Checkpoint 4 stil has no machines, so that would be yellow. But the other checkpoints weren't using the machines they have (except the always-active checkpoint 6), so blue. Basically, pretty easy to get through. 300p 8 las WN C 2012-12-07 4p SAN WN Gates 1/2 2012-12-07 Backscatter machine. Line was backed up after ID check (they need to move the ID checker forward). I asked to opt out, the screener said no problem and had me wait for a few minutes where I couldn't see my things, but didn't yell when I tried to peer around. I think they had to pull a same-gender agent from another checkpoint. Went through a gate to the side of the backscatter. Pat down was quick, slightly less intrusive than my ones at IAD. Wait time split between line to BSKX and waiting for patdown agent. 10 EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2012-12-06 Stupid TSA as usual. Retaliation of bag check for opting out. 450p 20 YUL UA US Departures 2012-12-06 They have scanners but I did not see one being used. Much better experience than th US. 930a OKC UA East 2012-12-06 One checkpoint open, MMW used for all passengers 20 ORD UA 1 2012-12-05 Everyone was being sent through MMW. 530p Iah UA C 2012-12-04 650a LAX UA 7 2012-12-04 They now use ProVision devices with privacy filters. Takes about 3 seconds and I prefer this Ove 930a LAX UA 7 2012-12-04 They now use ProVision devices with privacy filters. Takes about 3 seconds and I prefer this Ove 930a lax UA 7 2012-12-04 They now use ProVisin MMW device with privacy filters. Better alternative to being groped. 930a SFO VX T2 2012-12-04 There is now a pre-check line at T2. If you are a good little non-terrorist and the machine beeps three times, you are sent to the magical wonderland of September 10, 2001 security, where you get to leave your shoes on, leave your laptop in the bag, and so on. Everybody else gets groped or scanned. BOS UA A 2012-12-04 All lanes using "backscatter/mm wave" scanners. "Chat Downs" also in place at ID check. 12p 20 PHX DL 3 2012-12-04 No problems passing thru the Metal Detector, process took about 15 minutes on line DTW DL Checkpoint 3/McNamara 2012-12-03 Was "selected" for PreCheck; all others got the radiation and/or grope. 600a 1 ATW DL only one 2012-12-03 Everyone sent through MMW. Patdown was quick and perfunctory. 5 atl FL a 2012-12-02 overloaded checkpoint was made to wait at least 20 min while someone was found to give me a patdown SAN AS Gates 11-18 2012-12-01 1050a CDG DL Terminal 2 2012-12-01 WTMD only and like most airports outside U.S. you don't have to remove your shoes! Ewr UA C 2012-12-01 only two lines open. One with scanner, one without. simply took family through the metal detector lane (which, by the way, every single employee I saw go through the checkpoint lined up at, even if the MMW line was shorter.) 200p 20 Ewr UA C 2012-12-01 only two lines open. One with scanner, one without. simply took family through the metal detector lane (which, by the way, every single employee I saw go through the checkpoint lined up at, even if the MMW line was shorter.) 200p 20 ONT US terminal 4 2012-11-30 Second time thru here with my 12 yo Was obvious that the metal detector was opened for our family. everyone else went thru the MW scanner. Very friendly agents 620p 15 m CLT DL A 2012-11-29 1120a 5 atl DL Domestic-Main 2012-11-29 MMW roped off in lanes 10/11 and 16/17. 230p 10 PIT US Alt 2012-11-29 Long line but easy SDOO. Two lanes, both with BKSX but one was roped off and funneling to the WTMD. 430p 20 EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2012-11-29 Very, very long lines. TSA stubbornly used only MMWs; long wait times. Not a good time to go through checkpoint., 450p 35 mia UA Concourse G 2012-11-29 There was only one lane open and the WTMD was roped off. All passengers were being funneled through the MMW scanner. After placing my bags on the conveyer belt for the bag scanner I informed the agent that I would be opting out. She asked me to wait and then another agent escorted me to the pat down area. The frisking was done professionally and he was pleasant. aAbouut 5 min later I was on my way to the gate. 630a 5 SEA AS 3 2012-11-29 All BKS except pre-check which was WTMD 520a 5 JFK VX 4 2012-11-29 SRQ UA all 2012-11-28 MMW for all. Not a really busy airport as two of the three MMW lanes were roped off. 1250p 1 ORD UA 1? 2012-11-28 Was connecting through the B concourse and saw the checkpoint right in front of the escalators that lead underground to the C concourse. All backscatter machines were turned off and roped off. Several MMW machines were installed where all passengers went through. It seems the backscatter machines are about to be shipped out to storage and the transition to MMW is nearly complete. 350p MOD All all 2012-11-27 only one WTMD for entire airport (which is just one gate). 600a 5 LAX DL T5 2012-11-27 MMW in use in all lanes. Somehow, I managed to get let through the WTMD when I walked up to it, but they were basically sending everyone through the MMW. 720a 15 DTW DL 3 (SkyPriority)/McNamara 2012-11-26 SDOO opportunities have disappeared from this terminal; was able to get PreCheck. 600a DFW DL E16 2012-11-26 Still WTMD only! - I wasn't flying out this terminal and did get "random shoe screening", still fast and painless 130p <5 day FL All 2012-11-26 Coming in from BWI--checked security gates upon leaving terminal. All were using scanners 1230p 10 bwi FL Gate A/B basement 2012-11-26 Security checkpoint down on first floor next to Luggage Carosal #1. 1000a 0 hvn US 1 2012-11-26 IAD All Midfield International Transfer 2012-11-25 Backscatter for most passengers, I was one of a few lucky passengers to get the WTMD. Random hand swabbing at the entrance to the checkpoint, as always. 300p 10 FLL Other 4 2012-11-25 FLL was jam packed with thanksgiving travelers. I was told to go to lane 5 which had a back scatter. In fact, lanes 3, 4, and 5 had back scatters and lane 1 was not in use. I ignored the agent and went to lane 2 which had a WTMD. 630p LAX AA Terminal 4 2012-11-25 MMW with ATR for all pax. 700p MCO B6 2012-11-24 Most put through Scanner, some put through metal detector. When asked to go through metal detector, was told that I would have to receive a pat down for refusing to comply with the TSA worker's request that I go through the Scanner. 700p 25 DTW DL McNamara 2012-11-23 There was a MMW and a WTMD in use. I thought it was SDOO but I was wrong. I got directed to the MMW and I opted out. In true DTW fashion, the TSA agents were very professional with their pat down. 430p BOS DL A 2012-11-23 MMW in all lanes. They had signs stating the technology is optional and people can opt out. I opted out and two TSA agents said that the "new technology" had no radiation and is "very safe." I'm wondering if they're admitting that the old Backscatters were dangerous. Well, I waited a while for the patdown. Finally, when I got the patdown, the officer was professional and courteous. 600a 20 EWR UA C1 2012-11-23 It seemed that everyone was lining up at the security checkpoint in the middle of terminal C. I walked to the farthest right point, and went to checkpoint C1, which was divided into 2 lines. / Line1 I saw was going through mainly metal detectors, line 2 was mainly using body scanners with some random person being picked to go through the metal detector. / I chose line 1 and that line barely moved. My other friend went through line2 and even though we started both lines at the same time, he got to the ID point check way before me, and I had barely made any progress in line 1. / I switched to line 2 because my flight's departure time was getting closer. Once I passed the ID checkpoint, I saw a line that was going only through the metal detector but a tsa goon told me to go to the other line, which was being forced to go through the body scanner. I was told to go through it, and I politely asked for a pat down. 5 minutes later finally somebody came to get me, and it was a young black guy who was actually very nice. / He did his job very fast and I was out of there in no time. Surprising as I expected some mean TSA person to do the pat down, but it went very smoothly. 410p JFK B6 5 2012-11-22 Mmw and wtmd PDX A/B/C 2012-11-22 Right most lane has only metal detector. Left two lanes require body scanning or patdowns. Easy to choose right lane if you want. 510a 25 las WN A B C 2012-11-22 We could pick our own lane, the one I was able to visually inspect had only scanners so I went to the other one, far right, I got lucky, they had a metal detector there next to a scanner, everone was directed to the scanner but I think the line was getting too long and I was the only one that was asked to go through the metal detector! TSA were acting like jerks though. 900a 10 ROA All all 2012-11-22 one MMW for all gates/airlines. I got to use WTMD without pat-down since I was traveling with children under 12. When traveling without children, the opt-out pat-down was not what I would consider aggresive as some people have noted about other airports. 700a 10 CHO US only one 2012-11-22 still only WTMD, no scanners DCA AA C 2012-11-22 Another airport ruined for sure. Flying on Thanksgiving and the line for normal folks looked two hours long. Never seen it that bad. Lots of delays due to the pornoscanners. 20 SEA All All 2012-11-21 100% Backscatter for everyone except PreCheck 510a ORD All 1 and 2 2012-11-21 100% MMW except for "family" line and PreCheck 1130a DEN F9 A Skybridge 2012-11-21 Far right lane at the skybridge checkpoint remains WTMD-only, perhaps the only lane in the entire airport aside from PreCheck that doesn't have a scanner on it. This lane will likely be converted to Precheck, so use it while you can! 600a 5 SFO UA Terminal 3 2012-11-21 2 lines were open and both had MMW scanners. I chose to opt out and the agent repeatedly suggested that I go through the scanner while telling me that the machine did not emit radiation. I waited about 5 minutes for an agent to do a patdown. The pat down was not too bad and was professionally handled. 830p 15 SFO VX Terminal 2 2012-11-21 No luck at Terminal 2. MMW naked boddy scanners used at lines. Blue Shirts at SFO are not TSA/Government employees, but they have to abide by the same rules and are just as bad at the government employees. 330p JFK AA Terminal 8 2012-11-21 Backscatter machines roped off due to peak travel day. 330p rdu DL BOTH 2012-11-20 You pitiful smurfs sexually assaulted me this time of year in 2010. I will NEVER forgive you! They are remodelling T1 and I would expect more sexual assaults to come to innocent americans. I will always hate you and what you have done to RDU. MKE WN C 2012-11-20 Just got home but when I was going through airport security I had some time to kill and was curious so I opted out of the scanner to see what the big deal with the pat downs was. The guy was clearly not happy with my decision and got really huffy. He kept asking why I didn't want to be scanned etc in a really passive aggressive way. Like "you know that's not an x ray right?" And "do you use a cell phone? That's more radiation then this." I didn't really have a good answer so I didn't give one. He kept it up even as he was going down my back and around my waist so I eventually said "because I like being touched by strangers in uniform." Needless to say mr overly macho tight shirt finished examining me faster than anyone else being checked around me. 550p 10 SEA UA northernmost/rightmost 2012-11-19 Leftmost lane of this checkpoint still has no backscatter (appears to be a space issue); you can drift off to the left at this checkpoint. Other checkpoints seem to have backscatter for everyone, but they all go to the same place. 1050a 10 bwi DL D 2012-11-19 Long line for non-priority lanes. The far left lane now has a MMW. Used to be only WTMD. As we were going through, they just opened a lane in the middle that was only using a WTMD which we went through, but there was a roped off MMW next to it. Seems like it's getting harder to do a SDOO. 1130a LAS WN C 2012-11-19 MMW for all 750a 5 dal WN main 2012-11-19 Scanners for everyone. 510a ONT AA all 2012-11-18 No wait. Screeners were rude. JFK B6 2012-11-18 Angry and spiteful response from TSA agent when I asked to go through metal detector instead of Scanner. Was made to wait 15 minutes next to the scanner for a pat down. 800a 15 PIT All main 2012-11-17 Alt checkpoint is now only open during peak hours. Today, leftmost lane (WTMD only) was closed, thus other 2 were scoped. Weird though-only females were sent to the scope. Males thru WTMD. 1200p 5 BUF UA main 2012-11-16 all lanes were opened. Only one WTMD lane. Not easy to SDOP. 540a 10 SJC US Terminal A 2012-11-16 Only two lines open. Except for families, everybody gets zapped. 830a 5 Leb Other Only one 2012-11-16 Tiny airport with 9 seated cessnas 300p SRQ DL ALL 2012-11-16 Mandatory MMW for all. Patdown is the usual. Opt out! EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2012-11-15 Groper summoned supervisor when I wouldn't "follow orders". Aggressive grope when supervisor told him to continue his job. 1250p 4 BDL 2012-11-14 SDOO; lines 1-2 for WTMD; 3-4 for NoS 140p 2 Lax DL 5 2012-11-14 710a ORD Int'l T2 2012-11-14 MMW ATR in use for all pax. Leftmost lane for priority does not have MMW, but was roped off. 1230p 20 lax WN Terminal 1 2012-11-13 Was directed to a line with WTMD, some were routes upstairs, others through the MMW scanner 830a roa All Only one 2012-11-13 Provision ATD MMW for every one (or pat down, but no signs informing of opt-out) 10 SMF UA A 2012-11-13 MMW for everyone (or pat down) 25 LAX WN 1A 2012-11-13 upstairs all MMW 950a STL WN 2012-11-12 The backscatter body scanner was not in use when I transited the checkpoint. The TSA seemed to be operating with skeleton crew and had the backscatter machine roped off. 650p 3 YUL Int'l US Departure 2012-11-12 MMW deployed to some lines, but most were turned off and the ones that were on were used only on people who set of the WTMD. Wait time between 5AM and 8AM is horrible, show up at 4:30AM if you want to avoid the rush. 600a 90 FNT DL 2012-11-11 TSO checked gloves via ETD machine before grope; kept the swab and reused it after the grope; this ensured no false positive from contamination at least. 140p 4 mci WN B 2012-11-11 Just an update from the November 2011 status for WN - still no scanner if you turn right, only WTMD. Yay! 600p 5 DFW AA A23 2012-11-11 still safe SJC AS Terminal B 2012-11-11 Backscatter present but all were roped off, some were on, some weren't. 210p 15 PDX AA A/B/C 2012-11-11 Everybody throuhg MMW; opted and and was treated very respectfully and the pat-down was minimally grope-y. 1210p TLH 2012-11-10 Courteous and professional about opt-out. 830a 0 LGA DL D 2012-11-10 TSA Precheck line. 430a 1 BUF All 2012-11-10 Quiet Saturday night. Not exactly friendly, but not unfriendly either. 640p 0 CHA DL 2012-11-10 Previous metal detectors have been replaced with millimeter wave. Patdowns friendly but slow. 400p SEA AS northernmost/rightmost 2012-11-10 Leftmost lane (which has just metal detector) was closed; at first they were doing every-other for backscatter vs metal detector, but both partner and I went through metal detector after they made it more random. 830a 10 Pit All Main 2012-11-09 Main using back scatter, alt using wtmd and flowing a little faster. 600a 50 CLE UA D (left end) 2012-11-09 No option except to opt out for a by-the-book patdown. Not too brusu 550p 2 CLE UA D (left end) 2012-11-09 No option except to opt out for a by-the-book patdown. Not too brusque. 550p 2 ORD DL 2 2012-11-09 This is the first time I've gone through terminal 2 and not have the WTMD open. The line wasnt long and it wasnt as busy, so they were just funneling every one through the MMW. I opted out and was patted down by a TSA agent. The agent was very professional and was detailed in his explanations. 530p cwa DL Main (only) 2012-11-08 All thru MMW, WTMD roped off. Patted down my bare arms! 600a ABE DL 2012-11-08 400p 1 BOS DL Terminal A 2012-11-08 All metal detectors roped off, not in use. 830a DTW DL McNamara 2012-11-08 I went to the security checkpoint that is upstairs. There is one MMW to your right and a WTMD to your left. I was able to SDOO 730a IND UA B 2012-11-08 One MMW was used and One WTMD lane was opened. A new smurf was on training for X-ray machine so no MMW traffic. Very slow and they checked a lot of bag. 420p 5 MDW WN 2012-11-08 go left. 1030a SEA B6 2 2012-11-07 Three baggage lanes open, two feeding alternating WTMD/BKSX line, third had only the WMTD open. strangely, that had a longer line. TSA staff seemed unusually pleasant and friendly tonight. 1000p 10 mdw WN main 2012-11-07 Multiple lines, right most had MMW where I was directed 500p BUF UA main 2012-11-06 two cancer machines are in use. one WTMD is opened. TSA SUCKS. 240p 3 IAH UA C and D 2012-11-05 No WTMD's in use, though they were present and roped off. It was early. I took evasive action, went to Gate B, and had the bad luck of getting directed to MMW anyway. 630a IAH UA Int'l to domestic connections 2012-11-05 No WTMD's in use, all cancer boxes. WTMD's were roped off, and light traffic at this hour. The best bet here is to get on the shuttle after customs, and go to Gate A or B and try to get into an WTMD line. You do have the ability not to go through the Int'l-Domestic connection line, but Houston is overall awful. I would choose another airport to come in to from an international flight. 600a RDU AA 2 2012-11-05 Only MMW forced to opt-out which this airport hates 600a ANC DL South 2012-11-05 After I opted-out, TSA didn't think I should be able to move one foot to the left within the pre-WTMD area to keep my belongings in sight as they sat on the far side of the X-Ray machine. I loudly announced that I had lots of cash in my carryon, getting everyone's attention and making it harder for anyone (TSA included) to make of with my stuff. Why am I the sole opt-out these days? 1130p 5 FNT DL 2012-11-04 Patdown went a little higher on thighs than has been my experience in last month or so. 250p Atl DL Main/South 2012-11-04 NoS everywhere. No WTMD in use. Mandatory grope. At least they were civil... 530p 15 iah B 2012-11-04 3 lanes, with lane 2 WTMD only. However, the blue meanies were directing who got to enter the WTMD randomly, so you cannot choose. I got an ass of a thug when I arrived and asked for the WTMD. He said only if I wanted a full body search "including sensitive areas." I chose the MMW (don't do opt outs, that is far worse than a MMW). For best chance to get the WTMD, get in the left of booth line after ID check, not the right. 700a GIG Other All 2012-11-04 No scanners in Rio. The security staff are so friendly, like most Brazilians. They could show us a thing or two about civilization. 1100p TUL UA Main 2012-11-03 MMW primary for all unless opt out 840a 5 dca AA C 2012-11-03 Three people were waiting to enter the cancer box. was standing in front of the WTMD freshly roped off. Opted out of the MMW. 5 minutes later my wallet sitting out in the open. Guy even made a comment about me being randomly searched told him I would not step in that machine. (as he lined up to go in the MMW) Forced to walk through WTMD to pat down. friendly invasive morning tsa massage. 700a 15 dca AA C 2012-11-03 Three people were waiting to enter the cancer box. was standing in front of the WTMD freshly roped off. Opted out of the MMW. 5 minutes later my wallet sitting out in the open. Guy even made a comment about me being randomly searched told him I would not step in that machine. (as he lined up to go in the MMW) Forced to walk through WTMD to pat down. friendly invasive morning tsa massage. 700a 15 OAK AS Terminal 1 2012-11-02 BKSX + WTMD In use in left lane and only WTMD in right lane, which we chose 800a 3 MSN UA Main 2012-11-01 MMW primary for all unless opt out 1230p 5 Ear All 2012-11-01 WTMD only! LAS UA Terminal 3 2012-11-01 MMW in use for all passengers at this new checkpoint. Only WTMD was on far left for employees only. Opted out, patdown was quick and professional. 10 ABE DL 2012-10-31 Slow lines, but no TSA stupidity today. 1120a 5 Mci UA Terminal a 2012-10-31 WTMD only. Just like the good old days. 1100a SAT DL A 2012-10-30 Far right line (WTMD only) closed off with metal gate 230p SYD Int'l Transit 2012-10-30 At least 2 MMWs blocked off by glass next to open WTMDs TYS All Main 2012-10-29 MMW for nearly everyone 600a 10 FLL FL Concourse C 2012-10-29 Left hand lane is WTMD only. Free to pick any line after ID check 930a 5 FNT DL 2012-10-28 Once again, was subjected to an unconstitutional, illegal, immoral patdown by our "government agents". 250p 1 LGA B6 Terminal B, A Gates 2012-10-28 Checkpoint for B6/AC/UA A gates has MMW, but it was shut down at this late hour just before the hurricane hit. 710p 0 JFK B6 T5 2012-10-28 Backscatter machines are gone from T5. MMW are in use for some, but most just went through metal detectors. No hassle or issues for us. 900a 5-10 AVL DL Main 2012-10-27 One of the few airports that still don't have scanners. Hope it stays that way. Great airport to travel through too! AVL DL Main 2012-10-27 One of the few airports that still don't have scanners. Hope it stays that way. Great airport to travel through too! AVL DL Main 2012-10-27 One of the few airports that still don't have scanners. Hope it stays that way. Great airport to travel through too! Ord DL 2 2012-10-26 MMW have now been deployed to all lanes except Prchec 610a 2 Orr DL 2 2012-10-26 MMW have now been deployed to all lanes except Precheck. Scanners in use for everybody. 610a 2 BOS Int'l E central 2012-10-26 Backscatter roped off on rightmost lane. 630p 10 SFO UA United, Terminal 3 2012-10-26 There was one checkpoint for Premier members allowed you to easily self-select a metal detector. Upon return on Sunday morning the line was not available. 330p 0 MKE Concourse C 2012-10-26 Near left lane had MMW shut down. However that lane is mostly restricted to First/Business/Elite/Crew. General pax mostly funneled to right where MMW was operating 530a 2 Sea AS Chk point 3 Pre-check line 2012-10-25 Went thru WTMD (only one in Pre-check line. Very fast 200a 2 ABE DL 2012-10-25 No fuss; no muss. Although the TSOs were in chatty moods today, I didn't respond to their "conversations". 400p 1 RST DL 2012-10-25 130p 10 RST DL 2012-10-25 More detail from my previous post: the device used was the ProVision ATD. I opted for the pat-down and was treated professionally and respectfully. One male agent witnessed the pat-down by a second male agent (I'm a guy) in a private screening area that was not, by the way, offered to me; I had to ask. As usual, travel through KRST is mostly painless and quick. If I have to fly, I like to take this airport. 130p 10 dfw UA E16 2012-10-24 As advertised, WTMD only! Go into terminal E thru door marked Gates 11-21. Sec Chkpoint is right there and Pre-Check is there too! 600a 5 IAH AS Terminal A 2012-10-24 The Priority and regular line fed into a std metal detector (minimal use) and ATD mm wave scanner. Person said that X-ray and back scatter scanners no longer in use. Had to take all electronic gear out of bag 410p 5 PHL DL D 2012-10-24 Still safe... metal detectors only. Although my wife got randomly selected for a hand swab test. Pdx UA D/E Gates 2012-10-23 Light traffic so only one line. Opted out of scanner, got groped. :( I asked them not to touch anywhere that would be sexual assault if we weren't in an airport..... 440p 10 BWI B6 D 2012-10-22 Went as far left as possible, but appears every lane has a MMW available. Our lane only sent people thru MMW if they alarmed WMTD...only one pax in 10 I saw got it. Further right it looked like the NoS's were much more active. 300p 2 DCA AS 2012-10-22 750a SAN WN Gates 3-10 2012-10-22 100p 5 EWR UA c 2012-10-21 old school today, nice and easy 730a 5 EWR AA 2 2012-10-21 45 - 60 mins to get through security, even via Priority Access line. Only 2 lanes open. 1250p MSP Other T2/HHH 1 2012-10-21 New Checkpoint with MMW in all 6 lanes. 500a 15 FNT DL 2012-10-21 250p 1 STL AA C 2012-10-21 No X-ray machines in sight 520p 5 MSP WN term 2 2012-10-20 I opted out, took awhile to get male assist. 600a 25 LAX AS 6 2012-10-20 At least one MMW was roped off 510a BOS AA B22-36 2012-10-20 MMW roped off on right 800a 10 TPA DL E 2012-10-20 Security after Delta E gate train uses MMW scanners. Everyone going through MMW scanners. 420p 1 LAX AA Terminal 4 - Precheck 2012-10-20 Pre-check room now has two lines. If you get precheck, you can go through the WTMD. Otherwise, you are a terrorist. (And remember, folks, you never get cleared to precheck if your ticket includes international segments. If you love America so much, why did you leave it?) bos B6 C40/41 2012-10-19 WMTD roped off, only option was new MMW. travel partner opted out, got mild persuasion that there's no radiation, but no wait for pat down and very polite and quick. 720a 5 CWA DL 2012-10-19 They have a MMW and a WTMD. The WTMD was roped off. I opted out and received a public pat down. The TSA agent brought all belongings and placed them right in front of me while he conducted his pat down. He was very polite and detailed everything that he was doing. 300p ORD UA T1 2012-10-19 Opt for center line and avoid radiation machine 910a 15 LIH DL Main 2012-10-19 Spend your vacation dollars on other Hawaii islands than Kauai 730p 15 ANC All main 2012-10-19 SSA All N/A 2012-10-19 The Brazilians are not wasting billions on useless security machines. They ask questions for security, like we ought to be doing. LAX UA TERMINAL 8 2012-10-18 phl DL D 2012-10-18 Thankfully still no scanners! EYW DL Only one 2012-10-18 Backscatter unit in operation. Backscatter uses radiation; there is no "safe" dose. Every exposure incrementally increases your odds of developing a malignant tumor. Screener asked why I opted out, told them that I'd go through that machine just as soon as their employer starts letting their wear a dosimeter, like every private employer that has people working around radiation is required to. LEX DL Main 2012-10-18 All MMW NoS, all the time 200p 5 lih UA only one 2012-10-18 Mmw 1210p 15 FWA AA Main 2012-10-17 PAINFULLY slow...multiple smurfs 'helping' send bins thru, no one thru the NoS until bins went thru. Multiple opt outs & a trainee who didn't know what she was looking at just made it worse. Meanwhile overhead pages from AA requesting all PAX to the gate for immediate early boarding due to weather. What a cluster ****. 500p 16 BOS UA C 2012-10-17 All of the blue BKSX machines are gone and every line has a MMW box. Used to be able to easily SDOO here, but no more. Even more disappointing is that they seem really intent on convincing passengers there is no radiation risk now. So what? It's the undignified nature of the scan (assume the position) that I find objectionable. No TSA clerk is going to convince me otherwise. I'm still going to opt out and force those clowns to look me in the eye like an individual and not be treated like a cow off to slaughter. 600p DTW DL McNamara 2012-10-16 I went through the checkpoint that you get to right from the skywalk from the garage. I saw that they were using the MMW and WTMD, but I also went upstairs and checked out the other two checkpoints. The other two checkpoints were using MMWs only with WTMDs roped off. I went back downstairs and selected the WTMD line. Easy enough 730a LAS DL T1 D 2012-10-16 Originally, everyone was going through MMW. They closed up one of the MMW lanes. Then they opened a different lane that had a WTMD only, but that was at the other end of the checkpoint and there was a long line for that lane. We walked to that lane and waited a while to avoid a pat-down. 1200p 30 ABQ DL Main 2012-10-15 All lanes MMW required. We both opted out. Pat downs were not particularly aggressive, though I got glared at when I said "I feel like a free American" 440a 5 ABQ AA Main 2012-10-15 For once TSA had all lanes open (Balloon Fiesta ended yesterday) but wait was still 12 min due to mandatory NoS. one of the few times lately w/no false+ from Gumby but then Shorty Smurfette was nowhere to be found... 540a 12 EWR UA A1/A2 2012-10-15 For once airlines were not at fault for the delays. Security check lines were extremely long compared to every other Monday morning. 620a 40 BHM UA All 2012-10-15 No naked scanners in use. Make sure metal is off your body though. Poor woman in front of me was forced to be groped when her earring set off the bell. 300p JFK AA 8 2012-10-14 Backscatter being used in all lanes. Opted out and got glared at by the agent at the scanner. Agent performing pat down was courteous and professional. FNT DL 2012-10-14 No chance for SDOO; MMW for all. Opted out, per usual routine. 240p 1 Phx WN Terminal 4, checkpoint D 2012-10-14 Family lane seemed to be closed. Opened the WTMD on the left when the line got backed up. My husband got the WTMD, I got waved to the NOS. took a long time to get a female officer for the opt out, but she was very professional once she arrived. 1130a LAS AA D gatea 2012-10-13 MMW with AIT in use for all lines, except TSA-pre 800a SEA UA Middle checkpoint 2012-10-13 Far left lane still is WTMD, and you can pick your lanes. Easy-peasy SDOO. Gal behind me got a random hand swab, though. 600a 10 PHX AS Terminal 2 2012-10-13 Almost all funneled to the Rape-i-Scan. Boyfriend and I both opted out. His pat down was professional and courteous. I (female) ended up with Nurse Ratchet for pat down. 11a 5 BZN DL All 2012-10-13 Very quick 630a 0 SEA DL Center 2012-10-13 I don't think anyone in the center checkpoint was going through scanners, but not entirely sure 1020a 10 MSP DL SkyPriority checkpoint (4?) 2012-10-13 Got Precheck, but don't remember if there are any scanners at this checkpoint 600p LAX DL 5 2012-10-13 All MMW except PreCheck 200p 0 EWR AA Gate 32 2012-10-12 Checkpoint at a standstill for 6 minuts, but no idea why. With the crush of people, easy enough to head down the hall to the WTMD & by-pass the NoS. 1050a 19 Fll Int'l D gates Terminal 2 2012-10-12 WTMD only in lanes 5 and 6. Stay to the far right. 1100a 20 ABE DL 2012-10-12 Watch in carryon bag caused major consternation and had to be physically inspected and re-X-rayed.... what a joke. 320p 4 tsa DL hell 2012-10-12 sucks as always! rdd UA ALL 2012-10-12 Received scanner 8/12. Remember get individual agents' names for lawsuits...you cannot sue "TSA" by law as they are "exempt." The electronic frisking will remain until the battle is won in court. Sjc WN B 2012-10-12 Very easy to self-select. Yay! 840a BOS DL Terminal A 2012-10-12 Nasty as always; everyone going through MMW; aggressive groper who was very frustrated by my not being overly compliant 430a 10 SAT US A 2012-10-12 Line on the far right (behind partition) is WTMD only. 1230p 10 DFW US E16 2012-10-11 Still no full body at E-16. 600a 10 Jfk B6 5 2012-10-11 T5 has gotten rid of the backscatter machines and now has MMW at all lanes. 530p 5 LAX UA 7 2012-10-11 The xray backscatter's are gone. Pre-flight is there - all magnetometers, but at high sensitivity. ORD DL Terminal 2 2012-10-11 Terminal 2 was a piece of cake. Simple stay to the left and you can avoid the MMW machines - quick and easy WTMD 410p dfw AA A23 2012-10-11 walk through metal detector only LGB UA All 2012-10-11 No scanners here yet. But Long Beach travelers beware: the airport renovations will be done in December according to an airline agent, at which time all lines will undoubtedly be MMW. mco WN main 2012-10-10 wtmd line on far right was controlled by tsa person who let me through- 630a ABQ AA Main 2012-10-09 Everyone thru the NoS. Another false+ from Gumby & the same smurfette in the other side as all the other false+'s these past few months-what are the odds of that? Have to think she's figured out a way to create them so she can grope female pax, which really isn't a surprise given the caliber of those working for the TSA. 600a 5 JFK VX 2012-10-09 This was the best TSA experience I've ever had. Nice, professional agent checking IDs. An actual human being. No body scanners (wonder if that's because of high number of Muslim passengers at this terminal? so as not to offend religious customs, modesty - the alternative of the pat-down would also be anathema) - whatever the reason, it was great. everything was smooth and calm, both on part of TSA and fellow passengers. You felt like a human being instead of being treated like a criminal. Wish it could be like this every time... 430p OAK DL Terminal 1 2012-10-09 There are 3 lines setup at Terminal 1. The far left has a BKSX and the other two are WTMDs. It was busy when I arrived, so 2 lanes were in operation and it was easy to SDOO. On the day I returned it was 8pm, the line was empty and only the BKSX was in operation. 630a 10 LGB B6 South, Gates 1-9 2012-10-09 I was the only one going through at the time and there must have been 10 TSA agents standing around. There were 2 lines and both had WTMD. No problems at all. 630p 0 JFK AA 8 2012-10-09 All lanes except TSA-pre had backwater machines. Most passengers sent through scanner with WTMD being used when the lines got too long. jnu AS Only one 2012-10-09 I opt out every time - I'm polite, they respond politely. 3 mgm DL 2012-10-08 ORD UA terminal 1 2012-10-08 There is a MMW on the very left side that was in use (on the side of first class line). There are many backscatter machines in between and one more MMW on the very right side. There are also metal detectors (WTMD) in every lane as well. The checkpoint was very busy with long lines and only the WTMDs were being used and the backscatter machines were blocked off. Amazing, all the planes screened with passengers using the metal detectors were safe last night!! I guess the NOS aren't neccesary. The MMW on the very left side was being used and people williningly chose that line even though they could have chosen another lane!! The MMW line was moving very slowly. Maybe the passengers feel safer using them but don't they already know if they are safe or not?!! It was retarded, most people at the checkpoint were using the WTMD (metal detectors). I don't understand the logic for the "anything for safety" crowd. I saw a few business guys in suits that clearly flew a lot and they all chose the WTMD line on the left side instead of the MMW on the very left of the elite line. One lady kept beeping the WTMD and they let her try to walk through a few times before they called for a "female assist, alarm" and she was herded off to the side. Security theatre? Do they turn off the body scanners when it gets crazy busy? I guess bad guys don't use the checkpoint when it's busy? Not one person opted out of the MMW on the lft side. It probably would have made that line even slower!!! 600p cvg DL 3/all 2012-10-08 I opted out. TSA not happy. 430p 15 fai AS only one 2012-10-08 LGA DL D - Main 2012-10-07 SDOO on the right side of the main D checkpoint. 710a 1 LGA DL C - Left hand 2012-10-07 The lefthand entrance had the WTMD lane blocked up with bricks, fortunately the MMW was roped off as well. The MMW lane is on the left. 710a LAX AA 4 2012-10-07 MMW scanners in checkpoints 1, 2 and 3. The x-ray scanners were replaced with MMW scanners. 1030a 15 FNT DL 2012-10-07 No opt-out possible; MMW for all. 240p 1 FNT DL 2012-10-07 Had to opt-out possible; MMW for all. 240p 1 BOS AS A 2012-10-07 No scanners in use on any line. All WTMD. Long lines though. 500p 15 BOS FL E 2012-10-07 Opted out, was directed to stand near flag for pat-down. Screener was very professional though there was snickering by nearby TSA employees. 1 DTW DL McNamara 2012-10-07 At first, they had all the MMWs and WTMDs operating, but shortly after I got in line for the WTMD, the TSA began to direct people through the MMW. I kindley opted out of course. My items were always in my line of site while I waited for someone to pat me down. The pat-down agent got my items and was very detailed in telling me exactly what he was going to do. He was quick and professional. 230p LAX AA Pre-check/premium 2012-10-06 WTMD is gone!!!! MMW for non-pre check lane in this room now :-( 710a 3 MCO WN 60-129 2012-10-06 Confirmed - two BKSX at this checkpoint replaced by MMW w/ATR. SDOO still possible; pay attention as you enter the line and be sure to observe how the stanchions are set up so you can get into a WTMD-only lane. (There are more WTMD-only lanes than are readily visible from TDC.) TFS Int'l Terminal 1 2012-10-06 No radiation machines, Only magnetometers ONT WN 4 2012-10-06 Everyone sent through MMW. Opted out, was directed through gate instead of WTMD. Screener was pleasant and professional. 520a 10 boi WN main 2012-10-06 Scanners for everyone EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2012-10-05 Only way to go through WTMD is to have kids or when MMW is being "recalibrated". 440a 6 CHS UA A 2012-10-05 Hooray, we still have some rights here! 500p 5 OAK AS 1 2012-10-05 Only one scanner operating. 600p 15 ATL DL Main 2012-10-05 Lanes 16 and 17 (left side) have new MMW, but were now in use 600p SFO VX 2012-10-05 Only saw 1 family with small kids allowed to use an otherwise blocked metal detector. Everyone else had to go through the scanner. I said I opt out, and was immediately told by an agent oh that machine doesn't have radiation. Once again I said I opt out. Again she said but it doesn't have radiation. She was really trying to get me to go through, which could be construed as harassment, since I have a right to opt out. Once again, I repeated my decision. I had to wait at least 10-15 minutes for an agent (punitive?) Once the search took place it was fine. 130p DFW AA A23 2012-10-04 Still WTMD only BUT there is no priority line and line moved very slow. TDC wanted to chat with everyone and was rude when I didn't play. I was punished by randomly failing the WTMD on my first try. Still, no scanners, so worth the wait if you aren't PreCheck eligible or are on an international itinerary. 4p 15 MEM DL B 2012-10-03 All pax herded through NoS. Pax in front of me got zapped and then was groped as well. I opted out as always. 830a 5 SLC DL 2 2012-10-03 The WTMD on the right now has a MMW. Only pre-check escapes. 100p LAX UA 2012-10-03 Elite line feeds into a choice of MMW or WTMD. Some passengers still chose the MMW even though it moved much much slower. There are multiple entries for United and it looks like you can choose your lane. Also, if you do have to opt-out, the baggage x-ray belt is short enough that you can easily see your stuff. I wonder if the TSO's standing by the MMW's all day get microwaved like food?!! I feel bad for the TSO's that stand beside the backscatter machines all day. On the way home, I walked past a security checkpoint at LAX United (upstairs) that had MMW's and I saw a guy get scanned and then basically get an opt-out pat down right afterward. 6a BKK Other Premium int'l departures 2012-10-02 I'll jump on the reporting BKK bandwagon. No scanners at premium checkpoint, no shoes off,no patdown, pleasant experience. 700p Bos DL A 2012-10-01 Looked like a pretty easy sdoo at TA this morning. Both sides had non-ait options. Long lines though. 1000a JFK DL 2 2012-10-01 No nonsense new Yorkers don't seem to use ait much in this terminal; most lines appeared to have them roped off. 730a avp DL al 2012-10-01 asked for pat down but was talked into using millimeter wave scanner 1100a RNO WN B Gates 2012-10-01 B gates are safe, WTMD only! TSA staff were pleasant and nobody was getting touched or harassed. I miss this type of airport security. 520p 5 AZA All 2012-10-00 Backscatters installed this month FNT DL 2012-09-30 Opted out; patdown was the usual stupidity. 230p 3 SEA All Middle 2012-09-30 The line crawled until they got a second checker to help the slowest checker ever; by which point the line had ballooned. Rapiscan was down for maintenance, however, so SDOO was easy. 950p 10 AVL US All 2012-09-29 900a 0 PBI DL 2012-09-29 Very light traffic; no wait. No backscatters at checkpoint but MMW in all lanes. WTMD only for mothers w/ children. Opted for patdown, which was relatively quick (after 5 min. wait to summon agent standing 15 feet away to perform task) and respectful. 1100a 0 PDX UA D/E 2012-09-29 Long lines with most people going through MMW, and a few (10% maybe) getting waved through WTMD when MMW backed up. Had to opt-out for a patdown that wasn't retaliatory, but it was still invasive. WTMD only lane, per usual, was blocked off. 830a 30 BOS WN E1A-E1E 2012-09-28 BKSX for almost all. TSA had me "stand over by that American flag" for opt-out pat-down. The irony. 10 Mem AA B 2012-09-28 Hand swabs before even getting in line then BSK for NoS. 2 visibly pregnant smurfettes working the checkpoint-wonder if they will claim workers comp when their 2-headed babies are born? 650a 1 MCO WN 60-129 2012-09-28 It appears that the two BKSX have been replaced by MMW w/ATR. However, it's a big C/P and most lanes are WTMD only. ric UA 2012-09-28 physical search for false positive 730a 5 ATL Other South 2012-09-27 New NoS added at South checkpoint, now Precheck is the only line there without. Main checkpoint recently added more, I think there is only one line that avoids it. OPT-OUT! BOS DL A 2012-09-27 Easy SDOO. Most lanes were roped off; this checkpoint seems to be understaffed at high-traffic times and they use the WTMDs only. Oh, but if you forget to empty you're water bottle you're in for a treat. (fyi: this is an admin post, thus the link is allowed) 430p 8 SLC DL C gates 2012-09-27 Appeared that most travelers were being pointed towards the MMW, although when there was any sort of backup they'd point people to the WTMD. JFK VX Terminal 4 2012-09-27 No NOS at A gates for virgin america SEA AS A 2012-09-27 At each check in point, there was a preimer line at the far left. Once you got pass the initial scan of your ID and boarding pass, then try to go all the way to the far left. That is where the premier line is and it is a WTMD no NOS. All other lines had blue cancer boxes using BKSX 900p 5 PHX DL Terminal 3 North 2012-09-26 Terminal 3 North and South are still WTMD only. No wait and TSA was friendly. Too bad all airport terminals aren't like this! 330p 0 RDU WN 1 2012-09-25 Always MMW. Unhappy with opt outs. Mostly rude and slow agents. This airport is the worst! 2 FWA UA Main 2012-09-25 Finally made it thru the NoS w/o a false+ from Gumby only to get groped by the smurfette anyway because I forgot to take my watch off-got the big green OK on the machine, but she insisted on groping anyway. This was nothing compared to what she did to the poor Amish woman coming thru behind me-ugh! 200p 0 pit All main 2012-09-25 Slow line and most directed to scanners. Note elite line now directly feeds to scanner. 11a 40 LAX VX Terminal 3 2012-09-25 WTMD was closed off and everyone was herded through MMW PIT DL main 2012-09-25 Backscatter in use but able to self-select WTMD. 940a 5 GSP DL B 2012-09-24 Long line, some sent through WTMD only, including me. 610a 10 Lax AA 4 2012-09-24 Back scatter only at main checkpoint; smaller checkpoint down the passageway to the far left was only wtmd when we arrived, but noticed after we were through that the back scatter was opened up. Seemed both in use from that point. 400p SLC DL Terminal 2 2012-09-24 All lanes led to MMW scanners. Used to be some lanes led to WTMD but sadly this is no longer the case. 210p 10 SFO DL 1, Gates 40-48 2012-09-24 Everyone forced into scanner. No option for metal detector (except for flight crew). Opted out. Waited 5 minutes for pat-down. Agressive, angry female agent. Claimed I set off alarm. Excruciatingly slow review of all contents of my purse, which she removed item-by-item and placed on counter. I checked luggage so no liquids/toiletries with me. Still, told I must go into private room for secondary screening (RPD or Resolution Pat-Down). Refused secondary screening & was told SFPD would be called. Endured it. Was not as aggressive, invasive as 1st pat-down. Think the 1st agent set off alarm intentionally. Alarm did not go off after 2nd, private room pat-down. Frightening experience. 400p PNS AA All 2012-09-24 TSO's using WTMD as backup when MMW got to about 10 deep. 530a Aug Other Just the one 2012-09-23 Nine-seater Cessnas don't require much security. An Augusta cop shows up for each flight and two (2) blue-shirts herd the nine passengers through security. Too bad in BOS you can only transfer within the same terminal without getting re-screened. 140p 0 SYR DL Terminal B 2012-09-23 Still no AIT. While there was almost no line, they are training new staff members, so things went slowly. Lady in front of me was randomly chosen for extra screening. Both she and my husband were selected for bag checks because the trainee was unsure what she was seeing. 1000a 15 SFO UA international 2012-09-23 All passengers forced to go through a single backscatter/radiation machine. I told the TSA rep I didn't want to go through. She replied by saying I didn't have a choice...unless I went through the enhanced pat-down. I chose the enahanced pat-down and they directed me to another gate to walk through. The 2nd TSA rep explained he put on fresh gloves and that he would have to give me a full pat-down because I refused to go through the scanner. He said he would to a "one-two" down the back and then the front along the sides of my zipper. I asked him if he was going to touch my genitals and he repeated he would just to the "one-two" along the sides of my zipper. I said "ok". He commenced with the pat-down and touched me very close to my genitals. In the meantime, the 3rd TSA rep was removing every item from my carry-on bags and performing the chemical check. The rep even ran all my items through the x-ray machine again. From where I was asked to stand, I was not able to keep my eyes on my property the entire time. The rep was working extremely slowly during the baggage check. 1100p 25 MKE DL E 2012-09-22 Two lines; left line (fed by priority/elite queue) is MMW only. Right line is WTMD + MMW. WTMD was roped off, everyone through the rape-o-scan. Pat down was more thorough than at other airports, though not done aggressively. 510a 1 SMF DL 1 2012-09-22 WTMD roped off. Everyone through MMW. 230p 0 LAX DL 5 2012-09-22 Pre-check line feeds into WTMD only. Everybody else through lanes that have both WTMD and MMW. Almost everyone sent through the MMW. Had no less than 5 different smurfs tell me "you know it's just radio waves, right? It's perfectly safe." Told them I take health advice from my physician and not here, anmd they claimed they weren't offering health advice. 1150p 5 leb All Only one checkpoint 2012-09-22 There is only one metal detector and there are no body scanners at this airport. 140p GSP AA B 2012-09-21 50+ people in line but they insisted on keeping the WTMD closed and of course "roped off" so that the sheep think they have no choice but to go through the porno booth. Finally about 2 minutes before my turn they opened the WTMD. What nonsense, DEN UA American flag and Colorado flag 2012-09-21 Checked from upstairs, all scanners for both checkpoints. Had to opt out. Got a lecture from the female TSO...sigh. 100p 3 LGA DL D 2012-09-21 Scanner present at the right hand most security checkpoint, but it was nicely ropped off :) No gropedowns either. 900a 15 SJC US Terminal A 2012-09-21 Everyone gets zapped. 1040a 10 PIA DL Main 2012-09-21 Everyone through MMW scanner 410p 0 BGM All Sole Checkpoint 2012-09-21 WTMD and carry-on X-Ray; new models but same basic procedure for 15+ years 630a 2 EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2012-09-20 Today the "groper" didn't need to pat down my ID and BP; but had to pat down my hair. GRRRR. 1240p 2 lax DL t6 2012-09-20 milli wave used on all lanes, had sky priority so went thru fast. opt out was fast and easy. did not go thru wtmd before groping 950p 5 SFO WN Terminal 1 2012-09-20 Multiple lanes were open however the backscatter machine was being "calibrated" so the 4-5 people in front of me plus me only went through a metal detector. 710a 6 SEA UA Far south checkpoint by B gates 2012-09-20 Barking TSAs were ordering elites out of checkpoint 5 and insisting that the far south checkpoint had no line. Untrue, the line took 25 minutes, and elites were funneled into the Nos. I waited till two people were in line for the NoS and innocently walked through the WTMD. Didn't get stopped, but almost everyone was getting the cancer box this am. 630a 25 MSP DL Checkpoint 4/Lindbergh 2012-09-20 Checkpoint 4 is still WTMD only, and is the PreCheck and Preferred line (aka, First Class and Gold+ Medallion Frequent Flyers.) For some reason, they ignored my husband's PreCheck status, so we both went through standard security. Because of the number of people in the PreCheck/Preferred line, I don't know that it was any faster, but it was still efficient and staff were polite. Walking by Checkpoints 5&6 from the back, I did see that AIT has been installed at these Checkpoints, so don't know how much longer this AIT-free checkpoint will last. 400p 15 MOB US 2012-09-19 Full scanners in effect. We opted for the pat downs, which were conducted professionally and cheerfully. 1000a ATL DL Main 2012-09-18 Still possible to avoid, but looks like four more NoS' are being readied for use. Once that happens, will be a lot harder to avoid except at the very busiest times. 720a AMA All Only one checkpoint 2012-09-18 There's a millimeter wave device at the checkpoint now, and they seem fond of using it. AMA All Only one checkpoint 2012-09-18 There's a millimeter wave device at the checkpoint now, and they seem fond of using it. DRO US There is one terminal only 2012-09-18 Only one line and MMW in use. Everyone was forced to scanned or groped. 300p ord UA 1 2012-09-17 In left set of checkpoints, BKSX used for all in left-most lane; WTMD only in the other two lanes. In the right set of checkpoints, BKSX used in right lane; WTMD only in the left lane. 300p 15 FNT DL 2012-09-16 Normal nonsense. 240p 2 YVR UA US Departures 2012-09-16 Only using WTMD; MMW secondary 610a 5 TRI DL Main 2012-09-16 No scanners at Tri Cities 1110a 0 oak WN 2012-09-15 One line for BKSX, one for WTMD, easy SDOO. 8a SJC US A 2012-09-15 far right line running metal detector only. Easy self opt out. 530a 15 JFK DL 2 2012-09-15 All TSA agents lovely. No problems. Scanner there, but roped off. All passengers routed through metal detectors. 200p LGA AA 2/D 2012-09-14 Priority land and leftmost serf lane go to WTMD. Two right serf lanes to MMWD. 540a 25 Ewr B6 A21 2012-09-13 WTMD only 920a 8 EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2012-09-13 Light passenger load; groper had to "feel" my hair (shudder) 100p 4 PVD DL Main 2012-09-13 Lanes 7 and 8 only ones open, both send you to Backscatter 220p mco AA 1-60 or A 2012-09-13 seemed like all WTWD, the BKSX was roped off. When we arrived at MCO however they were in use FLL US E 2012-09-12 X-ray backscatter scanners in use. wtmd only if you get lucky and the X-ray is busy when you arrive. 530p 2 FLL B6 F 2012-09-12 X-ray backscatter scanners in use. wtmd only if you get lucky and the X-ray is busy when you arrive. 530p 8 FLL UA 1 2012-09-12 Backscatter X-ray at 2 lanes, wtmd at 1. choose your own lane. 530p 1 sjc B6 A 2012-09-12 Rub-down or Cancer. No other choices. 1010p 2 anc DL 2012-09-11 i'm so sorry for anyone who has to deal with these assaults. Def sign up for pre-check and try to use pre-check airports only. This seems to be the only way to travel with dignity. Best of wishes to all on here who have been victimized by these atrocious "security" policies of 2010-now. ANC has been orange-red. SEA UA 5 2012-09-11 Elite lane next to Precheck lane led to WTMD, the scanner was blocked off today. Guy behind me picked for random shoe swab. 930a 10 LGA UA C 2012-09-10 Sadly LGA now has a MMW scanner. All other lanes closed. 500p 10 AUS AA Center 2012-09-10 TSA had one machine out of service which caused huge delays and folks missing flights. I was in the premium line and waited 40 minutes. No separate line for crew and airline employees but they are allowed to butt in front of everyone else in the premium line. I never go through the scanners even though I fly weekly out of AUS. I get felt up by the same few people so often it's like we are dating. Wait time for your "date" with a TSA agent ranges from 5 to 20 minutes on Monday mornings especially if more than one person opts out at the same time. There is no capacity for multiple people to be patted down. Unfortunately AUS is not on the list for Pre-check in 2013. My return trip each week is from a pre-check airport. What a difference! No pat down, no body scanners, keep your shoes on, keep your laptop and liquids in your luggage. Average time through the line and magnetometer is less than a minute. If this gets implemented across all US airports they might have to rename Thousands Standing Around or just fire them all. 630a 40 DTW US Smith Terminal 2012-09-10 All WTMD were roped off and MMWs were in full effect. I kindly opted out and TSA was very professional and courteous in my opt out decision. 8a MEM DL B 2012-09-09 All pax herded through X-ray machines. Was told that the machines are breaking down frequently as they were not designed for primary screening. 930a 10 FNT DL 2012-09-09 Name game in play again today; again, I refused to play. 250p Gso US Us air 2012-09-09 Record wait for gso 500p 25 bur WN A 2012-09-09 3p ORD AA T3/CP7A 2012-09-09 CP7A has one WTMD (left) and two MMWD. Serf land was mostly MMWD with limited options to choose the left lane. Priority lane was the opposite; generally WTMD with limited risk of being put in the MMWD lanes (dawdling can help here). All the other T3 checkpoints appeared to be 100% MMWD. 1030a MSN UA Main 2012-09-09 MMW unless opt-out or medical issue 220p 10 AUS WN Main terminal 2012-09-08 WTMD roped off even with a long queue, everyone herded through the scanners. Pat down was professional but more aggressive IAD UA International Transfer 2012-09-07 Two lanes open and only WTMD in use. 140p 15 yvr Other Domestic/A 2012-09-06 No fuss went straight through security metal detector 1020a 1 FLL UA Terminal 1, Concourse C 2012-09-06 At noon, there was only one line for the checkpoint at concourse C, Terminal 1. They have those two blue rectangular machines (rapiscan) in this checkpoint but everybody was going through the WTMD; however, at some point, they started randomly asking people to go through the rapiscan, and when my turn came, every other person was going through it. I opted out, and unlike other airports, the person paged another TSA goon to come pat me down, and I was motioned to go through the WTMD, without having to wait much. I heard 2 other people behind me opting out, but everybody else, seems just go to through the rapiscan. 1230p 25 FLL DL 2 2012-09-06 Backscatter Xray in use. Every other person was being forced through backscatter. Only 1 scanner line open so no chance to opt-out. Roll the dice, if you got lucky and someone else was already in the xray when you got there, then you got to go through the WTMD. 430p 12 sba UA All 2012-09-06 Traveling with my family, with two young children they sent us through the WTMD. Otherwise we would have all opted out of the scanner. 500p 0 BWI DL D 2012-09-05 Most lanes have MMW, but we went to the far left lane where there is only a metal detector. No pat downs or opt outs necessary. 1230p SMF WN B 2012-09-05 6p LAX WN t1 2012-09-05 BKSX and WTMD both in use, TSA will wave you through the WTMD when the line gets long so wait for a few others to queue up at BKSX BOS DL A 2012-09-04 Right lane had backscatter roped off. (Second lane from right had 2 lines, backscatter on right, metal detector on left.) 600a 5 DEN DL Colorado Flag (North) 2012-09-04 All pax pushed through MMW; no WTMD available. TSA "people" are jerks. 430a 15 SFO UA International 2012-09-04 Line was almost empty. Had to say our name. I saw one guy go through WTMD, but everyone else was going through the MMW. I opted out with my fiancee and the woman officer tried arguing with us saying that we should have said something earlier and that we can't opt out. I said that I don't trust the safety of the machines and would rather get a pat down. Then the officer called for a male and female opt out. Make sure you know that you have the right, according to TSA, to opt out if the officers try to say otherwise. Be polite and curtious with the officers but firm if they try to say something contrary to their own rules. 730a PSC UA Main 2012-09-04 Agents were attempting behavioral detection "chat downs" with flyers. When I declined to share my ultimate destination and reason for travel, I was immediately selected for additional screening. 550a 10 AUS B6 2012-09-04 At the austin airport, I took a look at all 3 security lines(1 close to SW, 1 close to AA, and 1 close to Jetblue) and they all have the same setup: A TSA goon stands behind the WTMD, while another of its comrades stands in front of the WTMD, and this person directs all passengers to the porn scanner. Everybody went through the scanner, but when my turn came, I asked to be patted down. The TSA thug told me some memorized line about how I would be patted down in the front, back, private areas, and then asked, "do you still want to go through the pat down?" I replied, "Of course!" She yelled to the colleague behind, "opt out." The person behind her, yelled back, "opt out", and then another TSA clown repeated, "opt out." Then I was told to the stand to the side while one of these useless agents came to get me. I waited about 3 minutes, and then finally this young guy came through and said, "I cannot believe somebody opted out. This will be my first time doing a pat down." The patdown wasn't that bad, and this TSA thug was actually friendly, and tried to tell me that the radiation given by the porn scanner was inconsequential. I wanted to say, "that's not the point", but kept my mouth shut. I used to fly to Austin monthly, but thank god I now only go there once, or twice in a year. This used to be a great airpot when it came to security, and it has now become the prime example of how TSA wants to intimidate people to go through the scanner. 1000a 10 SAN VX Terminal 2 2012-09-04 Backscatter machines were being used in all lanes in the Virgin America part of Terminal 2. Opted out of the cancer machine and was given a very intrusive, rough patdown. When I pointed this out to the agent, she shrugged, put her swab in the machine, and miraculously turned up a false positive. Meanwhile, my husband had to go back through security and check one of our carry-ons because we'd mistakenly left some jam we bought in one of them. His stuff was left with mine, but there was much fuss about whether this was protocol. All of my bags were unpacked and then sloppily put back together while I waited for the TSA supervisor to drag me back to their darkened room for patdown number 2. Then a security alarm went off over by the checkpoint area for unspecified reasons. I was in danger of missing my flight, and pointed this out to the agents, which, of course, resulted in more delays. Patdown number 2 was equally rough and even more intrusive, if that's possible. While the TSA supervisor was waiting for the results of the second swab, she started interrogating me about my destination. I refused to answer any questions and was allowed to leave with barely enough time to make my flight. 540p 5 LGA B6 Terman B (concourse A) 2012-09-04 All were being directed through the MMW at this check point. Opted out and had the pleasure of dealing with a very nice and courteous TSA agent who game me a traditional pat down and sent me on my way. A very nice opt out experience here at Laguardia. 7a DAB DL Domestic Terminal 2012-09-03 Please ignore previous two statuses. Everyone except families were asked to go through MMW. Staff was friendly so opt-out probably would've been easy. 930a 0 DEN UA South (American flag) 2012-09-03 4 MMW in use, only 1 line without but it was available. Same at north (CO flag) checkpoint. Easy to SDOO, made the whole day better. 430p 3 SAN WN Terminal 1 2012-09-03 WTMD only. Long line went very fast. No NoS or groping = efficiency 600p 10 dca AA B/C Gates 23-34 2012-09-03 Two MMW machines, all lanes have potential. Most being sent through MMW, some directed through WTMD as lines got long. Had to opt out. 100p 10 Ilm Main 2012-09-02 Less than professional TSA clerks. Very aggressive with opt out patdown 5 MCo Int'l 2012-09-02 One queue for all passengers. No choice. 330p FNT DL 2012-09-01 Worst patdown I've had here in many months. Pulled my pants down and pulled shirt out of pants. Full contact with genitals with both front and back of hand, and this was a regular patdown! 540a 5 LAS DL D Gates 2012-09-01 MMW in use for nearly all passengers, WTMD was open but no one was being directed to use it. Choose to opt out and was told I could not and it was mandatory; asked for STSO and was allowed to opt out with no further fuss, regular (non-enhanced) pat-down occured 700a 5 TPA WN C 2012-09-01 All lines used MMW scanners except for families with children, like us, or for opt outs. Hand swabs for some. Very courteous, lots of lines open, and no wait. 1110a 0 SFO UA 3 2012-09-01 There used to be one or two lines were SDOO was available. Now all lines lead to MMWs. The only option to use the WTMD was if you had a child who could walk. a 10 Gsp DL All 2012-09-01 5 EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40 - 47 2012-08-31 Elite TDC line goes fast; regular line has 45 or so people waiting. Two LTSOs standing there watching long line; neither could be bothered to pick up a magic pen and light and do something about customer service. Disgusting. 450a 20 HNL AA 4 2012-08-31 Another false+ from Gumby...smurf couldn't understand why there was nothing on my wrist when the machine said there was...idiots... 540a DFW AA A36 2012-08-31 I got lucky, PreCheck worked. MMW for everyone else and a LONG regular line. 6p FLL B6 Terminal 3, Gates F1-F10 2012-08-31 There were a total of 4 lines open, but they were divided into a left line and a right line. The right side had a WTMD and an MMW. A TSA fat thug stood right in the MMW and wouldn't allow people to go through it, and she directed everybody on that side to go through the MMW. The left lane had two lines which merged to the walk though metal detector. The line took a while because at this particular time, there were a bunch of kids traveling. At some point there were about only 5 people going through the right lane which made you go through the MMW, while the left lane had about 20 people waiting. At this point a TSA thug started telling people on the left lane to head over to the right lane. I politely declined and went through the WTMD. 110p 20 SBN UA A 2012-08-31 MMW primary. 19 TSOs?! 4 used to be enough here! 1200p 0 CHS US B 2012-08-31 MMW Scanner GSP DL Concourse B 2012-08-29 MMW in use. TSA still more civil and professional than at many other airports in the region. 1020a 5 GSO DL 2012-08-29 Opt-out experience as good as it could have been. Pat-down was professional and non-retaliatory; did not have to ask to keep belongings in sight or for new gloves. 500a ATL DL Main 2012-08-27 No NoS lines 8-10 and 16-18. Even if your flight is out of T gates, use main checkpoint to avoid scope and grope 740p 15 ORD DL 2 2012-08-27 As usual, easy sdoo at T2. Chkpts in T1 looked to have some sdoo opportunities as well. 950a 5 ord UA 2/1 2012-08-27 security 2 at terminal 1 possible to choose wtmd (1 backscatter and 2 wtmd open) 1130a 3 BOS DL 1 2012-08-27 Glanced at security as we walked by—appeared that a SDOO might be possible through the right lanes, but I didn't get enough of a view to be sure one way or another. T1 is a crapshoot, it seems. 520p LAX DL T6 2012-08-27 Everyone being directed through the BKSX 220p 5 Oma DL A 2012-08-26 WTMD to the right. Circus barker might send you to one or the other depending on traffic. 920a 8 CMH DL Terminal C 2012-08-26 X-Ray in use for all passangers, WTMD was open but TS0's were directing all through X-Ray. This was at Terminal C; only way to avoid X-Ray is Opt Out. Wait Time was not that long, While waiting they were getting ready to open additional lanes 1230p 2 SEA AS 5 2012-08-26 SDOO -- far left lane goes to WTMD. However, after I got in line, TSA was directing others into the scanner line. 600p FNT DL 2012-08-26 No name game today. Cursory patdown for opt-out. 250p 3 PNS AA All 2012-08-26 Even flight crew was going through MMW. 15 LGA AA c 2012-08-25 URGENT! We decided to NOT fly today. There is a XRAY machine at gate C. WARNING!! do not expose yourself to this DNA destroying machine. bwi UA d 2012-08-25 express lane on far left directed everyone through metal detector 900a MRY UA the only one 2012-08-25 WTMD only, no scanners. Got my bag searched quite thoroughly, but no groping. 1050a 15 Lga DL D 2012-08-25 One NoS scanner on left side. Self select to the right side to avoid, but it was not in use. I asked if my 6yo daughter needs to put off her shoes. They started interrogating her! 6yo! They need to know her name before they can answer me if she needs to take off her shoes? Lga DL D 2012-08-25 One NoS scanner on left side. Self select to the right side to avoid, but it was not in use. I asked if my 6yo daughter needs to put off her shoes. They started interrogating her! 6yo! They need to know her name before they can answer me if she needs to take off her shoes? CMH WN Concourse A 2012-08-25 Scanners used for all people except for families with children or opt outs. We have children so we did not have to opt out but I was still patted down. Very courteous and professional pat down, talked kindly to my children. Long lines but they were moving. 640a 20 ABE DL 2012-08-24 Nothing unusual this morning. 500a 3 BOS DL A 2012-08-24 Easy SDOO. They were closing one side of the CP at 6:00 but had shut down the rapiscan several minutes before. Major shift change at 6:00 (pm) so if you are flying in the evening getting in line just before that is a good way to get there when staff turnover means a high likelihood of the machines being off. Not a lot of orange or red in BOS recently! 550p 3 SFO UA 1 2012-08-23 MMW used for everyone since only one line was available and airport wasn't that busy at that time. Got that cardboard covering the metal detectors. MMW has the new software with stick figure installed, decided not to opt-out because I'd rather not be groped. 930p 5 ABE DL Main 2012-08-23 200p 0 SFO UA United - after customs to connecting United flights 2012-08-23 MMW for everyone except for one guy with his young son. They opened up the WTMD for him. They let a few people go through when the scanner line right beside the WTMD got longer than 3 people BUT then they quickly closed it off with a piece of cardboard. I saw people exiting the scanner and still getting patdowns. Me (young female) and another young female after me opted out (we were both very skinny and small and hardly dangerous). We didn't know each other but were both traveling with other people so we were not worried about our stuff. The wait was about 3 minutes or 2.5. The lady that called for the 2 female assists had to call a few times but at least she kept trying. She ended up doing the pat down on me and another lady came for the other girl. The lady who called for the opt outs opened a gate for us and led us to a sitting area near the x-ray belt. She had me point out my stuff and put my bin on a chair beside me. She told me to wait while she went to get something and left me alone for half a minute. She was nice enough to put my shoes with the dirty side facing up instead of on my stuff, that was a nice gesture. she changed her gloves but I didn't see them from the box but they looked new. I forgot about asking but she did it without me asking. The pat down wasn't too bad, she did touch my hair and the other girl also had her hair touched as well. My person made me lift up my shirt and tank top underneath to feel my leggings waistband but she said to not lift my shirt too high. It was nice not to have to stand on the yellow feet since for a small person, that's like doing the splits. She did give me the speech and offer me a private screening, which I declined. The lines for the scanners were INSANE!! If you had a tight connection, I don't see how you could make it through customs, get your luggage and then go through re-screening area! There were about 3 lines and all led to the scanner. Me and the other girl were in the priority/first class line (on the right), which was the only line with a WTMD beside the MMW. Everyone in the priority line still got the MMW. It took so long for everyone to get through the scanners. I wonder how many people have missed flights? the lines went past the checkpoint area. Overall, opting out at SFO was okay. Too bad we couldn't have more privatized airport security. the lady didn't give me or the other girl attitude for opting out. It was nice not to have to opt out alone, I think the other girl did it a lot because she didn't look too happy and said it usually took a few minutes to wait. 1030a 3 ATL FL Domestic - Main 2012-08-22 Lanes 12-15 were open, all had scanners in use for nearly all passengers. While waiting in line I was directed to Lane 1, which had no scanner, just metal detector. The only others I saw directed to lane one at this time were members of the military and white folks. 730p 5 EWR B6 Terminal A Gates 20-28 2012-08-22 Line was slow, but there weren't any scanners. 920p 10 BWI AA Concourse C 2012-08-20 No scanners, but a sign indicates that a new more efficient checkpoint is coming. EWR UA C3, C2 2012-08-20 We were waiting to go through security at the C2 checkpoint, and there we noticed that there was one line that led to the the MMW, while 3 others had the WTMD; however, as we waited there, we then were told to go to the C3 checkpoint. The C3 checkpoint had the same setup. The TSA person who checked your ID sometimes would tell you which line to go, but you could choose the line, and also, at C3, there was just one MMW being used. I chose the WTMD and the whole process was painless, which was surprising because I think about 1 year ago I flew through EWR, and they were corraling people to go through the MMW; fortunately that one time, I was told to go through the WTMD, but today I chose what line to go through without having to interact with the TSA clowns. 110p 5 CHS DL Terminal A 2012-08-19 Walk through metal detector only. No scanners! :) 700a 5 FNT DL 2012-08-19 TDC asking all pax to state their name; I refused. TDC called 2-striper supervisor, who let me continue without saying my name. 300p 3 pnh Int'l International 2012-08-18 Very easy, no scanners. I wouldn't think they would put scanners in Cambodia, but you never know these days. BOS FL Terminal E 2012-08-18 Scanners in use for all lanes. I was able to bide my time and wait until a bunch of folks were lined up for the scanner and just walk through the metal detector instead. 430p 10 EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40 - 47 2012-08-17 Every so often, TSA would let people go through WTMD when MMW line got "long", but there was little rhyme/reason to how "long" the MMW line would get before the switch was allowed. 510a 5 DFW DL B upstairs 2012-08-17 opt out to WTMD 1140a 1 OAK WN 2 2012-08-17 middle two lanes @ OAK Terminal 2 for southwest were WTMD, no one tried to direct me away from them. But then again, it wasn't busy. Agents may treat you differently during higher traffic times. 640p 2 sav US Main 2012-08-17 Millimeter Wave 210p PHX AS 2 2012-08-16 Cordial staff, quick on the pat-down. Lanes 3 and 4 open, both with backscatters 230p 1 LAX AA Terminal 4 2012-08-16 The Priority AAcess room (furthest to the left as you enter the terminal) is WTMD only. All other checkpoints have Backscatters and they are in use for all passengers. 100p 5 LAX AA Terminal 4 2012-08-16 The Priority AAcess room (furthest to the left as you enter the terminal) is WTMD only. All other checkpoints have Backscatters and they are in use for all passengers. 100p 5 TLH DL main 2012-08-15 opt out for metal detector 940a 10 STL WN Terminal 2, main 2012-08-15 All 4 lanes were funnelled into backscatter. 930a 10 SBN US A 2012-08-14 1 MMW in use 500a MOT DL (only 1 checkpoint) 2012-08-14 MMW used for all except kids & accompanying pax SEA US SC 3 2012-08-13 Scanners blocked off on far right lanes. Far left lanes going through backscatter. Keep head up and you'll be fine. Took a red eye on a Monday. 800p 20+ RDU WN Terminal 1 2012-08-13 WTMD blocked off. MMW was primary for all passengers except for families with small children. 130p yxe Other Domestic 2012-08-13 No fuss, laid back attitude from clerks 150p 2 atl DL Domestic-Main 2012-08-12 Lanes 10-11 and 16-17 were the WTMD-only lanes open this morning. Easy to select them. 730a 5 FNT DL 2012-08-12 "Security" patdown for opting out was very cursory. 200p 1 TUL DL All (just 1 checkpoint) 2012-08-12 TSA goons direct everyone through the "MMW" cancer machine. Opt-out! MSY DL D (Delta) 2012-08-12 The general line was pretty long and everyone in it had to go through MMW.Delta's Skypriority line was WTMD only. If you can find a way, use the priority lane on the far left. 350p 5 HHH US Main Terminal 2012-08-12 WTMD only but lines were long because they scrutinized carry-on bags with extraordinary detail. 400p 12 lax Terminal 5 2012-08-12 Very slow at this time, so two baggage x-rays were open, feeding one WTMD/BKSX combo. Everyone was being directed through the BKSX. 530p 2 BKK Int'l International East 2012-08-11 I can't believe it!!!! They put MMWs in Bangkok now!!! The middle lane was MMW and the left and right lanes were WTMD. I saw one officer directing some people to the MMW, but some just walked to the WTMD. I don't think people can opt-out here. 300p Ewr AA 2012-08-11 Long slow line for the single checkpoint open, complicated by a group of non-English speaking tourists who didn't understand why they had to strip to go thru 'security' here. Bin pusher yelling any electronic 'bigger than a cell phone' must be in a bin by itself-left my iPad in the bag w/o issue. Got another false positive from Gumby, though... 750a 10 BOS Other E 2012-08-11 For Gate E3: Check point was 2 lanes, forcing most people through the backscatter. I got through the WTMD. Traveling companion had to opt out and received a VERY thorough patdown. I seemed retaliatory. TSA person was rude and combative. 10a ABE DL 2012-08-10 Long lines, only one lane open. Finally opened second lane after lines got very long. Patting down men with "baggy" pockets after WTMD. 450a 10 CDC DL 2012-08-10 Only security line at this small airport has a WTMD BTV US Gates 1-8 2012-08-10 MMW in use as primary 5 ABE DL 2012-08-09 Guy in front of me was "selected randomly" for additional screening by the WTMD. 350p 2 Bos DL A 2012-08-09 All lanes were open, and all BKSX were roped off except for the one in lane 2,the lane next to the Pre-Check lane. Avoid lane 2 when it is open because the metal detector in that lane is only for Pre-Check. Anyway, a very easy SDOO! 340p 10 SEA US 2 2012-08-09 PreCheck closed. Only WTMD for first/premier line on far right. Back scatter in other lines. Most laptops pulled for swabbing, hence long waits at x-ray. Staff were quiet. 810p 15 CLT All All 2012-08-09 MMW for all passengers, all lanes, all checkpoints 630a SFO UA Terminal 3 2012-08-09 MMW in use for everyone except mothers w/small children, opt-out quick and easy, no problems. 330p 5 MSP Other 2 2012-08-09 Very long security lines. All lanes were in use. Very easy to move to a WTMD only lane. 620a 40 PHL US D 2012-08-09 No scanners here. D gate is the best way to go. 100p 10 JFk AA Terminal 8 2012-08-08 Backscatters roped off due to peak travel day. PreCheck line and regular line adjacent to PreCheck have no Backscatters-- use Priority AAcess line to choose your own adventure. 740a 30 PIT All 2012-08-08 Most passengers sent through backscatter machine. 710p 10 MDW WN Main 2012-08-07 5 lanes, all the way right has MMW 150p BOI Only 2012-08-06 All passengers directed into scanners. . Ord DL 2 2012-08-06 Same old same old here. Stay left for no scanning, they won't direct you otherwise. No premium line, short other lines, works for all domestic flights. 220p 4 msp DL 1 / Lindbergh 2012-08-06 I didn't check out any other lines, but Checkpoint 4 is still all WTMD (and moves quickly because of it). In the morning, at least, it is signed as Sky Priority only. Lines were long but moved quickly, although extenuating circumstances (IRROPs) allowed me to skip the line; the 15 minutes is a guess at the line length. 620a 15 BUR WN A 2012-08-06 the two wtmd machines were roped off. had to opt out of mmw. think smurf has a second job as a masseuse. 900a 7 PHX UA Terminal 2 2012-08-06 Backscatter in Lane 4, a bit confusing because lane 3 and 4 are on either side of one aisle, & even though there was only one other person going through security of course they wouldn't let me switch when I realized my mistake. 230p 0 CLT US All 2012-08-06 For faster service, opt out before putting your bags on the conveyor belt. 4p 20 SFO VX Terminal 2 2012-08-06 Standard SFO name game at the ID check podium. The line was moving very slowly due to NoS being primary and only two lanes open. They had a large cardboard barrier that was blocking entrance to the WTMD. But one man was carrying a small dog and they allowed him to escape the NoS. After I made it through, the line was backing up even more and then the gatekeeper periodically allowed 7-10 people to go through the WTMD to speed things up. And an hour and a half later I have to take out my id to show it to the smurfs again in the jetway while boarding! Just silly. 210p 20 ABQ AA Main 2012-08-05 NoS for everyone except kids. Another false+ from Gumby & another tummy rub from an angry smurfette looking for a fight... 900a FNT DL 2012-08-05 Same nonsense. 300p 2 HPN B6 Main 2012-08-05 Newly installed ProVision ATD for all. 250p 2 jfk AA 8 2012-08-05 BSX and WTMD operating side by side in most lanes. Easy to switch lanes. SEA All Checkpoint 3 2012-08-05 Long wait late night at SEA, but no machines in use. 1120p 30 ATL DL South (Domestic) 2012-08-04 Really busy but only back-scatter available. Somewhat unsettling but I was clean so no worries. 540a Bos DL A 2012-08-03 Looked to SDOO by choosing a line with a WTMD but they seemed to be pointing some pax to the rapiscan. However, miracle of miracles, they roped off the BKSX and everyone got to go through the WTMD! 910a 13 ELM DL 2012-08-03 Millimeter scanner in use HOU AA Main 2012-08-03 Just as I got in line, final checkpoint to the far left opened as WTMD only-was 4th pax thru. 100p 3 DCA US C (35-45) 2012-08-03 When you can count the number of people in front of you on one hand, it's a given the MMW will be in use. However, these are the ATR (Gumby) machines, which I don't particularly mind. TSOs surprisingly nice, no barking. 500p .5 IAD UA 2012-08-03 I am a big guy and noticed that the scanners really only scan up to my neck. With my arms above my head it would be easy to "hide" stuff under long sleeve shirts. No physical inspection even though I was clearly not "fully" scanned. 820a 30 LAS VX Terminal 3 Upper Level 2012-08-03 Long slow moving line with a few lanes closed off. TSOs barking the rules as if everyone was flying for the first time. It was a circus and United hasn't even moved in yet! Only smaller airlines are here like Virgin, Jetblue, etc. Can't imagine how long the security lines will be if the second checkpoint on the lower level is not ready by the end of them month when United moves to Terminal 3. I inspected this equivalent sized lower level checkpoint on my return and no signs of equipment, detectors or scanners being installed. 900a 25 Lit DL All 2012-08-02 SDOO on the left. Slow lines. 610a 25 SJC WN Southwest Gates 2012-08-02 Left and middle lanes were cancerous. Right lane (going about 3x faster) was WTMD 540p LUN Int'l 2012-08-02 No scanners. But clearly also no security to speak of. With flights leaving to the US and other countries this is surely the risk area. Too late to scan people on arrival. 530p 0 ADD Int'l 2012-08-02 They follow the US "remove shoes, belts and laptops". No scanners. Lots of people bypassing security via transferring through gate areas. This mostly due to chaos on airport. Big gap in security from a US perspective. 1030p 10 sfo AA 2 2012-08-02 SFO AA used to be my favorite security experience, WTMD only. Now it's MMW for everyone except families with small children. What theaterical garbage. PIT All alternate 2012-08-01 BKSX roped off--WTMD for all! Unsure about main checkpoint though. 510p 10 san WN Terminal 1 / Gates 1 & 2 2012-08-01 I had read here on this site that gates 3 thru 10 were WTMD only so I went there even though I was scheduled to depart through gate 1. When I approached the area of gate 3, the tsa person indicated that I would have to leave the line and go through gate 1/2 only as there was no other way to get to those gates at all. Being unfamiliar with the airport, I left the line and went to gate 1/2 preparing to opt out. As I got to there, I noticed there where two scanners and one WTMD. Since I was traveling with a 9-year-old, I was about to tell the agent that I would be opting out, but before I did, he asked me if I was traveling with the child, and I said yes, he said that we would both be going through the WTMD, which we did (so indicate you are traveling with a minor if you are not asked). Since my gate was number 1, I sat no more than 50 feet from the security check-point once I went through. I watched tsa for almost 2-hours and was delighted to see many people opt-out. The tsa did not make a big deal about it when a person did, and their wait time for the pat down was no more than a minute or two. I also observed many of the agents who were handling security, leave the area and go into a room along the side of gate number 1. I suspect this is the area where they would monitor the nude scanner from. They appeared to rotate in and out of that room in about 20 to 30 minute intervals. 900a BWI AA Concourse C 2012-08-01 1030a ~10 SFO US Terminal 1 2012-08-01 Cardboard was blocking the metal detectors. I opted out of scanner. Convenant Aviation Security staff forgot several of my items on the xray belt. Made me wait then proceeded with enhanced pat down. When they asked if they could pat the incide of my legs I responded "What ever turns you on". This resulted in a huge scandal with the actual TSA being called in to observe a new pat down. 630p LAX UA 2012-08-01 everyone was put in the backscatter machine (this one uses radiation and it has two blue walls). Why can't LAX and other airports only use MMW? It's not as dangerous! AVP All all 2012-08-01 MMW in use for most/all pax JAX All Main 2012-08-01 BOS B6 C 2012-07-31 No cancer boxes during the peak departure rush. All lines using WTMD. Not bad! 730a 15 BOS UA C 2012-07-30 Was able to SDOO very easily today. This has been the case the past few times I've traveled through this terminal, if you pay enough attention it's pretty clear which lanes are WTMD only. Boggles the mind that some people still just willingly line up for a cancer scan then they don't have to. 520p 5 LAS WN A B C 2012-07-30 Porno Scanner in use for all lanes. Had to opt out. Smurf feeling me up was hot. 530p MKE DL E 2012-07-30 Sadly, finally everyone goes through the NoS in Terminal E 1120a 10 DAL WN A 2012-07-29 I tried to check out/verify info re: the ped overpass...which takes you right back d/s to the security check-in where you have no choice...you VILL go through the scanner! Choice and American freedom has been destroyed in the name of 'safety & security'. The terrorists have won. 1030a SFO DL Terminal 1, Gates 40-48 2012-07-29 Funneling everyone through NoS. Opted-out. Extremely friendly agent and non-invasive pat-down. Private contractors put the TSA to shame in terms of professionalism. 720a 20 LSE DL Only 2012-07-29 MRY US the only one 2012-07-28 Still WTMD only, no scanners. Great experience. 510a 5 PIT All Main 2012-07-28 BKSX for all except a few mothers and children. 700p 5 bos Int'l E2A-E8B 2012-07-28 BKSX in use on the right. WTMD-only lane open on the left side. Easy SDOO. 430p BOS DL A 2012-07-28 BKSX in use on the left side. The BKSX was roped off on the right side. Easy SDOO, but make sure to look around as you wait in line for the TDC to find the 'safe' lanes. 430p EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40 -47 2012-07-27 Long lines with just two lanes open, all going to MMW. 3 TSOs standing by lines, watching; but obviously it would violate some "SSI" rule if they were to have opened another lane. Had to opt out; while in that process, observed 85% or more of MMW pax having to be patted down, and an airline pilot also had to have full patdown! 600a 15 MHK AA Main Terminal 2012-07-27 Short line. 600a 5 PHL US D 2012-07-27 As previously reported, no scanners at D checkpoint, and can reach any concourse after clearing at D 550p 0 Sju FL C 2012-07-26 Backscatter in use on right side where everyone was being funneled. TSA goons were rougher than usual during full body molestation. If they would take 4 of the clowns operating the backscatter, they could open the other security lane. 120p 25 SJC WN B 2012-07-25 cancer boxes were all roped off today 1030a hsv AA All 2012-07-25 Manditory rapescan - watch out for thievery from TSA SJC WN B 2012-07-25 cancer boxes were all roped off today 1030a BUR WN 1 2012-07-25 the last bastion of hope for flying out my area has been destroyed. BUR is now set up so you HAVE to go through the scanner. Once your ID & boarding pass is checked you go through the metal detector followed by the scanner. There's no choice. At all!!! The only option now is to earn enough to insure I travel by private charter. We've all been herded & cattle prodded into submission 'for our safety & security'. Next our free speech will be regulated on the internet via similar regulation. oh wait! 850a dfw AA c29 2012-07-23 SAN UA Commuter 2012-07-23 Asked to walk through body scanner even though I opted out. They said it was "off" and there was no way to walk around. I asked for a supervisor who eventually let me walk around the body scanner for the opt out pat down. 830p 0 EWR UA C-1 Terminal C 2012-07-23 L3 ProVision ATD MMW in one lane, you can try to go to another lane but TSA staff will usually tell you what lane to go to. DCA UA B (Gates 10-22) 2012-07-23 United moved here this month; all lanes MMW but one was turned off and somewhat easy to move after the ID check - lines were huge 720a 30+ SYR US South 2012-07-23 Central checkpoint still under construction thus still no AIT yet 440a 10 IAD UA Main 2012-07-23 SDOO possible but you must watch to make sure someone is up for the scanners in order to avoid them 410p 25 LAX Int'l T 2 2012-07-23 Depends whether or not someone is at the X-ray machine, just be sharp and you'll be fine 1100p 5 CMH DL C 2012-07-23 There was a WTMD and either a BSX or MMV, I was not sure. TSA was pointing people where to go randomly, WTMD or the other. I simply ignored what the TSA agent said and went through the WTMD. There were no problems, except that I forgot to remove my laptop out of my bag - so they were not happy with me 700a FNT DL 2012-07-22 All "suspects" required to go through MMW. Opted out; minimally invasive grope. 1000a 1 ORD UA T1 2012-07-22 Got PreCheck - very civilized. No line, WTMD only, left everything in my bags. Sad to think this was the norm for everyone 10 years ago 1130a ACT 2012-07-22 Very small airport. Security is not open continuously; only opens before flights. Has MMW with ATR. 340p DFW AA A36 2012-07-22 One MMW line for regular pax. WTMD only line set aside for Pre-Check. 730p 10 sea AA 5 2012-07-22 Easy SDOO. Long line in regular lanes, no line in PreCheck/elite/military lane. 5a ORD UA Terminal 1 Checkpt 2 2012-07-21 BKSX machines were mostly not in use. If you pay attention, you can find a line where the NoS is not in use. Security 3 looked like it was exclusively BKSX, though. 300p 5 EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40 -47 2012-07-20 Normal nonsense; more than 1/2 of people going through MMW had to have patdowns. I opted out. 500a 5 DCA DL B 2012-07-20 NoS for everyone, some also getting hands swabbed. Lots of false positives, but TSOs not following up on all of them. Fly out of A if you have to come through DCA! 1130a 15 IAD UA main 2012-07-20 Maybe 1 in 10 waved through metal detector, all others nudiescoped. I opted for the grope. They were also doing occasional hand swabs just past ID check. 430p 40 MKE Concourse C 2012-07-20 Only two baggage X-ray lines open. Both feed into MMW. WTMD-only line closed, used for screening of concourse vendor items. 340p 2 iad UA c 2012-07-20 got precheck, smurfs denied having precheck lane pns AA All 2012-07-20 Everyone going through scanner, WTMD coned off dfw AA A36 2012-07-20 Everyone except PreCheck went through MMW. SFO UA T3 overflow, south checkpoint 2012-07-20 Far right lane is WTMD only, but was closed off right before I could get to it (shift change?) 940a jfk B6 T5 2012-07-19 Backscatter machines roped off 540p 15 lax AA T4 2012-07-19 xray box in use, asking got you wtmd. 700a San UA T1 2012-07-18 Amazing....they reconfigured the entire checkpoint. No more zig-zag lines, nor tht stupid red line many screeners had a power trip on. Most pleasant is that they removed one of the back scatter machines, the one on the very right. All three lanes were open, nobody forced anyone to a specific lane. Asked supe whether pre-check is coming....he said yes, but no timetable. 500a 0 PHX DL Terminal 3 2012-07-18 Checkpoint for gates 15-26, 2 lanes, metal detectors only. 600a ~10 SFO UA T3 Elite 2012-07-17 Nude-o-scopes in use for everyone; because of which a short & smooth security check has become a long wait. 510p 15 LAS Int'l Terminal 3 2012-07-17 Everyone except families with children directed to MMW with ATR 650p 5 ATL DL Main 2012-07-16 Gates 5 thru 11 all running without NoS. If you want to avoid the scope and grope in ATL, arrive when busy. 610a 15 LGA AA Terminal 2 - D gates checkpoint 2012-07-16 There is a BKSX scanner on the far right of the checkpoint. It was roped off when I went through the checkpoint. It's probable that you could avoid having to go through the scanner by staying left when it is in use. An ominous sign warns you that the x-ray scanner is optional, but you will receive a "thorough patdown." 1000a 5 JFK B6 T5 2012-07-16 Backscatters roped off 300p FNT DL 2012-07-15 TSA insufficiently staffed; had to close MMW when I opted out so that TSO could do the patdown. 6 pax behind me got to use WTMD without patdowns. 1000a 1 SAN AS 1 2012-07-15 Choose far left lane (WTMD only). Other lanes had Rapiscan for all pax. 1230p SEA AS D/N gates 2012-07-15 Still easy SDOO by staying left through doc checker stations in regular lanes. Bear left after doc checker to access a WTMD only lane. All gates are accessible from this checkpoint. 710a 25 Sea UA 4 2012-07-14 Choose your own adventure in the left and right lanes; most passengers in center lane sent through back scatter. 500a 10 JFK B6 Terminal 5 2012-07-14 Didn't fly but there appeared to be Rapiscan Backscatter scanners in every lane next to WTMDs, some were sent through WTMDs and most through the scanners. JFK Int'l Terminal 1 2012-07-14 Didn't fly, but did see at least one Rapiscan Backscatter in use. Seemed like a good amount of passengers were sent through it. MCI WN B 2012-07-14 Breezed thru initial security even with our opt-out and a baby. Then an hour later as we were boarding, we were pulled from line for another search of the diaper bag and carry on. TSA Clones (contracted firm) were rude and surly when we asked why part of our party - baby and man carrying - were yanked from line so that the diaper bag could be ransacked again we were told that our flying privileges could be revoked if we continued to obstruct agents. this is sad pathetic security theater on display. 100p 5 WAW Int'l All Gates 2012-07-14 WTMD only. 5 ABE DL 2012-07-13 450a 4 smx All All 2012-07-13 There is only one checkpoint for all airlines at this small airport. After getting ID checked, there is a single line to the machines. On the left is a WTMD, and on the right is a DNA Destroyer (MMW). The WTMD looks roped off, but a guard stands behind it and you can go through this instead of the MMW if you want. I confirmed this with the ID checking guard. No one seemed to realize they could avoid the DNA Destroyer, because they are not advertising it, and keep the WTMD seemingly roped off. But it is available to use. The checkpoint is too small to have two Cancer Boxes, so I think this airport is a good bet, especially during peak times. 1000a JAC All Main 2012-07-13 All WTMD's were roped off. LRD AA 2012-07-13 All through Back scatter. TSA questioned my drivers license, asked for added ID. Told them I had none. Border patrol standing right next to TSA continued questioning of address, name, date DL expires, etc. Then told anomoly in back scatter and went for pat down. Seemed targeted and that I was profiled verus other ethnicities in airport. 1030a cwa DL Main (only) 2012-07-12 ProVision ATD in use as primary, WTMD roped off. 1000a 15 DEN DL American flag checkpoint 2012-07-12 SDOO is still an option here and the line wasn't even all that bad. I agree with previous posters to look down over the second floor balcony and see which lines have WTMD only (should be farthest right and left) because it may not be obvious from below. I went throught the far right lane (stay as far right as you can). After the TSA officer checks your ID and boarding pass you can then select your desired line. 930a 15 JFK Int'l Terminal 1 2012-07-12 Scanners available but were not in use in any lane 100p SJC WN 2012-07-12 Most were going through the scanners. I saw people receive awful gropings that I think were randomly chosen instead of opting out. However, I was able to switch at the last minute to a metal detector only lane and get out grope and radiation free (#5). ord B6 Terminal 3 chkpt by TSA baggage dropoff 2012-07-11 There is a BKSX on the left and a WTMD on the right and two lanes for travelers. You will be randomly selected for one or the other, but I was able to dawdle with my bags until I saw that the BKSX was full and get to use the WTMD. 510a YOW UA US destination gates 2012-07-11 Millimeter wave in evidence, but turned off; they used it for one passenger, but it was unclear why, and they directed everyone else through the metal detector. Very polite. 900a 0 SEA UA 5 (N gates) 2012-07-11 Lines moved very slowly today, not sure why. Lady TSA was checking boarding passes at head of line, and was sending some people off to other gates, I was headed to N gate, so she let me through, not sure what she'd have done if I was not ticketed on UA and not headed to d/n gates. I was able to SDOO by staying to left where WTMD is located. Lady behind me was picked for random search. 540p 15 ACY All Main (Only) 2012-07-11 MMW w/ATR. Absurd length of line for such a small airport, due to NoS. At least the TSOs' attitudes are relatively pleasant. 500p 40 rdu DL 2 2012-07-11 today marks a day of victory. never again will I submit to the degrading sexual assaults RDU TSA inflicts on a daily basis (they assaulted me two years ago). I am now a licensed pilot and will fly myself now WITHOUT the assaults from them. RDU is always RED unless you get really really lucky- DON'T count on it. Let's all protest by getting our pilot's licenses. It's not that hard if you pick a chief flight instructor. 100p SFO UA T3 (overflow, south of main T3 checkpoint) 2012-07-10 Line was shorter at noon than i typically see when i fly mornings, however, with only one lane open, the line moved very slowly, all being directed through MMW. As i got to the initial screening desk, more personnel arrived and an additional line was opened - directed to a WTMD. Easy to self-select from there. 1200p 15 LGB B6 South 2012-07-10 RNO AA C 2012-07-10 No way to choose a lane. Most adults w/out kids sent to the MMW (phone booth). Just a week earlier, the peeping Toms were roped off and not in use. Looks like another airport ruined. 1200p lax AS T 6 2012-07-09 Security very backed up, the NOSs were mainly blocked, until about 4 passengers before me. Opt out was undramatic. 1120a 15 FNT DL 2012-07-09 mia AA D Gates 2012-07-09 2 lanes open. Left side was WTMD and right was MMW. I waited in the MMW line, then switched over to lane 1 after my ID was checked. The guard (let's not call them "officers" please), was OK with me switching to the WTMD line. 830p ISP WN Main checkpoint 2012-07-09 ISLIP in the past month shut down the old checkpoint in the center of the terminal with the WTMD's and opened up the new one by the ticket counters. Most people were going thru the WTMD's but every now and then someone would be selected to go thru the MMW. I went thru the crew/businees travel line and made no difference. 600a 10 AUS WN middle one 2012-07-09 I thought by wearing a long well-fitted dress that I would be able to bear the groping. I was very wrong. An older white lady with spikey white hair told me she would be touching my "inner thighs". Instead, she pushed her hands up INSIDE my vaginal lips which included rubbing my clitoris. TUL DL All 2012-07-09 They're still scanning pretty much everyone. 1030a cos UA 2012-07-08 pat down 9a FNT DL 2012-07-08 Cursory patdown for my optout ritual. Once again, after thousands of previous flights, I've again been deemed "Not Dangerous to the State" 250p 4 MSP DL Terminal 1 (Lindburg), CP 4 2012-07-07 CP 4 still has no scanners. There is a pre-check line (enter from the right) which is much shorter. You can walk into that line even whether you participate in that program or not, they will just direct you to the 'normal' line which is shorter. It was a little non-intuitive to find though. Wait times are always hit or miss here. 800a 10 EWR Int'l Terminal B Gates 60-68 2012-07-07 Children 12 and under, and one parent were allowed through WTMD, everyone else went through MMW. 650p 45 PHX DL Terminal 3 (gate 23 and lower) 2012-07-06 TSA continues its stupidity with "random" hand swabs for magic explosive residue. Even after my carryon bags cleared with no problems. Guess they weren't satisfied that they didn't find a terrorist tonite. 920p GSP AA Concourse B 2012-07-06 Freedom has ended in Greenville, SC. MMW scanners are installed at Concourses A and B. At Concourse B it was not in use because "we don't have anyone to run it". I noted that it was being used for everyone at Concourse A. 0 SEA UA Checkpoint 3 2012-07-06 The previous safe checkpoint (#5, where the left lane was safe) is closed for renovation, and all other checkpoints have backscatter in use for all passengers. Opting out was fairly easy though the screener was brusque. No harrassment. 930p 15 BTV US Gates 1-8 2012-07-05 MMW in use as primary. TSO told me to reconsider opting out if i use a cell phone 500a 5 BUR WN 2012-07-05 810p MDW WN 2012-07-05 Several lines had only metal detector scanners. One line had both. The Chicago heatwave might have caused them to use a the lower-powered metal scanners. 530p atl DL Main (Domestic) 2012-07-04 Light crowds today meant that the TSA had all the WTMD-only lanes closed. Ironic that this was the situation on the 4th of July. 1130a 5 EWR AS B40-47 2012-07-04 WTMD opened occasionally as nearly all through MMW got pat downs. Never have I seen so many people through a metal detector that quickly. 400p 7 Muc UA 2 2012-07-04 Munich airport no nude O scopes 10a 3 DCA AA Gates 23-32 2012-07-03 I went thru the metal detector on the 3rd, but MMW at all lanes. One way back, I noticed looks like they have them up and running. Some of the metal detectors have disappeared. AA gates no longer safe. Another airport ruined from the looks of it. 500a EWR UA C2 2012-07-02 Priority access lane on right has metal detector only. The smurfs were forcing everyone in the left-hand lane through the MMW scanner. At a very busy time, this might be an easy self-opt-out because there are about five lanes and only one MMW scanner here. 630p 15 MSP DL Terminal 1 (Lindburg); CP4 2012-07-02 As others have noted, CP4 is still WTMD only. Pre-Check in this lane is accessed through an entry to the right (it looks like you would be going to a Delta counter). Pre-check is only for certified individuals, so my husband was offered the opportunity, but I had to go through the main line. He stayed with me, as there really wasn't much of a line. Staff was polite and efficient. 800a 5 ORD UA Terminal 1 Premier Access 2012-07-01 Attempted PreCheck, denied along with 98% of other travelers. Lane led to BSKX only, so we moved farther down to a WTMD only lane. 1200p 25 ATL DL Domestic-Main 2012-07-01 Lane 16 was the only WTMD-only lane open at this time, but it was easy to select it. 500p 5 SEA UA 5 2012-06-30 Backscatters roped off in the Elite line (not PreCheck). Very long wait time, very crowded, but TSA staff were cheerful and pleasant. Many random swabbings of electronics. 650a 25 BOS DL A 2012-06-30 Two WTMD/BKSX pairs open. Most pax being sent through the BKSX, with a few lucky people going through the WTMD when the BKSX got backed up. 1000a 5 LGA DL Term. D, Main CP 2012-06-30 WTMD only. There isn't any room for a NOS. 100p 15 LGB US Gates 7-11 2012-06-30 EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40 -47 2012-06-29 Only two lanes open; all pax being "sent" to MMW. 450a 5 DCA DL B 2012-06-29 Lots of false positives/mini rub downs 1150a 20 MSP AA Terminal 1 2012-06-29 Only safe checkpoint now is #4. I'm sure that will be changing very soon. Lines move very slowly here. Much more slowly than other airports. 20 BDL DL Main 2012-06-29 Elite traveler lane was BSX, SDOO into a WTMD-only lane. Four lines open, 2 BSX and 2 WTMD. 1230p 10 DCA UA Center Pier 2012-06-29 Scanners installed at center pier, but roped off. No line at all. 500p 0 pit Other alternate 2012-06-28 main and alt were both busy. all bksx machines were roped off, probably due to the lines. didn't see anyone get pulled for additional screening. 1030a 10 Msn UA Main 2012-06-28 All pax sent through mmw, unless a family who gets 530p Msn UA Main 2012-06-28 Everyone mmw except families 630a sea Int'l 2 2012-06-28 Several international flights all going out at around the same time meant long lines. But the far right was WTMD only, and passengers can choose their own advenure. 12p 15 MCI AA Gates 76-79 2012-06-27 WTMD only but every pax was 'randomly' selected for additional harassment. Smurfs also quite belligerent & anxious to start fights-must be frustrated at not being able to see any pax porn... 940a 1 Ewr UA C-1 2012-06-27 1150a 20 atl DL Main 2012-06-27 TSA trying to steer right side to NoS lines, but lanes 16 and 17 on left were easy to self select 640p 25 PNS AA only one 2012-06-26 only scanner in use, WTMD blocked off MRY UA Only one 2012-06-25 WTMD only; no scanners. 510a 0 DTW DL McNamara 2012-06-24 I got pre-check, which was great, but only saw one WTMD that actually had passengers going through it - the one south of the Delta Checkin. 1030a 5 SLC DL Terminal 2 2012-06-24 WTMD only lane in use at this time. 230p SLC All Terminal 1 2012-06-24 Loooked like everyone was getting microwaved. 230p ABQ AA Main 2012-06-24 Another false+ for a watch I wasn't wearing. Smurfette made a comment to the moat dragon about the NoS 'having issues', but that didn't stop them from sending pax thru them. 610a 5 FNT DL 2012-06-24 Standard NOS nonsense....a free country, my a**. 300p 5 FNT DL @ Standard..beautifully said . FNT is red as are all airports with MMW/ATD. I have gained freedom by obtaining my private pilots license. I am joining the military and I feel that these policies are terrible and an insult to all those who have lost their lives defending our nation. 2012-06-24 4th am! SLC All Terminal 1 2012-06-24 Loooked like everyone was getting microwaved. 230p iah Int'l International connection to domestic 2012-06-23 Only one checkpoint open this early, and it was the scanner for all passengers, though airport personnel were allowed to go through the WTMD. Had to opt out. Pretty aggressive patdown, including the hair patdown. One last gauntlet in the jetway--random bag searches. I didn't get picked... 520a 5 BOS Int'l E2-E8 2012-06-23 Checkpoint all the way to the right was using the WTMD for 90% of passengers. 620p 7 EWR DL Terminal B, gates 40 -47 2012-06-22 Long lines with just two lanes open, all going to MMW. TSA finally opened third lane as WTMD only, so SDOO was easy for that short interval. 500a 10 IAD All Main 2012-06-22 Backscanner in operation, failed SDOO (traffic too light). Swabbing hands of 1 in 3 passengers after id check. Some groping even after being irradiated. 900a 5 PBI DL 2012-06-22 MSN UA Main 2012-06-22 MMW primary for everyone unless opt-out or medical reason.. 700a 5 MLI DL Main 2012-06-22 Incredibly long wait, all pax directed to MMW. 1120a 25 SFO VX ALL 2012-06-21 ya NAILED IT. Glad I'm not the only one who sees a grave error in how this system is being operated. Rosa Parks all over again. Straight up age/racial/sexual orientation discrimination. Absolutely disgusting that this is happening in the year of 2012 and people are putting up with it. SFO IS RED. MSP CP1, CP5 2012-06-21 CP1 and CP5 bpth have a MMW in place after the WTMD--no SDOO. The only WTMD-only CP left in terminal 2 is CP4. ORD AA PriorityAAccess checkpoint between L and K, 2012-06-21 Most PriorityAAccess went through WTMD on left. Randomly pulled small number of people to backscatter on right. Stay Left! 300p 10 PHL AA A East 2012-06-20 WTMD only, though line was a bit long. Worth the wait to avoid cancer. bos DL A 2012-06-20 Term A now has pre-check in the leftmost lane. It uses the WTMD in a WTMD/BKSX pair. That means the other (non-pre-check) lane is mandatory BKSX. The six other lanes all had their BKSX roped off, so it is an easy SDOO. 330p LAX UA Terminal 7 (main) 2012-06-20 I can't decide if this is blue or green. There is a "special" line right next to the ticker counters that was open. Thought at first it was a premier line, but not the case. It feeds into the main checkpoint, but there is a separate entrance and no BKSX at all. It was glorious. 800p SEA AA 2 2012-06-20 Most Xrays were roped off at this time. Easy SDOO. 710a 10 GEG AS Concourse C 2012-06-20 WTMD in both lanes. Staff courteous and efficient (as usual). PBI DL 2012-06-20 DAL WN Terminal 2 2012-06-20 Mandatory use of scanners followed by extremely invasive pat-down/molestation and crotch-groping by butch lesbian TSA agent as standard procedure (nothing unusual detected during scan to warrant the supposedly obligatory post-scan pat-down 800p 5 DAL WN Terminal 2 2012-06-20 Mandatory use of scanners followed by extremely invasive pat-down/molestation and crotch-groping by butch lesbian TSA agent as standard procedure (nothing unusual detected during scan to warrant the supposedly obligatory post-scan pat-down 800p 5 DAL WN Terminal 2 2012-06-20 Mandatory use of scanners followed by extremely invasive pat-down/molestation and crotch-groping by butch lesbian TSA agent as standard procedure (nothing unusual detected during scan to warrant the supposedly obligatory post-scan pat-down 800p 5 DAL WN Terminal 2 2012-06-20 Mandatory use of scanners followed by extremely invasive pat-down/molestation and crotch-groping by butch lesbian TSA agent as standard procedure (nothing unusual detected during scan to warrant the supposedly obligatory post-scan pat-down 800p 5 sba All 2012-06-20 The newly built Santa Barbara airport building has Millimeter Wave scanners for all passengers, all airlines. No way around, so I had to get my first dose of radiation ever. Went through the grope down once, and never again. Too bad Santa Barbara didn't stand up to these turds. 600a sba All 2012-06-20 The newly built Santa Barbara airport building has Millimeter Wave scanners for all passengers, all airlines. No way around, so I had to get my first dose of radiation ever. Went through the grope down once, and never again. Too bad Santa Barbara didn't stand up to these turds. 600a SAN UA Commuter 2012-06-20 False positive on swab after opt out pat down. Recommend you ask that the swab be tested before the pat down. 630a 15 Bos UA C 2012-06-19 Left lane to the left hand terminal, no BKSX in use. Didn't even have to SDOO. Be sure you get in the left hand line, try wont let you switch after the podium. 1200p ilm DL 2012-06-19 hah! just flew over ILM in my own plane. NO scanners for me =) how ridiculous the whole thing is. My finishing of my private license is a symbol of my newfound freedom from the TSA sexual assaults. THEY HAVE NOT stopped me from flying AND I do NOT have to choose another way to travel. =) BWI WN A/B baggage level 2012-06-19 Walkthrough metal detectors only, no scanners. The metal detector beeped even though I am certain I had no metallic items. Screener made me walk through metal detector again, and it did not beep. This indicated to the blueshirts that I needed a handswab for explosives. These people are overemployed. 530p 0 sjc US Terminal A 2012-06-19 Not busy at the checkpoint so everyone gets to be zapped. 230p 5 SFO VX 2 2012-06-19 Crew members (thanks for standing with us, guys -- oh, wait, you get the metal detector) and families with children under 12 are not terrorists. Children become terrorists on 13th birthday, and must go through the cancer-box. My officer began the conversation by threatening me with whether I was going to fly. I'm sure he is a constitutional scholar in addition to being a radiation safety engineer. AUS UA Far right, Jetblue/United Area 2012-06-19 Most sent through scanner, occasional person sent through WTMD 5 AUS WN Far left / Southwest Airlines checkpoint 2012-06-18 Was possible to select the left hand lanes with millimeter wave machine clearly closed (entrance blocked by trash can). Millimeter wave scanner was in use for the right-hand priority flyers and crew lane. They are playing the say-your-name game at this airport this morning. 440a 15 CLT D 2012-06-18 Courteous and professional about opt-out. 720a 20 SAN UA Terminal 1 2012-06-18 All three lanes were open. As usual, I went to the very left lane which only has WTMD. While waiting, noticed that the lane on the very right didn’t not have a backscatter nude machine any more. Curious whether it was broken, taken down for maintenance, or permanently removed, which would be the good news. Will check it next time. 530a 10 ABQ WN Main 2012-06-18 ABQ is your All NoS All the time airport! Smurfs do not swab gloves before the search and their swab reading machine is hidden from view. 5 IND WN B 2012-06-18 MMW for all with no lines at checkpoint. 130p 0 sna WN C 2012-06-17 All passengers required to go thru millimeter wave machines. 130p LIH All Gates 3-10 2012-06-17 620p 15 BDL All ALL 2012-06-17 Small CP: 50-50 BSX/WTMD Seems if someone was in the BSX, next got WMD, no SDOO; Main CP BSX & WTMD Both Observed; Gropes and Swapping. 100p 10 CAK DL 2012-06-17 No option to SDOO. TSO "guarding" WTMD didn't acknowledge me for 2 minutes, finally called for "male assist" (dumb term). TSO to do patdown became offended when I asked him to define "resistance", and when I defined it by medical terms for male genitalia, he and a supervisor became very displeased with me. 240p 5 LGA AA Concourse D 2012-06-17 PriorityAAccess line on left WTMD. Regular line or right Backscatter. 400p 5 PHL All Terminal D 2012-06-17 Terminal D security is a hidden gem at PHL. Almost nonexistant line, through in less than 5 minutes. 720p 5 gsp DL 2012-06-16 the goal is for EVERY airport to have MMW/ATD. HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE. GSP HAS THEM NOW MSP AA Terminal 1, checkpoint 1 2012-06-16 Sexually frustrated TSA clerks were doing the technology-enabled ogling thing. Man, I feel sooooooo much safer knowing that all the dudes have penises and the women have firmly attached boobs. EWR UA C2 2012-06-16 One MMW on the far left. Very easy to avoid, especially in the Premier line. 220p 10 DTW DL Parking Garage Level 2012-06-16 At this hour the MMW was roped off. Looks like this checkpoint closes at 9 PM. 840p BOS AS A 2012-06-16 Premium line went to a lane with closed BKSX. pns AA All 2012-06-16 Scanner only for everyone PHL WN D 2012-06-16 No scanners yet. 600a 5 Hnl Other Interisland 2012-06-15 WTMD only, no scanners. 1140a 10 SEA UA 3 2012-06-15 PreCheck closed; only checkpoint 3 open. Some Backscatters roped off; I got lucky. Staff was snippy. 840p 10 YYZ DL Terminal 3, US departures 2012-06-15 MMW machine is roped off behind a row of WTMDs. Appears that Canada is using them as secondary only. slc DL 2 2012-06-15 The few people at this hour were scanned, unless they had Precheck (left lane). Did not see anyone use the precheck lane when I was in the area. 230p AGS All Main/only 2012-06-14 No line, WTMD roped off, everyone funnelled through NoS. 1200p 0 TLH 2012-06-14 Very courteous and professional about opt-out. 1250p 0 PDX AS A/B/C 2012-06-14 Due to checkpoint reconfiguration for PreCheck, the far right lane is now scanner-free, when open. 220p Dfw UA E16 2012-06-14 First, this website is awesome. What makes it awesome is the accuracy of intel. My flight was out of gate e5 instead of enter through e6, which I did visually verify is scanner city, I entered through e16 which was free of any body scanners. 500p 10 dfw AA C30 2012-06-14 All passengers being sent thru the MMW scaller 200p 1 ABE UA Main 2012-06-14 WTMD only. Single checkpoint serves all gates. 500p 0 JFK B6 T5 2012-06-14 All lanes open with scanners only being used, still over an hour wait to get through because of heavy crowds and confusion about scanners. 65 sea UA North 2012-06-14 usually this checkpoint is fast but it was a long wait! got randomed on the wtmd again. they were swabbling random people's hands at ID check. got bag swabbed on random wtmd alarm. at least no longer a glass holding box. looked like the radiation booth was shutdown due to long waits and everyone was sent through a wtmd, but not quite 100% certain of this. chose far left lane, which has traditionally been wtmd only 520a 20 SEA 5 2012-06-14 WTMDs at the far right and far left; everyone else got irradiated. SDOO followed by a supposedly random laptop swab. 1100a 10 ORD UA T2 2012-06-13 After ID check keep left. Only line on right has BKSX. 350p 10 tpa UA A 2012-06-13 All scanners all the time 500p 15 syd DL INT 2012-06-12 fortunately, I do NOT have to go thru this as I refuse plus I am a pilot. HOWEVER, DO NOT GO TO AUSTRALIA. NO OPT OUT RULE. f smf DL a 2012-06-12 "moat dragon of DEATH" selects victims for the cancer chamber YVR All US 2012-06-11 MMW in use for secondary. WTMD for all lanes. 5 LAX US T1 2012-06-11 Passengers in wheelchairs were sent to WTMD-only line, but almost everyone else was herded to backscatter. Had to opt out. TSO was more nervous than I was! 830a MEM DL A 2012-06-11 One line was metal detector, and all other lines were BSK. All TSA agents were polite. I chose metal detector line and so did travel companion. Companion was given pat down and pat down was typical and professional. 8 MSP All Terminal 1/Checkpoint 1 2012-06-10 430a STL WN East 2012-06-10 BKSX in use in Lanes 2 and 3. Lanes 1 and 4 are WTMD only. Choose your own lane. XNA All 2012-06-10 All pax were directed through the AIT 600p 5 ATL All International 2012-06-10 Everyone except families with small children through MMW. MSP All Terminal 1, checkpoint 4 2012-06-10 Checkpoint 4 is TSA pre-check (better called "September 10 security"). To the commenter at 5-22, show us your radiation safety credentials and peer-reviewed studies. Until then, TSA can start touching my penis when they can find the >3 oz tube of toothpaste in my bag. PPT Int'l only one 2012-06-09 Only metal detectors in Tahiti, but everyone set them off. Patdowns were conducted by an officer of the same gender, and only took 10-15 seconds. Not invasive. 900p msp All T1/CP1 2012-06-09 Checkpoint 1 has a NoS installed, and is now being used as primary. To DL flyer from 5-22, TSA appears to be here to be sure my penis is still attached, not to actually keep me safe. mht WN 2012-06-09 Screeners directed passengers to either scanner or WTMD. Appeared to depend on whether the scanner was already in use when you got to the front of the line; I lucked out and ot the WTMD. PHL WN D 2012-06-09 WTMD only. Patdowns were given to people who alarmed WTMD, so make sure to get through in one try. 230p 5 ABQ UA Main 2012-06-09 Everyone going through MMW. I opted out and got a pat down. TSA officers were respectful and friendly and didn't make me wait. LAX UA T7 2012-06-08 Very quiet today - I have seen insanely long lines here before. Main checkpoint has BSX to the left and WTMD to the right, but it appeared that the BSX was not in use tonight. Coming into the checkpoint from the left, I had my ID checked on that left side and was sent to a WTMD on that far left side, where previously, I've always been routed to the right, where the long lines form. There was literally just one guy ahead of me, and the TSA agents i dealt with all thanked me and one said "have a good trip." They seemed to be making an effort to be polite - haven't seen that before at LAX. 530p 2 LAX UA T7 2012-06-08 Very quiet today - I have seen insanely long lines here before. Main checkpoint has BSX to the left and WTMD to the right, but it appeared that the BSX was not in use tonight. Coming into the checkpoint from the left, I had my ID checked on that left side and was sent to a WTMD on that far left side, where previously, I've always been routed to the right, where the long lines form. There was literally just one guy ahead of me, and the TSA agents i dealt with all thanked me and one said "have a good trip." They seemed to be making an effort to be polite - haven't seen that before at LAX. 530p 2 Bos UA A 2012-06-08 Far left BKSX was roped off, easy SDOO 840a 20 SFO VX T2 2012-06-08 If you had a child, you got the metal detector opened up just for you. (ATTENTION TERRORISTS: PAY A CHILD TO TRAVEL WITH YOU!) Otherwise, you must opt-out. Opt-out wait was clearly punishment, since there were TSA employees standing around talking. Or maybe they hate groping passengers as much as we hate it. TSA employees still do not have radiation badges. 640a 35 Atl All North 2012-06-08 SDDO to lane on far right which was physically partitioned from mmw. No hassle. Plenty of smurfs standing around doing nothing though. PHL AA Terminal A East 2012-06-08 Well worth the wait-WTMD only. 150p 8 YYC AA B 2012-06-08 "Old" style ProVision NoS for random secondary 1230p 15 PHL UA Terminal D 2012-06-08 Very easy. I love going through PHL Terminal D. No scanners... Metal Detectors only. BOS WN E1A-E1E 2012-06-07 Virtually everyone other than families and random individuals sent through BKSX. Waited 10 minutes for male assist while two moat dragons (one behind WMTD, other next to front of BKSX) chatted back and forth. One said something about, "Do we have to go down to one lane so people can get pat-downs?" However, one of the moat dragons ended up doing pat-down, and it took all of 20 seconds. When he realized I was a golfer, he lightened up and was friendly enough. 330p 25 BOS CO Terminal A 2012-06-07 4 lanes open and only one scanner operational. Very easy to SDOO. Didn't even have to play 20 questions with the TDC, which is kind of rare. 4p oak AS 1 2012-06-07 One line for nudie scanner, one for WMTD, then they closed nudie line, so everyone got through ungroped. 530p 5 Phx US 4-A 2012-06-07 Left lane had at least some travelers goin through a back scatter machine. Right lane was going to a WTMD for all. 1040p 8 IAH UA International 2012-06-07 Everyone was going through MMW in all lines. A TSA agent was directing everyone through MMW. When the TSA agent wasn't looking, I just walked through the metal detector and avoided a pat down. Funny thing is the guy behind me in line followed me through too. rdu DL 2012-06-06 RDU IS RED ALWAYS unless you are what they view as a "family." get your private pilot's license folks. IT'S SAFER THAN YOU'D EVER KNOW! I am the first pilot in my family!!! =) We don't have to put up with this. Their tyranny should open up new opportunities in general aviation. Would you rather be microwaved or enjoy flying again? MOD UA there's just one 2012-06-06 No new scanners; saw one pat-down, reason unknown 540a 5 RDU AA 2 2012-06-06 100% directed to NoS forced to opt-out, typical horrible RDU 600a LGA AA B 2012-06-06 Love LGA Terminal B only WTMD 230p DFW AA A23 2012-06-05 Still safe! WTMD only. 750a 6 dtw DL McNamara-Checkpoint 2 2012-06-04 MMW seems to be in use for all, however this line has PreChek if you qualify which is a nice reprieve (WTMD only) 930a 5 jfk DL terminal 3 2012-06-04 only wtmd in use, scanners were at the far end of the terminal and roped off. line moved fairly quickly; tsa officers were mostly courteous and asked pax to say their full names. 610a 5 EWR AA A (30-39) 2012-06-04 The priority/first class line fed into metal detectors only. I couldn't see what the regular line was using. 1100a 5 sea AS Checkpoint 5 2012-06-04 Far left lane still WTMD only, and scanner free! 800a 5 DSM Other 2012-06-04 8p 2 MBS DL 2012-06-03 No MMW or BKSX 720a 4 CLE UA C 2012-06-03 MMW for everyone. All WTMDs blocked off. About 75-80% of passengers required an additional frisking hence long waits AFTER scanning. 240p 15 CLT US D 2012-06-03 All gates at CLT now have the ProVision ATD's. 510a 5 DEN DL All 2012-06-03 SDOO is becoming harder and harder to do at DEN. CO Flag Checkpoint is now effectively 100% MMW, as the WTMD lane on the far right is rarely open to anyone except crew. Ditto that for the main checkpoint, and the A Concourse Skybridge has been more or less MMW-only for a while now. If there's a line running WTMD only when you go through, consider yourself lucky. Opt-outs at this airport are unpleasant, and TSOs don't understand the concept of not putting one's belongings through X-Ray when there are still three people ahead of you for the scanner. 400a 3 ILM All Main 2012-06-03 ILM now has mmw nude-o-scope. Had to opt out. Wait was significantly longer than pre-NoS days. No more showing up 40 minutes prior to departure :-( 15 dca AA Gate 32 2012-06-03 TSA stole my scrapple! 640a 5 SDF All All 2012-06-02 Everyone through the Xray. L-o-n-g wait fot a pat-down. They appeared to be understaffed in general. 300p 25 LGA DL Terminal D, main Checkpoint 2012-06-02 All WTMD, PreCheck operational (no wait if selected, fast and friendly) 1130a 0 evv DL A 2012-06-02 WTMD only. TSA extremely pleasant. 130p 0 IAD UA International 2012-06-02 Backscatter in operation, but most people sent through metal detector. In our pair of lanes, the right-hand side seemd to lead directly to the metal detector. 2p BOS AA American 2012-06-01 Some people waved through magnetometer. I was pointed to the Xray, declined, and got a rude and brusque pat-down. 650a 20 ORD UA 2 2012-06-01 No scanners; okay to use this checkpoint as a United passenger (all Terminal 1 checkpoints have backscatter) 110p 5 PDX WN ABC 2012-06-01 Only one MMW lane open. Only saw WTMD opened for employees and opt-outs. TSA were barking at people like they were lowly peasants. My patdown fortunately was professional, back of the hands to buttox and genitals didn't get grabbed. 1210p 5 HPN All Main 2012-06-01 MMW in use for all. It's the GUMBY / Gingerbread version of the scanner. sjc US Terminal A 2012-06-01 Two lines WTMD only used when scanner line too long. Thankfully got to use WTMD. Bonus - pinched tub stackers finger while rearranging my used tubs. 1130a 10 BWI WN A 2012-06-01 FLG US 2012-06-01 WTMD only at this tiny airport. PHL US Terminal C 2012-06-01 Expert line led to metal detector; others led to WTMD/MMW. 830a LAX Int'l TBIT 2012-06-01 BKSX roped off, and multiple metal detectors open at both checkpoints. 900p FWA AA One & only 2012-05-31 All pax thru NoS. 500p 0 LAS DL 2012-05-31 I am a Commercial Pilot. I had "CREW" ID and my pilot and medical certificate. I was subjected just like any regular pax to one of the "ENHANCED" Terrorizing Sexual Assault (TSA). I am now out of the county and have no plans to return because of this incident. SFO WN 1 2012-05-30 Everyone goes through scanner, no avoiding except to opt out n 930a 15 DEN AA American flag checkpoint 2012-05-30 Go to the 2nd floor and observe the checkpoints. CO flag checkpoint was all bad. Leftmost lane of American flag checkpoint was metal detector. Able to walk across scanner lanes to WTMD w/out being stopped. 1210p OGG Int'l Main 2012-05-30 Flight to YVR. WTMD by default, didn't see any other machines. Had hands swabbed after WTMD. 9/11 posters are creepy. 10 ABQ AA Main 2012-05-29 4 lanes open, but everyone thru the NoS where lines were running 8-10 deep. Smurfette making snide comments about people not being able to follow directions because they were trying to watch their belongings which were no where in sight. Tried complaining to the mgr but it was a waste of breath. 550a 10 mke DL Concourse E 2012-05-29 I did not see anyone go through them but there are now two MMW scanners at this checkpoint. ORD UA Terminal 2 2012-05-29 Two out of three lines had just WTMD, other line had BSKX. Agent was disagreeable about me standing where I could see my stuff. 450a 15 EWR Int'l Terminal B Gates 50-58 2012-05-28 Only flight crew and children didn't have to go through scanner. Opt out went smoothly. 640a 3 FLL WN B gates 2012-05-28 No scanners anywhere at this checkpoint. They found a 4 ounce container of liquid, but let me keep it. I watched one full patdown. 300p 10 ORD US 2 2012-05-28 Furthest left lines are wtmd; on the right is a mmw machine that appeared to be operational randomly for about half of travelers. Only two lanes open. 700p 10 BIL UA Main 2012-05-28 Very friendly staff 640p 0 DCA DL Terminal B/Gates 10-22 2012-05-28 MMW machines only; WTMD's roped off for both stations. Currently using a cane and didn't want to opt out and be standing for too long, so didn't opt out. Two things that normally trigger a subsequent pat-down (a thin panti-liner to generate the infamous anomaly at the groin and a minor physical deformity) did not actually trip the machine this time. I was amazed - usually I'm always patted down at DCA no matter what I do. Not a TSA fan, but will note that for a holiday, staff was actually friendly and the lines moved very efficiently. 940a 10 DEN DL South Checkpoint (US flag one) 2012-05-28 Two lanes with WTMD only at this checkpoint; easy SDOO. 730a 10 IAH DL A gates 1-5 2012-05-28 Two checkers feed into one MMW scanner, so things were very slow. Also played "state your name" AND made people carry boarding pass, but not ID, for a check after the MMW. The line got long and some went through WTMD, but don't count on it. 450p 10 LHR Int'l Terminal 5 2012-05-28 All lanes appeared to have WTMDs. LGA DL C 2012-05-27 No scanners at Delta checkpoint in either terminal C *or* D, and they didn't find the big toothpaste in my bag. (Did get asked to pronounce my first and last name.) 1020a 5 SFO UA T3 2012-05-27 Memorial Day weekend: Line to the left, all MMW. Line to the right was families only, WWMD. 640a 20 LAS UA 1 2012-05-27 Barker incouraged you to select own line so can choose one without scanner. 700a 10 MSP WN Terminal 2 2012-05-27 Scanner now active in one lane at Terminal 2. One other lane was open when I went through, WTMD only, went to that line. Around 30 minutes later, traffic picked up and they opened another WTMD-only line. 230p sfo B6 2012-05-27 Most went through MMW, a few were allowed to walk through metal detectors. I refused the MMW and asked to be patted down. They asked me to take off my hat and I refused, so a female TSA officer felt up my head as well as my body. Ugh. 730a JFK UA 7 2012-05-27 opted out, had to wait about 7 minutes for pat down, felt like I was being punished for not going through the backscatter machine 930a BUR WN 2012-05-27 Both lanes have them. Looks like they are always in operation 6p 5 Abe DL 2012-05-26 Govt monkeys did their job quickly and professionally 530a 3 HPN All Main 2012-05-26 Nothing yet but MMW will be arriving shortly. Be prepared. LAX Int'l T2 2012-05-26 Most PAX through NoS as primary. Rightmost had no xray, was closed. Opt-out was smooth. TSO made sure we took our stuff with us and was very polite and professional. 930p 15 ORD UA 2 2012-05-26 Although the only open lane was BX, there was a very ald and disabled gentleman slowly preparing to go through it. As a result, the rest of us were sent through WTMD while they dealth with him. I use this checkpoint even when I am not flying United and it is never a problem. phl US international transfer 2012-05-25 not a WBI in sight. 5a 1 EWR AA 2012-05-25 The good news is the smurfs finally decided to sanitize the floor of the NoS-the bad is they didn't wait for it to dry before using it. 5 BOS DL A 2012-05-25 The BKSX in the elite line on the right had the BKSX roped off and the lanes on the left side had the BKSX roped off. Easy to avoid the BKSX that was in use by choosing one of the aforementioned lanes. 330p 15 MBS DL 2012-05-25 Best airport to use in SE / E Michigan. 610a 2 OAK WN Two 2012-05-25 11a PDX DL D 2012-05-24 Far left lane is metal only. Others have MMW. 500a 10 phx AA T3 2012-05-24 got to love T3 - Metal detector only 700a slc DL Terminal 2 2012-05-24 Left-hand lane and second from right are MMW. Second from left and far right are WTMD-only. All lanes open; SDOO easy. TSO asked why I went a lane over instead of walking straight into the MMW lane, said I objected to the scanners. He replied that he hears that a lot, wished me safe travels and headed over to be the male assist on another lane. 1230p 5 BOS FL E1 2012-05-24 Far left for SDOO. Others are NoS. 500p 10 OKC UA Both 2012-05-24 MMW used as primary; no way to avoid except opt-out. Very slow and inefficient. 200p 20 BOS US Terminal B--US side 2012-05-24 1 line had only metal detector, looked like other two lines fed into backscatter machine 400a 5 MSP DL Lindbergh Terminal, Checkpoint 5 2012-05-23 Checkpoint 5 was still AIT-free on this date; WTMD only at this checkpoint. Not a fan of TSA in general, but will point out staff was efficient and polite. Offered me a WTMD-safe/TSA-approved cane to use if I needed it to walk through the WTMD when they saw me placing mine on the conveyor belt. I didn't need it, but it was nice to be asked without prompting. 720a 10 BOS DL A 2012-05-23 Got lucky and went thru WTMD. Massive lines though 500p 30 DCA AA Gate 30 2012-05-23 AA gates are still safe. Some United flights leave out of this checkpoint, but not all. A guy swabbed my hand as I was waiting for the id check and then scurried away, never to return. He seemed a little nervous. I only asked if the swab was clean. 630a YVR Int'l US 2012-05-23 1 or 2 machines for secondary, WTMD for everyone. 40 MSP DL Terminal 1 2012-05-22 TSA MSP officers are there to protect YOU. About the comment from 12-16-2010, MSP has never had a backscatter which uses x-ray technology(less than what you get at the dentist), they have millimeter wave machines that use radio waves (less than the cell phone you are probably attached to). So if you don't like going through the security that is in place to keep you safe, find another mode of transport. Personally, I would prefer everyone go through a "body scanner" when I fly. 830a 1 msp DL 2012-05-22 @MSP..you are a total moron. Keep aviation security to those of us that actually know about aviation. I am a pilot thank you very much. May MSP continue to be an airport where you can chose FREEDOM and not sexual assault groping and radiation. NO DOSE of unnecessary radiation is safe, especially not when administered by TSA thugs. BOS DL A 2012-05-22 There were two lanes on the left side of the checkpoint that had the BKSX roped off. Lanes on the right side of the checkpoint were using BKSX. Easy to self-select. 540p 3 ATL DL South (behind Delta) 2012-05-21 100% thru MMW. Opted out. Nice woman did patdown in an appropriate manner. Did not feel violated. Explained I am rape survivor. Woman in front of me also opted out. Fast moving lines. 830a CLD UA N/A 2012-05-21 No scanners. No hassles. BWI WN A lower level 2012-05-21 No lines, no waiting, no body scanners! You can then access all A and B gates post-security from here. 650a 0 MSN UA Main 2012-05-21 MMW used as primary for nearly everyone. Only way to avoid is opt-out. A few random passengers sent through WTMD; still have the WTMD at both checkpoints but not used much. 720a 10 RDU DL Terminal 2 2012-05-21 Typical RDU, everyone thru DNA shredder, opted out 630a 10 ATL DL South 2012-05-21 All lanes went to backscatter machines. Opted out, given a pat down. 700a 15 PIT All main 2012-05-20 people getting scanned were still patted down 4p 10 DEN Southern (US flag) 2012-05-20 Scope out from escalator area to see which if any lanes are using WTMD. Today it was the rightmost lane. 600p 15 ATL DL International 2012-05-20 As of 5/20 at least, no longer screening arriving passengers whose final destination is ATL. Don't know about departures at new terminal because trip began before it opened. 300p 30 CLT All C 2012-05-20 C is no longer NoS-free. Sad day. BOS UA Terminal A 2012-05-19 no line for elite security. took several minutes to get belongings through X-ray. took 2x as long for my pat-down person to come along 920a 10 MSP US Terminal 1 2012-05-19 Still the same as previous comments: Checkpoints 2 and 6 were scanners, rest were WTMD. All checkpoints lead to all gates in Terminal 1. ATL DL Main (Domestic) 2012-05-19 Numerous WTMD-only lanes open, and at least one MMW was roped off as well. 730a 5 PHL US Terminal C 2012-05-19 Long line and only one MMW NOS open. Everyone got irradiated. :( 720p 0 PHL US Terminal D 2012-05-19 No line and No NOS. Best check point at PHL. 730p 0 EWR AS B-1 2012-05-19 Told TSA operator that I couldn't llift my arm above my head in "the pose" (due to bone spur in shoulder). Was sent through WTMD without any further questions. 700a FLL VX 1, Concourse C 2012-05-19 WTMD roped off. All going through backscatter. 600a 10 YUL Int'l C (US preclearance) 2012-05-19 Leftmost lane has MMW, all other lanes are clear. Lanes are assigned by magic carpet. Generally MMW not used unless WTMD fails, pat down option available. Not the TSA and it shows, they may even say please and thank you! 600a 10 PHL US Terminal F 2012-05-18 Long line and only one MMW NOS was openned. Everyone got irradiated. 1100a BUF US Main Check point 2012-05-18 4 Cancer machines were used. Only on WTMD was opened. It is hard to avoid the Cancer machine. Buffalo sucks. 830a 5 sfo VX T2 2012-05-18 EWR DL B-1 (gates 40 - 47) 2012-05-18 Same old, same old. EWR is a joke. 510a 5 MKE Concourse D 2012-05-18 Only one lane open, MMW primary. Opt-out pat down was quick & tame. 420p 10 PHL DL D 2012-05-17 No AIT at D gate. Random patdown only. I had no trouble, lines moved quicklym 8a hnl Other interisland 2012-05-17 no scanners in terminal 230p 2 RNO WN C gates 2012-05-17 Still no scanners but a new checkpoint is under construction and scheduled to open April 2013 RNO WN B gates 2012-05-17 Oops, WN is the B gates. IND WN B 2012-05-17 Light passenger volume. Most passengers sent through MMW. If 3-4 people were waiting for the MMW only then would a passenger be allowed through adjacent WTMD. 510p 3 ORD AA T3 2012-05-16 WTMD only an option for priority access lane. Everyone else gets zapped. 520p DFW UA E16 2012-05-16 No porn-o-scopes at this checkpoint 500p 2 BOI DL Only 2012-05-16 WTMD Blocked by TSA Agent ordering everyone into cancer box, had to opt out as usual 600p PHL DL D 2012-05-16 No scanners, only metal detectors. Random patdowns or patdown if you set off the machine. Generally not crowded nor hostile in this area. 1000a 5 YYT Other Main 2012-05-15 No MMW 200p <5 JHM Other Main/Only 2012-05-15 No machines. 300p 1 DEN All 2012-05-14 Only imagers in use. Got the 4am abbreviated patdown though. 400a 5 pit AA main 2012-05-14 very long line today, bskx in use for most 250p 40 ord All 2 2012-05-14 The two lanes at the far left were WTMD only. The one at the very left appeared to be for elite fliers at first, but after the travel document checker, they allowed everyone to move into that lane. It should be noted that I overheard the TSA person working the lane talking about how he had 3 minutes left for his shift. I asked him what would happen after that and he told me that he did not think that the next shift of workers would still be at the lane and that it was likely that the lane would be closed. I did not get to see what happened after then regarding whether the lane was left open, as well as the other metal detector lane. 230p CLT US A 2012-05-14 Checkpoint C was closed with signs of construction. At A, one line was metal detector only, which I chose. Others I saw (A, B, D) had scanners. 430p 3 SYR UA North 2012-05-14 Building a new centralized checkpoint but for now no AIT LGB US Gates 7-11 2012-05-14 SFO UA T3 2012-05-14 Nudies in operation now :( 540a 10 SAN UA Terminal 1 2012-05-13 Did not pay attention what lane it was 500a 2 ATL DL South 2012-05-13 There are three machines or lines. Only two were in operation. the regular screening line moved faster than the line for the pre-flight pilot. the agents were fine. no drama or anything. line up, go through, have a nice flight. 600p 10 DCA DL B 2012-05-13 All WTMDs were roped off. 910a 5 DEN DL Sourthern checkpoint (US flag) 2012-05-13 Only one lane (leftmost one -- 1020a 15 DEN DL Northern checkpoint 2012-05-13 All WMTDs not allowed for passengers; only MMWs in use (and MMWs now in ALL LANES!) 1010a 20 SEA VX 5 2012-05-13 Stay in the far left lane -- it's WTMD. The TSA person was confused because she'd never seen a Virgin boarding pass before, but cleared that up. Access to all gates. Random ID checks at the gate itself, but no groping whatsoever! 620p 5 BOS DL A 2012-05-12 BKSX were roped off on the Elite side. I didn't pay attention to the other lanes 1230p 7 Atl DL Main 2012-05-12 Checkpoint was very crowded, so plenty of WTMD-only lanes were open, and it was very easy to select those. The MMW scanners are in lanes 1-4, 12-15, and 21-22, so avoid those lines. 220p 20 SEA B6 2 2012-05-12 Far right lane was WTMD only - backscatter was roped off for this lane. 530p 5 HNL Other Commuter 2012-05-12 No machines. 900a 1 BOS DL Terminal A 2012-05-11 Lanes on the left side had the backscatter roped off. Lanes on the right side were using the BKSX. Very easy to choose a line on the left and go through the WTMD. 620a 25 dtw WN 2012-05-11 Scanners in effect for all. EWR DL B-1 (gates 40 - 47) 2012-05-10 No WTMD option. 1140a 2 SEA All Checkpoint 5 (North) 2012-05-10 Left lane is WTMD only. Easy SDOO. Access to all gates. 850a 4 MKE UA C 2012-05-10 Only two lines feeding into one MMW 530p 13 SFO UA T3 Overflow (near Group Check-in) 2012-05-10 There are now three lanes - two that share an MMW on the left and one WTMD only on the right. Fairly easy to choose WTMD, if it's open. Families were also allowed to choose that line directly. 1050a LAS WN Terminal 1, Gates A/B/C 2012-05-10 Thanks to problems w/the WN computers, the place was a zoo. Checkpoint only had 2 lanes open & MMW mandatory (how anyone can think those things are faster than WTMD is beyond me!). After standing in line for nearly 20 minutes, 3rd checkpoint finally opened up. 240p 25 STS AS there's only one 2012-05-10 No groping and no scanners at Snoopy Airport. 940a 10 SMF DL A 2012-05-10 TSA Barker Ordering everyone through Cancer Box....Opted out, Standard Patdown although I was reminded that the cancer box was "safe" 510a crw DL 2012-05-09 They have MMW now, STOP FLYING EVERYONE until L-3 stops this horrible devastation of our rights, If every single passenger went through the scanners it wouldn't be a big deal, but they are only having some passengers go through them which creates a "Rosa Parks" and serious human rights scenario..Also going throguh the scanners does not necessarily prevent a sexual groping as the scanners are known to give false positives. LAS VX B 2012-05-09 Far right lane has only WTMD, but may not be open. Oddly, middle lane had both MMW and WTMD with WTMD blocked off. So, just go to the right lane if it's open. 730p 0 YUL Other A 2012-05-09 MMW for anyone sent to the respective lane by random selection 930a < 5 pit UA Main 2012-05-09 Lines stretched across the terminal lobby; the elite line was not well marked and many non-elites were using it. All lines seemed to take same amount of time. 330p 25 GSP US A 2012-05-09 No scanners! Two WTMD lanes, but only one was open despite a long line. 1200p 15 sfo WN 1 2012-05-09 No Tsa at SFO.. Airport is privatized.. 430p EWR AA A30 2012-05-09 19 mims just to get to single ID checker who was writing a novel on every BP. They finally opened a 2nd CP, which was WTMD only, but the moat dragon was insisting on seeing everyone's BP a 2nd time which wasted another 12 mins of my life. 650a 22 cmi AA all 2012-05-08 MMW ATD only. No staff for opt outs. 0 gso DL 2012-05-08 ah GSO.. youve resisted for so long...even longer than AUS. youve saved me from so much pain in 2011 and 2010...now it is time for us all to STOP flying airline passenger-based flights. sdf DL 2012-05-08 mmw MDW WN B 2012-05-08 They tried to convince me it is "no longer radiation" but "sound waves" (which is what they thought radio waves are). I told them I have a physics degree and that's not true. then they proceeded to make fun of me for being "an expert". 300p Yes SFO UA Premier Access T2 2012-05-08 all MMW, which I dont mind, Back Scatter I opt out SFO US T1 2012-05-07 Everyone sent through MMW except flight crews 800a 5 Msn DL Terminal 2012-05-07 Full body scan lite up left breast pat down was a full pressure rub up down side to side I am a mall psg what do they do for the females ?.. 700p 5 RIC DL 2012-05-07 Everybody through the scanners. ETDs were also alarming left and right, TSOs visibly frustrated at the rampant false positives. FSD quite abrasive. 600p FNT DL 2012-05-06 Almost every bag going through X-ray machine is being pulled for secondary inspections: "magic" swabs, pulling out items, re=X=raying. Must be some type of drill. And when you opt out, be ready for full secondary inspection of carryon bags. What a joke today. 240p ATL FL North, biz class line 2012-05-06 Left was MD. Next was MD on left and MW on right with some funneling no doubts. 440p 2 BNA DL B 2012-05-06 Was told after opting out that scanners were using new non-nude displays that showed threats as rectangles on an outline; I was not able to verify. 1210p 10 YQB UA 2012-05-06 Idiots. Forced me to keep my hat (which had a metal pin) to go through the metal detector, so of course it beeped and then they told me I had to go through the body scanner or receive a pat-down. 700a ORD UA 1 2012-05-06 Left lanes were slower but had only a metal detector in use. Other lines had WTMD and body scanners. I picked the slow lane! 1100a 25 MEM AA Checkpoint A 2012-05-05 Only 1 lane open & all pax thru the BSK. 11 minutes from the ID checker to the other side-more smurfs standing around than pax! Female pax taking signifantly longer to 'clear' than male; must have been a slow perv in the booth. Upon arrival at the gate, found a 1/2 full bottle of water I'd forgotten was in my carryon that was missed! 820a 11 Atl UA North 2012-05-05 Nasty smurfs asked for a rub down even after stepping into their fancy nude-o-scope 1140a 2 dba DL 2012-05-05 theyre here. all fl airports have em. i dumped my trash in front of the airport as this state has no respect for my rights so why care about the environment? SFO UA T3 2012-05-05 Fxxk it, went through the scanner. They have ones with updated software so no porn. One MMW in few months won't kill me and I would save time to get to the snacks on the other side. 600p 5 PHX US T1 - B 2012-05-05 Everyone through BSX. Very thorough groping - hair patdown, collar check, hands in pants 630a 5 LGA FL Terminal B 2012-05-05 Wonderful experience, 2 WTMD only, and just a few TSA personnel manning the checkpoint. Very efficient. Visit this checkpoint to understand why we need to eliminate NoS/backscatter! 410p 5 DEN DL Colorado Flag Checkpoint 2012-05-04 WTMD in priority lane is malfunctioning. Rather than pat-downs or closing the lane, rhey're sending everyone through three or four times, until they clear. They're also complaining very loudly to their supervisor about it, and rightfully so. I love national security. 910a 25 cle US Checkpoint A 2012-05-04 only 1 bxsx, WTMD roped off. Told them I can't lift my arm, so they let me through WTMD anyway, no pat down! 5p EWR DL B-1 (gates 40 - 47) 2012-05-04 Same stupid stuff. 710a 5 BWI FL A/B lower level 2012-05-04 Lower level had only metal detector; TSA at entry was friendly and chatted about our (his and our) tattoos, and comics ;-) 1240p 0 BOS UA Terminal A 2012-05-04 Went through Premier Access lane. There was one lane using the Backscatter and the other using a metal detector with the backscatter roped off. Went through the line with a metal detector and no pat down. Long wait in the Premier line, and longer in the regular line. 400p 20 sat US a 2012-05-03 12p 5 IAD UA Main 2012-05-03 Long lines... narrowly avoided running the blue gauntlet 400p 20 BWI UA D 2012-05-03 Long line. Went through Premier Access line and there was one line with a millimeter wave unit and another with a metal detector. Went through the metal detector line and that's it. 530a 10 SFO UA 3 2012-05-03 Not sure why it took so long to get through security. I fly for business, and have never experienced such delays, not only that, the agents seemed really distracted? I would ask a question, and three of the four that I was trying to get information from, were very dismissive and vague. Almost missed my flight due to the really slow and what seemed like confused stated of the agents. 200p 25 DFW UA E6 2012-05-03 Body scanner for everyone except pilots. One TSA agent (a small young man) asked a passenger "how are you?" and the passenger replied something like "good and you?", to which the TSA agent replied : "Hey I am great, when your job allows you to mess with people and they cannot mess with you, its pretty awesome" !! 900a 10 SBA US 2012-05-03 Mandatory rapescan CEL DL SkyPriority (left of Detla ticket counter) 2012-05-02 2-minute wait for groper. Resisted collecting my items from X-ray conveyoer; he called supervisor over, who told him to collect the items and put them next to me at the "grope studio" location. Patdown dumb but not overtly sexual this time. 450a 5 rdu 2 2012-05-02 lol stupid smurfs. I was probably one of their most hated customers as I always yelled at the moat dragons lol. I think its so funny I landed on RWY 23L in my own airplane at RDU just thinking about how stupid they are that they would sexually assault 75% of the people in there. PIT All Main 2012-05-02 Opposite of the entry prior, they were actually forming a line at NoS for premier/one bag, whereas roped off for the regular lines 100p 25 SFO UA International Connections 2012-05-01 Everyone going through MMW units. This must be new, because I went through SFO from an international flight about a month ago and was metal dectors through the same checkpoint. They must have just installed these MMW. I was polite and respectful with the TSA officer letting him know that I'm opting out and he was polite and respectful with me. 1100a 15 PHX DL T3 2012-05-01 Metal dector only for Delta (what about other side of T3, Hawaiian, etc?) Only one lane open with obnoxious TSA chimp barking orders, while crowd laughing at him. Quite funny. 100p 20 SFO AA T2 2012-04-30 Metal detectors all blocked with TSA placards that looked screwed on (not just a rope barrier). Only MMW being used, so the line was backed up. TSA staff was puzzled by opt-out request, and apologized that the checkpoint was moving slow since "new procedures" started this week. 900a 15 FNT DL 2012-04-29 Standard nonsense with opting out and getting "patdown". Had to go through three TSOs before the 4th one was willing to do the patdown. Male TSO was very uncomfortable with my use of medical terms for my genitalia, and he walked away and refused to do the patdown. 1040p 3 Sea US Checkpoint 2 2012-04-29 X-ray operational for most passengers in center lane; xray roped off in far right lane, WTMD only. Xray in use for all lanes at checkpoint 3;, for probably 80% of travelers. Did not check north/5. 1000a 15 SJC UA A 2012-04-29 Naughty smurfs with their porn-o-scopes... Had to get a rub down 1230p 0 sfo UA 3 2012-04-29 1040a SJU AA Terminal D, Checkpoint for Gates 1-19 2012-04-28 Early enough in the morning that the only lane open at the time was WTMD only, however, there are BSK's present in other lanes at this checkpoint. 530a 1 LGB DL North 2012-04-28 LAX UA 7 2012-04-28 Two queues. Everyone through the backscatter. 1030a 10 LAX UA 6 2012-04-28 Far right line doesn't have scanner. Smurf was not happy with my walking over to his line but let me through anyway. 100p SFO AA T2 2012-04-27 MMW scanners in ALL lanes now. Weren't there on April 12. 720a 15 ABE DL 2012-04-27 TSA made up for "no scanners" by having WTMD "randomly" select numerous passengers while I was at the checkpoint. WTMD selected guy in front of me and me for "extra" screening. For me, it was a magic swab of my hands, plus taking everything out of my laptop bag. Made me so angry I actually used a swear word (which is not my normal speaking style even when angry). 530a 7 LIH UA 2 2012-04-27 720p 10 MSN All 2012-04-27 One MMW scanner in use for all passengers. No WTMDs left. No way to avoid scan or grope. 5 SFO US 2 2012-04-27 640p 15 Phx US 4-A 2012-04-27 Most lines had X-ray in use for most passengers. Right lane had X-ray roped off. Choose your own adventure. Right after I chose the right hand lane they roped the entire lane off (I think they were closing it for the shift). 340p 0 NRT UA at the boarding gate for my plane 2012-04-26 No scanners, but they had a list of pre-selected passengers who were getting the gropedown. Not good. Not good at all. I cried for hours afterward. 330p 0 SFO UA Premier access Terminal 3 2012-04-26 Walk through metal detectors only. I got snippy with the moat dragon who was threatening me over the say-your-name game. Long lines. 310p 15 ONT UA 2012-04-26 1000a 0 JFK UA 7 2012-04-26 Backscatter in use for all but crew members 710a 10 BKK UA United 2012-04-25 No scanners, but they were doing hands on the body for every single person boarding the flight. I was able to talk them out of violating me by pointing out that my clothing was skintight from head to toe. Luckily they agreed that there was no place to hide anything and they didn't lay hands on me. 450a 2 RSW UA C 2012-04-25 ont US 2012-04-25 MWave scanners in use in terminal 4 until line became too long. line to the far left used just the metal detector. they did hassle a women who was wearing some kind of medical device that looked like a cell phone. 600a 45 m ORD UA Terminal 1 2012-04-24 While I waited, the TSO's randomly blocked the WTMDs or the NoSs. I got lucky and they were using the WTMDs when I went through, but five minutes earlier it was all NoS, and when I looked back after reassembling my stuff it was all NoS again. 400p 15 SNA WN B 2012-04-24 Lines were really long in Terminal C, and they were making everyone go through the scanners. I went down to B where there was no line, but also had scanners. I opted out and the screener wouldn't let me watch my stuff. I raised a fuss and demanded to talk to a supervisor but he ignored me. Then another screener threw my empty water bottle away. I finally got through and found the supervisor and complained about it. He was actually very nice. 1150a ogg US main 2012-04-24 If you stay left you have a better chance of WTMD only unless its backed up. Time it right and you can avoid the MMW. Right lane seems to be more likely sent through scanner. 900p Mia AA Checkpoint 1 2012-04-23 35 minutes just to get to the ID checker (checkpoint 2 even worse). Everyone except employees, crew, & kids forced thru the 1 NoS at this checkpoint . 930a 40 JAN WN 2012-04-23 TSA scanning bags several times; also random bag searches at Gate 4 AA 1230p 5 SAN WN Terminal 1 Gates 3-10 2012-04-23 PHL US Terminal D 2012-04-23 Terminal D is still scanner-free. Use it to access any terminal after security. Very short line in the afternoon. 130p <5 KBP Other 1 2012-04-23 I didn't see any scanners at all, only metal detectors. 400a 10 FNT DL 2012-04-22 3-striper supervisor again was waiting for me when I got to the X-ray baggage machine; guess I'm now very well=known here for opting out. 430p 4 mke DL Concourse E 2012-04-22 PIT All Main 2012-04-22 Initially, only the center and right metal detectors were being used; both scanners were roped off. Then, the middle one opened and everyone in the center line was being put through that. The right scanner remained closed, and upon closer inspection, it appeared broken. The two blue backscatter boxes were pushed together closer than normal, and the rubber mat had been rolled up and tossed in the middle. Stay to the right (premier/one bag lines) to get the metal detector. 400p 20 cae DL ALL 2012-04-21 they're here now Sfo VX 2 2012-04-21 These scanners are new in the last few weeks :-( Stt UA 2012-04-21 Only one checkpoint-2 metal detectors roped off, 1 of 2 mmw in use-all through mmw sfo UA 3 2012-04-21 shame on you SFO. I don't understand what the deal with covenant is. They were better in the past but seem to have no regard for our rights anymore. If you feel they are disrespectful or discriminatory (based on sexual-orientation), call an LEO. This is SFO after all. Put an end to their crap while we can. SVG Int'l Main 2012-04-21 WTMD only; very quick, professional, and well organized 520a 5 FRA Int'l Terminal 1 2012-04-21 WTMD only, any large/complicated electonic item must be removed to avoid secondary bag search 910a 10 SFO UA T3 Elite Checkpoint 2012-04-21 LEX All Main 2012-04-21 WTMD roped off SFO US Gates 20-30 2012-04-20 Lines in the central (left) TSO checkpoint fed to the left-hand lane, which had WTMD only. Lines in the right-hand TSO checkpoint, off to the side in the little room, feed to the xray. No apparent choice as to which line you're fed into. 400p 45 ABE DL 2012-04-20 450a 5 BUR DL Terminal B 2012-04-20 Terminal B has one checkpoint with a WTMD only. 230p 0 BUR Terminal A 2012-04-20 Terminal A has two MMW scanners which all passengers must go through and no WTMD in use. Very long lines. Unfortunately the Terminal A gates cannot be accessed from Terminal B. 230p OKC AA Both 2012-04-20 No way to avoid MMW at either checkpoint. Opt out was the only option. cle DL ALL 2012-04-19 after reading the last comment from CLE, I e-mailed them telling them I AM DISGUSTED AND WILL NEVER GO TO THEIR AIRPORT. I'm so sorry you had to go through that. Call the police next time it happens...that IS sexual assault. BWI UA D 2012-04-19 First class priority line at security was mandatory MMW nude scan with automatic target recognition. Looked like everyone in every line was getting MMW scan. 630a 0 BOS DL A 2012-04-19 300p 10 HNL Other Interisland 2012-04-19 No xrays. Nicest TSA staff. 1100a 5 lhr DL terminal 4 2012-04-19 8-10 wtmd's and 1 mmw, slow times they use the mmw line before other lines, mmw random selection after wtmd. use lines on the ends of the cp to avoid the mmw. NO OPT OUTS! 1020p 12 aus WN 2012-04-19 Scanners in operation for all passengers at all 3 checkpoints. BOS UA C 2012-04-19 Dodged the smurf gauntlet... stay left towards the frequent flyer line if possible - no porn scanners there 420p 10 DCA FL A 2012-04-19 Two lines both metal detectors. 840a LEX All Main 2012-04-18 All the sheep going through the microwave ... stl AA C 2012-04-18 WTMD only. Lazy staff 700p 5 CLE DL ABCD gates 2012-04-17 Only MMW in operation. Groper groped everything three times, very firmly (words are not printable for my thoughts). If you use MMW, expect to get a patdown more than 60% of time, saw three old ladies (70s) get full patdowns after using MMW -- perverts. 440p 10 MIA AA D/E Checkpoint In Front of Hotel 2012-04-17 There was no line to get to the ID checker. After that, two lanes were in use, one with the MMW wave and a WTMD only lane for elites. The MMW wave lane was backing up so I and many others just walked over to the less crowded elite lane. TSA agents didn't mind. Very convenient if you are staying at the landside Miami Airport hotel. You check out, walk out of the lobby and the checkpoint is right there. 1230p 5 dca US C 2012-04-17 Two lines, everyone directed to center MMW scanner. 750p 1 SFO UA T3 2012-04-17 No nudie machines at the frequent flyer checkpoint; although the other checkpoint now has MMW-ATR machines 1230p 5 PIT UA main 2012-04-16 one lane with, one without. 1130a 10 dfw AA A23 2012-04-16 WTMD only 400p 10 SFO UA T3 2012-04-16 Checkpoints in T3 were rearranged this week. The old "E gates" checkpoint closest to T2 is permanently closed. There are now two main checkpoints in the center of the terminal. The CP closest to T2 has one MMW and one WTMD, the other has 3 MMWs. The elite checkpoint is still WTMD only. 1230p MSY WN B 2012-04-16 MMW for all 900a 2 Rdu 2 2012-04-16 Polite and fast screeners. But patdown unnecessarily aggressive. MSP Terminal 2 2012-04-16 Still no scanners at Humphrey/Terminal 2. This terminal serves WN, FL, SY, NK, FI. No airside connection to T1. 500a SLC DL Terminal 2 2012-04-16 Terminal 2 had one MMW scanner in use which could be avoided by staying to the right for one of several WTMDs. All gates can be accessed from Terminal 2. 1020a 5 MBS DL 2012-04-15 No MMWs; uneventful process except the TSO asked me if I'd removed my liquids and laptop -- after he had stood right next to me and watched me do it -- morons. 250p 1 PHX US 4-A 2012-04-15 Xray at apparently all lines, but random whether you go through xray or WTMD. They seem to have shut down the left-lane WTMD-only option. 400p 5 BOS UA C 2012-04-13 Right side had Xrays roped off. 550a 10 BOS UA C 2012-04-13 Right side had Xrays roped off. 550a 10 PBI UA C 2012-04-13 Very few people, really long wait. They were letting mothers go through WTMDs with their children. Everyone else through scanner. 400p 20 bwi FL B 2012-04-13 I had an hour when I got to the airport and was already checked in so I went straight to security. And I still nearly missed my flight because it took so long. 800a 60 lax Other T3 2012-04-13 Choose your own. 1150p AUS UA Right 2012-04-13 Line with only WTMD blocked off, everyone had to go through NoS. 10a MKE Concourse C 2012-04-13 There is now a third lane on the far left-hand side of the checkpoint that is WTMD only. However it is primarily accessible from the Elite/First/Crew security line, and it may be shut down during non-peak periods. 630a 0 DEN A/B/C 2012-04-12 Far right lane Only has magnetometer. Go there. All other lanes have nude body scanners in action 500a Abq AA Main 2012-04-12 1130a 1 Sjc US A 2012-04-12 Scanners no used. All wtmd. 5p 2 EWR DL B-1 (gates 40 - 47) 2012-04-12 Both MMWs in use; no WTMD except for the privileged classes (airline employees). 450p 10 dal WN Main / Lobby 2012-04-12 MMW installed and in use at the main checkpoint. No self-selection available, almost everyone through the scanners. The upstairs checkpoint was WTMD and no wait, for those that can figure out how to find it. 900a 5 BWI DL D 2012-04-12 The line for “security” was longer than I've ever seen it. Because of that, in almost all of the lanes TSA was using the metal detectors only. There was one lane that occasionally sent people through the scanner but you could choose your own lane. 410p SFO UA T3 2012-04-11 New scanners are installed in main security. Not in use yet. Three scanners. Walked to the elite security check point, it was closed. Some activity is going on, but hard to tell if the scaneers are being installed there too. 7p IAD UA Main 2012-04-11 Radiation spewing porn-o-scopes were in operation along with metal detectors... narrowly dodged the smurf gauntlet 340p 25 jfk DL t3-rotunda right 2012-04-11 1 backscatter/wtmd pair, a second wtmd off to the right. backscatter roped off and not operating. 830p 5 hsv DL all 2012-04-10 when they get the new airports with ATR, they become RED. Stay away. Ironically, this "HSV (Herpes Simplex Virus)" airport is now "infected" with the 4th ammendment killer virus of this nation. CID All 2012-04-10 NoS MWW now installed in security CLT All C 2012-04-10 No scanners at C still. :) 1100a 20 BAH Other 1 2012-04-10 This airport does not have scanners. WTMD only. 10 5 DTW DL Sky Priority/McNamara 2012-04-09 I should've gone thorugh checkpoint on concourse level; could've done an SDOO there. Opted out; took 3 minutes to get a groper, and I believe it would have been longer if they'd not pulled my laptop bag for "additional screening" and my stuff was backing up the line. 640a 10 DFW AA A23 2012-04-09 Very crowded. Did sdoo and went thru wtmd. Other end mmw, many passed thru no opt outs as far as I could tell. 8a 15 DFW AA A23 2012-04-09 Very crowded. Did sdoo and went thru wtmd. Other end mmw, many passed thru no opt outs as far as I could tell. 8a 15 SJC UA A 2012-04-09 Smurfs having a ball zapping everyone with radiation... had to opt out; at least the smurf was courteous and professional. 700p 0 SJC UA A 2012-04-08 Metal detectors roped off. Had to opt out of cancer machine. 900a 5 PSP All Main 2012-04-08 Metal detectors roped off. Millimeter wave for all passengers except children 12 and under. 600a 5 RSW B6 Concourse D 2012-04-07 There are four lanes. From the left lanes 1 and 4 are MMW. Others are WTMD. It is easy to self select a lane. The scanner/WTMD closest to you will be the one that you go through. 550a 10 EWR CO C1 2012-04-07 Husband, 14yo daughter through scanner, self, 10yo daughter thru WTMD. All WTMDs roped off. 1200p bwi WN B 2012-04-07 220p 0 STL WN 2 2012-04-06 Only one backscatter machine in use, three safe WTMD only lanes to choose from. 300p sjc US Terminal A 2012-04-06 Good Friday and lots of families. Went from red to yellow when the lines got too long and they opened a 3rd line that was WTMD only. 830a 15 SFO UA International G 2012-04-05 At 10AM on a Thursday, three lines were in use; the middle and right side had scanners but the left lane was metal detector only. Even though I started on the right side, I was able to sneak over to the metal detector line without arousing suspicion. Guessing the odds are best during high-traffic times of day. 1000a lhr All Terminal 1 2012-04-04 MMW scanner present on one of the lanes LHR Int'l Terminal 3 2012-04-04 MMW scanner present on one of the lanes. BKSX in back room, not sure if it was in use PIT All Alternate 2012-04-04 NoS roped off and closed. WTMD only on this day. 400p 15 Lax AA TSA Pre-Check room 2012-04-03 Most of the wait time was for the TDC. 750a 15 iah Other B 2012-04-03 i opted out and the woman they called to help me was angry so they got someone else to help me who was very nice. there were only 3 to 5 people in line. phl UA D 2012-04-03 PHL Terminal D is great! No scanners! Very easy! 500a HNL AA 5 2012-04-02 All pax thru the NoS. Ended up w/another false+ from Gumby-smurfette was totally confused when she insisted on checking my watch I wasn't wearing. 530a 5 mdw 2012-04-02 TSA clerk sending small number of passengers to right side of checkpoint where a MMW was present. Estimated 10% of people sent. 400p 2 phl DL d/e 2012-04-01 Yay for freedom. =) PDX DL ABC 2012-04-01 Some got the old scanners when crowded, but we got the shaft. Not totally horrible pat-down. 1210p JFK AA Terminal 8 Main Checkpoint 2012-04-01 Backscatters roped off due to peak travel day. Wait was still long. 200p 15 FCA DL =( 2012-04-01 UGHH!!! NO!!!! They've gotten Montana now =( bil DL ALL 2012-04-01 Oh my god I hate L-3 FRA Int'l Terminal 2 2012-04-01 WTMD only 20 IAH Int'l Terminal C 2012-04-01 Opted out; screener changed gloves without being asked and tested gloves before the grope (to avoid false positive) when requested 130p 15 MTJ All Main 2012-04-01 MMW for all MCO WN 60-129 2012-03-31 BKSX in use at two outermost lanes. However, all lanes in center are WTMD only. Go through the right side line and choose the Expert Traveler line that routes right into a WTMD-only lane. 900a 15 JFK B6 5 2012-03-31 Rapiscan Backscatters were at the checkpoint but were turned off because of the number of people. 1010a RSW B6 D 2012-03-31 TSA directs you through either MMW or WTMD. 340p JFK B6 5 2012-03-30 Rapiscan Backscatters were at the checkpoint but were turned off because of the number of people. 1010a BOS UA A 2012-03-30 Went through Premier Access. Most people going through the Backscatter. I saw about 2 go through the metal detector. I tried walking through the metal detector but the TSA agent told me to go through the cancer box. I opted out, and the patdown was no big deal. 500a 5 pdx US d/e gates 2012-03-28 no alternative to scanners (any line) so got groped by a smurf) :( 730a pdx US a/b/c gates 2012-03-28 very light traffic so all pushed into nudie scanners 800a MSY WN B 2012-03-28 In the right two lanes everyone was sent through the Millimeter Wave scanner 230p 5 EUG DL 2012-03-28 WTMD roped off 1200p 5 pit UA main 2012-03-27 all the machines were roped off 10a 10 BWI UA D 2012-03-27 Left line using Metal Detector (Millimeter Wave Unit was roped off). Right line using Millimeter Wave Unit with new software. I went through metal detector no problem. 920a 5 eug DL 2012-03-27 this is disgusting what they've done to oregon. I walked by L-3's office today and shot them the bird. Can't wait till the supreme court rules in favor of our 4th ammendment rights. smf DL A 2012-03-26 Please AVOID. ord UA 1 2012-03-26 Unfortunately, everyone at this checkpoint was sent through the body scanner. TSA employees were standing in front of the metal detectors, blocking them. Fortunately, I have read that one can access this terminal by going through terminal 2 which has lanes without body scanners on the far left. 430p COS UA Main 2012-03-26 No scanners but plenty of TSA around. Was told COS will switch to naked body scanners in the fall as part of a "renovation" of the security area. MIA DL Concourse H 2012-03-25 MMW in use for all passengers. But, TSA announced, "Needs recalibrating" as pax in front of me was going to use it, so we both got to use the WTMD (didn't have to opt out!). MMW shut down for 5 minutes, then back in operation after I went through. 500a 2 Dca DL B 2012-03-25 WTMD was roped off, forcing everyone to go through the MMW. 650a 10 GSP Concourse A 2012-03-25 Still no scanners. Two WTMD lanes, only one open led to a slow wait time 400p 15 phx DL t4 2012-03-25 Wow I can tell u have many persoanl problems and alot of time on your hands . Read the sins and follow directions stupid then you will have no problems. TSA has never givin me a problem and I fly once a moth. Take a bus or walk if you dont like it because75% of us do!!! See ya chumps!!! JFK DL T3-rear-right 2012-03-24 300p 5 ORD Terminal 2 2012-03-23 Five lanes at this CP. Three to the left are WTMD only. Two to the right are WTMD/BSKX pair. TSA may "force" you to head into the right pair. Keep left to have a better chance of WTMD 600a 20 BOS DL A 2012-03-23 940a 10 saf AA Main 2012-03-23 There is only one security lane, which consists of only a metal detector. 120p BOS WN E1A-E1E 2012-03-22 Not busy. Only using BKSX. Opt out was quick but a female opt-out had to wait a few minutes for female assist. 900a 5 BUF UA main 2012-03-22 Four Cancer machine are in used. People were directed to cancer machine and WTMD at the same time. You could skip the cancer machine if your timing is right. They groped a senior person who can barely stand up even using a cane. :( 640a 10 BOS DL A 2012-03-22 Checkpoint was understaffed. As usual, TSA was sending nearly all pax through the BKSX. I got lucky, as when I got to the front of the line, the BKSX went down, and pax were sent through the WTMD. Note that the other BKSX in operation was still running in the adjacent lane. 120p 25 JFK DL T3 - left of Delta check-in counter 2012-03-22 BSX machine not in use (being installed? being serviced?). Long lines for non-Sky-Priority people. TDC bored and slow. 240p 1 lax UA 7 2012-03-21 WMTDs roped off 9a SFO UA Connecting Flights 2012-03-21 I arrived in SFO from an international flight, went through Immigration and Customs, then went to the Connecting Flights. There were no scanners when I went through the security there, only metal dectors. 1130a 5 Ord AA 3 (first class/TSA PreCheck) 2012-03-20 New TSA PreCheck opened today. Tons of execs in suit standing around watching. a 3 LAX AA T4 Checkpoint 1 (Pre-Check Lane) 2012-03-20 WTMD only in this room! 540a 7 phx DL T3 2012-03-20 No scanners!! WTMD only ABQ AA Main 2012-03-19 Everyone except kids & flight crews being sent thru NoS. I ended up w/a false positive & a tummy rub from the smurfette-this is the 2nd time in the last 3 trips I've gotten a false positive from one of these machines. 1200p 3 RSW DL 2012-03-19 TSA has toxified FL airports 100%. STOP FLYING commercial airlines then they will have to FIRE the TSA agents. pit UA main 2012-03-19 Most going through WBI still got a patdown anyway 7a las WN C 2012-03-19 Upstairs C gates checkpoint only has a MMW with ATR. FNT DL 2012-03-18 MMW only for pax; WTMD not being used. 1100a 1 mia AA E 2012-03-18 All lines except Elite line were MMW-only. Pat-down was professional and fairly quick, and TSA did not make a big deal of fliers who opted-out. 650p 20 lga DL far right 2012-03-18 no scanners at either delta checkpoint. 430p phx US T4, A 2012-03-18 Far left lane led to WTMD, but mainly it was elites being funneled there. I snuck in anyway and pretended I didn't know any better. 810p 5 FLL WN B gates 2012-03-17 No body scanners, walk through metal detectors only. I did see a sickening sexual assault grope, but I do not know the reason this woman was victimized. 600p 3 LAS UA D 2012-03-17 Middle lane: scope roped off, only a metal detector in use. Both outer lanes had scopes in use. Choose your own adventure with TSA "suggesting" routes. 600p DEN DL North Checkpoint 2012-03-17 Easy to choose lane for WTMD. 940a 10 abq US main 2012-03-17 WTMD in use for a while, then roped off and all through MMW 8a 5 Den North End Security 2012-03-17 InvasI've nude scanners in use at most but not all lanes. Left two lanes have magnetometers only. Go there. 520p pwm UA single 2012-03-17 just confirming the previous post - the family with kids ahead of me was allowed through the wtmd, I was forced to choose between mmw and grope. Very sad. 250p 0 JAX 2012-03-17 One WTMD lane, the rest were WBI. WTMD lane was near the center of the checkpoint. Choose your own lane. 620a 20 iad UA international transfer 2012-03-17 7a elp US 4 2012-03-17 received a butt pat down & hands swabbed 430a 5 SFO US Terminal 1 2012-03-17 Everyone except parents with children sent through MMW machines. One of us received invasive patdown and bag search even after going through machine. Might as well opt out - the grope is just as bad if you choose the scanner. BOS FL E/ E1 Gates 2012-03-17 340p 10 PDX WN A B C 2012-03-16 MMW in use for all pax. had to opt out. smurf annoyed, and loudly said "these arent the xray kind." 500p 13 DTW DL Checkpoint #2 - Medallion Lane 2012-03-16 All pax being sent to MMW; however, somehow I got "Trusted Traveler" option. This is how ALL passengers should be treated! 700a 1 ORD UA T2 2012-03-15 Left-most WTMD only lane at T2 is now for priority passengers only. Managed to talk my way into it, but... 1120a SJC WN A 2012-03-15 far left was metal detector 250p 5 MCO FL B 2012-03-15 Take the line closest to the center of the terminal to be WTMD only; all other lines fed into a single lane where a TSO selected victims for the NoS. 130p OAK WN Terminal 2 2012-03-15 Two lines: one WTMD, one BKSX; passengers able to select either with no interference from TSOs. 730p 10 SEA All A, N, S 2012-03-15 The left hand lane is still almost always open only to the WTMD. SDOO a breeze most days. 700a 10 Atl DL Main 2012-03-15 The NOS-free lanes open were 10, 11, and 16. TSA employees were directing people into the NOS lanes, but it wasn't hard to ignore their instructions and go through a safe lane. 210p 20 Lga DL MAT 2012-03-15 650p 5 SFO UA T3 2012-03-15 No scanners! Regular line was quicker than the elite line. 410p 1 pdx AS D/E 2012-03-14 Long lines on A/B/C side; D/E seemed shorter, but only one line operating, moving slowly. Only a VERY few diverted to WTMD because of back-up; I was not so lucky and had to opt-out. I did not get smacked in the testicles like last time, but pat-down was still very invasive. 140p 25 IGM UA There's only one 2012-03-14 Although they have a WTMD, one half the passengers were "randomly selected for pat down" 1100a mlb DL there's only one 2012-03-14 Was travelling with small children so got WTMD. Elderly couples also got WTMD. Under ~50 year old males travelling without a woman got the nudeoscope. TSA seems to have dramatically improved courtesy as compared to a few years ago. There were no barked orders or bad attitudes. 330p 1 DAL UA Terminal 1 2012-03-14 No line. Single MMW next to a WTMD, so they were forcing everybody through the MMW. Opted out, went through the WTMD and had a mild patdown. 8 TSA clerks standing around with nothing to do as there are few airlines/flights flying out of Terminal 1. 4p 0 PIT All Main 2012-03-14 Two women in front of me allowed WTMD but they came and grabbed me for nude scan. Invasive, rude opt-out with surly agent. They were scanning about 50%. 730p 7 BWI WN A/B baggage level checkpoint 2012-03-14 No nudeoscopes, metal detectors only at this checkpoint, which you can reach by going downstairs from the main A and B checkpoints. 340p 2 mdw WN main 2012-03-14 Checkpoint has been rearranged - it's no longer possible to choose your line. I got lucky and was sent to a line with just wtmd. 400p 10 JFK UA 7 2012-03-13 cancer box or wtmd, TSA choice 700a SJC UA A 2012-03-13 cancer box roped off. wtmd only. thanks, sjc! 650p 3 BUF WN Main 2012-03-13 This afternoon was crowded and only lanes 2 and 4 were open out of the 5 possible lanes. Each of these lanes had the WTMD and backscatter in use, neither were roped off. You could choose your own conveyer by eyeballing the ones leading to the WTMD while waiting for your id check. However, I observed TSA employees sending a few from the WTMD line into the backskatter periodically. But when the backskatter line started to get backe creating a long line (due to it being a slow screening method), everyone in the WTMD line marched right through the WTMD, which was how my screening turned out. 350p 15 LIT DL The only one 2012-03-13 MMW at all checkpoints now except crew line, and sending everyone through except kids. I just went in crew line and wasn't questioned. 600a BOS DL A 2012-03-12 Most pax being forced through the BKSX. When the BKSX backed up, people were being sent through the WTMD, but it was all luck to get chosen for that. 1050a 15 JFK B6 5 2012-03-11 Scanners in the center are roped off. I'm didn't get a good look at the far ends to see if they're in use there. It was no problem going right into a WTMD lane. DCA FL A 2012-03-11 No NoS in sight. Quick and easy. 300p 15 jfk AA 8 2012-03-11 bsx installed all lanes, but roped off in priority lane. no scan, no grope. 5p MCO B6 1-60 2012-03-11 Both checkpoints at MCO have WTMD only lanes in the center. There is a single BKSX to the left hand side of the center lanes. Side lanes may look better, but run almost to the trains at the end of the checkpoint, and are almost 100% BKSX. Look at where the crew lane goes and choose your ID checker accordingly for safety. 400p BZN DL Only 2012-03-10 Just got two MMW/Gumby this week; today had one lane going to MMW and one going to WTMD. 500a 5 Pit All 2012-03-09 Outside 2 lanes are metal detector. Middle 2 lanes are scanners. 510a 5 EWR DL B-1 2012-03-09 Both MMW in use; SDOO not possible. Leraned that TSOs at this location don't like to hear medical terms for male genitalia. 520a 15 JAX 2012-03-09 Self opt out not possible, all passengers directed to MMW 500p 2 PHX US 4-A 2012-03-09 4 lanes, choose your own is furthest to the left 650p ATL DL main 2012-03-09 was simple to pick out a WTMD only line. Saw just one center lane open with NoS, was surprised how many people were in that line. Prechecked line (or whatever it's called) was WTMD only 430p 5 AUS UA West 2012-03-09 Two left lanes had scanners, the right lane for elites and flight crew / employees was just a normal metal detector. You could choose any of the three lines, but most went to the two scanner lines. The elite/priority line had 5 peole waiting for ID checks and the general line had 500 people or so waiting to go through the two lanes. 620a 5 HOU WN ALL 2012-03-08 TSA forced all passengers in the security area to undergo the x-ray machines. I was the only traveler who refused the x-ray machine and there were thousands of travelers waiting. A TSA agent patted me down all over my body, but he did not go into my clothes or pants, nor was he rude, but instead, he did and spoke to me in a mater of fact matter. 9a 30 HOU WN ALL 2012-03-08 TSA forced all passengers in the security area to undergo the x-ray machines. I was the only traveler who refused the x-ray machine and there were thousands of travelers waiting. A TSA agent patted me down all over my body, but he did not go into my clothes or pants, nor was he rude, but instead, he did and spoke to me in a mater of fact matter. 9a 30 LAX DL 5 2012-03-08 routing people randomly through metal vs backscatter - but more metal than backscatter, perhaps due to the recent blog post of how to avoid the backscatter with metal objects 400p 15 iad UA International 2012-03-08 710p 45 TVC All Only one 2012-03-08 MMW in place, unfortunately. This used to be such a nice airport to go through. 530p 10 spi UA Main 2012-03-08 Sleepy airport with not much service. Single checkpoint lane guarantees individualized attention, but without scanners. 400p JFK UA 7 2012-03-07 cancer boxes in use for all pax. watched line for a while. no opt outs. :( 700a DEN AA Main 2012-03-07 Only one metal detector in use, but a TSA guy was blocking it, sending almost everyone to the MMW. 530p TUS F9 2012-03-07 Quick and painless. Metal detector only. TUS F9 2012-03-07 Quick and painless. Metal detector only. XNA AA Only 2012-03-07 Walked by the scanners on my way to baggage claim. 2 lanes, only the NOS was open, but lane 2 was clear if it is open XNA AA Only 2012-03-07 Walked by the scanners on my way to baggage claim. 2 lanes, only the NOS was open, but lane 2 was clear if it is open SJC UA A 2012-03-06 Cancer box roped off 640p 3 DEN WN Terminal C 2012-03-06 Most of the security lines had the x-ray machines, and many travelers seemed to fall into those lines. One line, which was the longest wait, had the simple metal detector and the x-ray machine was not in use. The wait was quite long however. 9a 20 PHX US T4, checkpoint C 2012-03-06 everyone forced through BKSX, WTMD wasn't even turned on 1100a 0 xna AA only 2012-03-05 tsa sup said installed late february DEN DL Main 2012-03-05 Far Left (1st Class), Far Right (Clear Card), and Second from Right (Everyone) had WTMD, every other line was MMW NoS. You can always go upstairs and look down to determine best line before you go. 850a 10 FNT DL 2012-03-04 Opted out; groper appeared immediately. Perfunctory grope-assault. All other pax sheep went through MMW. 1140a 1 BOS DL A 2012-03-04 Funneling basically everyone through AIT in all lanes 1200p 10 SFO Int'l International A 2012-03-04 Only one line open, all passengers had to go through scanner 740p 1 LHR US Terminal 1 2012-03-04 No NOS in sight. There may be some behind the scenes, but everyone just walked through....with shoes on! Imagine that. 1000a 5 XNA UA Only 2012-03-04 This ariport recently had MMW installed and they were in use for everyone. Opted out. LAS WN AB 2012-03-03 Obviously the prior comments were made when the center lane was not blocked off. Checkpoint layouts can change or lane availabilies can vary depending on crowdedness which is why comments on TSA Status will change. I too observed the center WTMD-only lane blocked off today. The First class lane also had only a WTMD and they were sending the families with children through it as well. So to escape you need to buy a First class ticket or if you have children, bring them with you. 440p 5 CAK FL All 2012-03-02 One lane open, everyone through the Xray. Opt-out wah done professionally and not too intrusive, althought TSA is getting more physical lately. 120p 2 MIA AA E 2012-03-02 E checkpoint (where international pax go off the elevator) was forcing everybody through MMW, so I used another checkpoint 1200p MIA AA Priority access 2012-03-02 Line at priority checkpoint was short, but all pax were forced through MMW, with TSA thugs making it clear that it was MMW or groping. 1210p MIA AA non-status checkpoint 2012-03-02 Long line, but moved quickly because they were actually using the WTMDs. I found it ironic that I had selected a WTMD-only line and was entertained by a video production from the TSA Ministerium für Volksaufklärung stating that I had the right to opt out of so-called "advanced" imaging technology. I was opting out by using the line without one, so take that John Pistole! 230p LAS DL AB 2012-03-02 Not sure where these other comments come from. This is the checkpoint closest to Delta check-in. Everyone (except maybe first class) were directed to the scanners. The middle lane's WTMD was physically blocked off by a table and completely out of use. The left side was sending a few people thru WTMD when the line backed up. But there were no safe lines in the main screening section and it looked like that was the normal setup. 1210p LGB DL Gates 7-11 2012-03-02 740a 0 LAS WN ABC 2012-03-02 Everyone directed through the MMW in each open lane. 420p 5 JFK Int'l Terminal 7 2012-03-02 Scanners present, but roped off. 510p 5 LEX DL Main 2012-03-02 Scanner newly installed. Not in operation yet. ilm DL 2012-03-02 they are getting by SUMMER =( DCA DL Terminal B 2012-03-02 SDOO possible - middle lane BDL B6 Main 2012-03-02 Family lane dumped to BKSX - switched to WTMD-only lane after ID check without problems. BKSX line had barely moved by time I was through.. 130p 10 clt DL 2012-03-02 warning: c may become "pre-check" only making SDOO not possible. fly GSO instead and pray they don't ruin that last airport we have for freedom smf A 2012-03-01 they tased somewhere here. SMF has become ONE OF THE WORST TSA'S in the nation. STAY AWAY. YOU may get lucky...but there is a STRONG RISK of having a negative TSA encounter here. We are so in the dark ages. This isn't ADVANCED imaging technology...it is PRIMITIVE technology that will eventually fail us all. These scanners don't even detect metal... SAT AA B 2012-03-01 Problems at ID check. Was told they didn't accept Global Entry Card. I said I had no other id. Took 5 min and a supervisor. One line open, backscatter in use. Was told I was the first opt out of the day. 1200p 10 RDU DL 2 2012-03-01 Probably 2/3rd forced through AIT. Possibility of timing it on the x-ray belt line to sneak through the WTMD. 300p ilm DL 2012-03-01 dfw AA a23 2012-03-01 still good MEM DL B 2012-02-29 Almost everyone has to go through the cancer box. I opted out. The groping wasn't too bad- pr at least, I have had worse. Others opted out as well. 1240p 10 BWI WN A/B 2012-02-29 New scanner software! BWI WN A/B 2012-02-29 No longer a naked image of you. New software! BOS FL E1 2012-02-29 Eight TSA people to run one unbusy line? Everyone through the Xray, or get a rather brusqe pat-down. 750p 0 ATL FL Main 2012-02-28 Right at 7, were shutting down all non-NoS lanes 700a 10 MCO DL 60-129 2012-02-28 Light traffic, easy SDOO via center lanes. Right side lane scanners appeared to be in use, but I tried to stay as far away as possible so didn't look closely. My 10-year-old was selected for a random swab, both of us were led to the glass cage, passed through and then I had my laptop swabbed. I guess it's hard for TSA to tell the difference between a Macbook and a young girl. 1000a 5 RDU AA 2 2012-02-27 Didnt recognize global entry card again. Everyone through mmw. Pat down was quick and perfunctory 930a 2 Dfw DL E16 2012-02-27 No scanners at this checkpoint. pit All main 2012-02-27 mostly AIT, though some were guided through WTMD 930a 15 AUS US Southwest Checkpoint 2012-02-26 I checked the status of all 3 of the checkpoints at AUS. The one near US Airways as sending everyone through the scandal, as was the one closer to the American check-in counter. However, the one closest to Southwest had two lines (people could pick which one). One of the two lines was sending everyone through the body scanner, the other was sending everyone through the metal detector, with the body scanner roped off. 310p ORD AA T3 First Class Checkpoint (between Gate K1 and Concourse L) 2012-02-26 Mandatory backscatter for everyone but children 12 and under. Chat-downs at the ID checker. Everyone was very respectful. 1030a 0 FLL DL 2 2012-02-26 right lane (lane "5") has no backscatter... easy to choose. 800a 15 CAK FL Main 2012-02-26 CAK now full time body scanner, no lane option for walk-through metal detector. TSO's now increasingly more aggressive. Lots of YELLING instructions, rude to opt outs. Sad, as it used to be a great airport. 500p 18 Msp DL 1 2012-02-26 Checkpoints 2 and 6 have scanners. Others free and clear. Chkpt 1 was closed. 600p 10 HNL AA 5 2012-02-26 First time I've seen 2 lanes open at this CP, one NoS the other WTMD, but screener decided the WTMD lane was 'family only' even though there was no such signage anywhere. Line to get into the NoS for scope & grope was running 6-8 deep while the WTMD lane was zipping right along. CVG DL Terminal 3 2012-02-26 Only young children with parent were aloud to go through metal detectors. I didn't see anyone opt out of scanner. a LAX AA T4 Checkpoint 1 (Pre-Check Lane) 2012-02-26 Easy peasy...zipped right thru...get rid of the War on Water & Shoe Carnival & travel might start to be fun again. 600p 0 LAS UA D 2012-02-26 Porn-o-scopes were in use; was able to dodge the gauntlet by staying in the center for the checkpoint. 600p 25 SFO VX T2 2012-02-26 No scanners in T2 yet 340p HOU WN Main 2012-02-26 Had to say my name and then afterwards it was choose your own line. The line all the way on the left was metal detector only and the scanner was roped off. The other lines had everyone go through the scanner except for when there were several people waiting and then they would allow people to go through the metal detector instead. 430p 20 LBB WN All 2012-02-26 One full body scanner is now installed at Lubbock, however is currently no in use due to water damage. All passengers being routed through the metal detector. 240p FLL WN B 2012-02-25 Walkthrough metal detectors (WTMD) only. I did not witness any gropes. 200p 5 AUS WN Left 2012-02-24 TSA was cooperative and nice. Full body scanner only in use 1040a iad UA international transfer 2012-02-24 all AIT until line got 6-8 deep, then some WMTD 730a iad UA international transfer 2012-02-24 all AIT until line got 6-8 deep, then some WMTD 730a IAD Int'l Main 2012-02-24 Forced thru the scanner. Opt out took an extra 10 minutes. 600p 30 pit DL all 2012-02-24 mark my words TSA, you will go to court for what you have done and are doing. it is not legal to discriminate based on your perception of "age" and forcing some to go thru while giving expeditied/special treatment to those who are "motherly/young children" You cannot legally do this. You are discriminating based on age, gender, and possibly race. ALL protected statuses. PIT All Main 2012-02-24 Funneling everyone to NOS in every lane. Fiddle around with your carryon until someone is in it. Get WTMD that way. 1200p 15 ORD US 2 2012-02-23 The far left lane at Terminal 2 was open. All of the terminals are connected beyond security (except the international terminal), so for most domestic flights, one can use this checkpoint. 940a LGA AA CTB-D 2012-02-23 Lane on the right has Backscatter machine. Others are WTMD only. Priority AAcess line is WTMD only. 700a 5 BOS CO A1-A22 2012-02-23 after id checker, choose your own line. far left had shortest line amd uncoincidentally was using metal detector. middle and right lines were cancer boxes. baaaaaaaa. 740a 8 Bos DL A 2012-02-23 Attempted sdoo and failed. TSA at chkpt a piece of work. Pat down was quite cursory however. 530p 5 Jfk DL T3 2012-02-23 Choose scanner or detector line. BUT half of those in the metal detector line were randomly routed through the backscatter machine. 520p 30 RDU DL terminal 2 2012-02-23 Everyone went through backscatter except young children and parent. I didn't see anyone opt out. a Psc DL Main 2012-02-23 No scanners in this airport. 630a LAX UA T6 2012-02-22 Only leftmost lane has x-ray, unfortunately it was the only lane open at this quiet time. Shift change happened at 6p (tons of smurfs walking out of the terminal) so x-ray was off... until I got up to the checkpoint. 610p sjc UA B 2012-02-22 metal detector roped off. had to opt out of cancer machine. 710p 6 SNA CO Gates1-8 2012-02-21 Every checkpoint sending nearly every passenger through millimeter wave machines. Parties traveling with children got metal detectors. 1200p 20 IAH CO E and C 2012-02-21 I didn't go through security, but wanted to alert people changing planes at IAH that you do NOT have to go through security to transfer from E gates to C gates. SFO UA T3 2012-02-21 Major congestion at the elite checkpoint. Good thing there aren't porn-o-scopes to slow things down. 810a 15 dal WN upstairs ckpt 2012-02-20 no NoS upstairs ckpt only (NoS is at main ckpt) 1230p 0 JFK DL T3 2012-02-20 Weird! No scanners in sight. Only a metal detector in use. Even scarier: I checked my bag after checking in online, and the attendant did NOT look at my ID! Good news: no cancer scan. Bad news: Alarming lack of passenger identification. 430p MBS DL 2012-02-19 No NoS. TSO stationed in front of X-ray to "assist" passengers by removing shoes from bins and placing on conveyor belt (I intimidated him, apparently, as he left my shoes in the bin). 320p 5 psp AS 1 2012-02-19 MMW for everyone, except families with children waved through WTMD. 20 JNU AS Only one 2012-02-19 MMW in use for all travelers, even when there is a line for the MMW. 1230p LAX Int'l Terminal 2 2012-02-19 Went through security at approx 2PM. Very quiet at this time and scanners were off (went through normal metal detector). Scanners went on an hour or so later when it was busy!! If it's quiet, go on through - if it's busy, considering waiting. 200p 5 LGA DL D 2012-02-19 No scanners. Slightly crabby TDC but it was 0530. 530a 5 SFO UA Terminal 3 2012-02-18 900p 8 pwm FL new checkpoint 2012-02-18 WTMD & MMW, TSO chooses. 430p 0 GSO AA 2012-02-18 No strip search machines for the AA gates. Abq All 2012-02-17 No wait. 10 minutes includes opt-out pat down. 8a 10 PIT All main 2012-02-17 long lines at scanners and in the re-dignification area. 1230p 15 abe DL 2012-02-17 WTMD only. x-ray TSO required a dump of my laptop bag because it had "too much stuff in it so I had to repack the bag (added 10 minutes to my "recovery" time (recovery = putting my clothes back on, finding my dignity, calming down after dealing with government smurfs, etc.). 500a 2 YTZ Other Only one 2012-02-17 Much nicer in Canada 600a 0 DFW DL E14 2012-02-16 WTMD only 1130a DEN UA Main Terminal 2012-02-16 Pick your own line. Mix of WTMD and scanners in operation. 430p 5 AGS All Only 2012-02-16 MMW has arrived at AGS. Everyone being fed into it. LAS WN ABC 2012-02-16 Every passenger through MMW, including the first class line that I was in. The delays were significant. It seemed like they were deliberately slowing down the baggage X-ray so that people wouldn't blame the pornoscanners for the delay. 900a 30 ORD UA T3 2012-02-16 Left side of the checkpoint is free of porn machines 550p 5 sjc US Terminal A 2012-02-16 3 lines opened, one scanner only. As lines grew longer 4th line opened using WTMD. Noticed that people in line 1 (far right) were being directed to scanner. Stayed left to use WTMD. 510a 15 ORD UA 1 2012-02-15 One lane out of service; otherwise WTMD if NoS in use 540a 6 PHF US B 2012-02-15 only WTMD, very short line. person ahead pulled out for random pat down, female 1040a 1 pdx AS ABC side 2012-02-15 Far far left lane was usually waved to WMTD when nudie scanner was backed up. Creative timing for the win! :-) 830a LAX Int'l T2 2012-02-15 One lane without x-ray; I was the last one allowed through this lane. Other lanes all pax through x-ray 1020a ORD AA Terminal 3 2012-02-15 As far as we could see all the machines were blocked. 410p MSN UA All 2012-02-15 MMW scanners being installed; fully operational by Friday MSN UA All 2012-02-15 MMW scanners being installed; fully operational by Friday sjc AS terminal b 2012-02-15 3 lanes open, two of which led to nudie scanner. It looks as though they may not have enough scanners to handle all lanes if they we in use. 510p sjc AS terminal b 2012-02-15 3 lanes open, two of which led to nudie scanner. It looks as though they may not have enough scanners to handle all lanes if they we in use. 510p TYS All 2012-02-15 Everyone through MMW scanner 530a LAX AA Terminal 4, Pre-Check Lane 2012-02-14 Semi-lengthy wait to get thru this checkpoint, but the reward was not a single NoS in sight! Pre-Check travelers go ahead, but otherwise, checkpoint seems open to anyone who can find it. 600a 15 SFO UA T3 2012-02-14 Flying from SFO-T3 there are no nudie machines 830a 2 BOS Other E2-E8 2012-02-13 One lane open, and random people selected for Xray. I opted out. Guy was very nice, and said he understood "if you travel a lot, you don't want to get a high dosage." 800p 0 ABQ AA Main 2012-02-13 16 minutes from ID checker on. Only 2 lanes open & everyone sent thru NoS, despite lines of 6-10 just to get into the NoS. Plus, screeners doing gate checks (which is probably why only 2 lanes open @ the checkpoint). 740a 16 SJC UA A 2012-02-13 Single BSX in use; WTMD roped off. Had to opt out. Smurf wasn't too grabby during feel up. 700p 5 BOI AS main 2012-02-13 Had to opt out 10 MSP WN Terminal 2 2012-02-12 Walked right up and screening was easy. Maybe in the morning it's longer but this would be expected. No problems. p Rdu DL 2 2012-02-12 15 minues from ID check to completion. Rude TSA supervisor. 4p 15 ord AA T3 2012-02-12 4 checkpoints at T3. The one left of 1st class check in was scanners, the one to the right of that was long wait Sunday pm, scanners and WTMD and then right of that was a checkpoint where the priority access lane fed to WTMD. Could not tell other lines. Another checkpoint near T2 was busy and I could not tell how lines were working 1p LGA DL Marine Air Terminal 2012-02-12 WTMD only. There isn't any room for a NOS. 250p 5 BUF US Main 2012-02-12 long lines, 4 cancer machines were working. everyone were sent to death machine. opt out and waited 5 min for pat down. GO TO HELL TSA! 630a 20 BOS UA C 2012-02-11 Not many people and very quiet. Scanners not in operation 1130a 0 buf UA main 2012-02-11 Only two cancer machines were used. few more WTMD were opened. I selected a WTMD to avoid cancer machine. Two poor lady walked through cancer machine and were still groped by TSA agents. 100p LAX US Terminal 1 2012-02-11 Very long lines! Backscatter in all lines. Patdown was friendly, at least. 900a 20 CME CO International (US-bound) 2012-02-11 No body scanners, WTMD only. Shoes had to come off, but I left my laptop and liquids in the bag without any problems. 1100a 5 mdw DL Main 2012-02-11 First Class Lanes 18-20 (extra on the left) are WTMD only I saw mostly WTMD, with some MMW in the normal lanes. 500p SEA AS A, N, S 2012-02-11 had to opt out 12 ABE DL 2012-02-10 Still NoS-free! Special treat today -- TSO said not to worry about taking liquids out of carry-on bags (whoo-hoo!). 510a 4 IAH CO Terminal C 2012-02-10 More paranoid security theater than normal. They emptied my bag, swabbed each and every electronic device (on the hard surface, which is unlikely to pick up explosive traces anyway) and then rescanned the whole bag. They had several pax bag's going through this ridiculous cycle. Also, "state your name" was in effect at the initial checker station. 1240p 35 iah AS A gates 1-15 2012-02-10 Went through Elite status line on left. Everyone from this line went through WTMD. Plebes were being sent through FBI machine until it was taken down for calibration. 2p 10 ATL US Main 2012-02-10 This early, only 3 lanes were open (4, 13, 14, I think) - all had MMW. 440a 15 lax WN 1 2012-02-10 Terminal 1 has body scanners, however I was routed upstairs to a small checkpoint area which did not have scanners. Not sure if the upstairs check point is for overflow and is only accessed when insructed by a TSA agent. (Traffic seemed light that day, not sure why I was redirected upstairs). 500p 10 MKE All Concourse C 2012-02-10 Two baggage X-ray lines feed into one MMW scanner. WTMD used when MMW line backs up 600p 5 Bos DL A 2012-02-09 Most passengers directed through rapiscan. 1230p 10 IAH CO E (auxiliary) 2012-02-09 "State your name" game in effect. Everyone sent through the MMW scanner. Opt-out pat-down was thorough, but less abusive than usual. I was able to keep my belongings in sight the whole time. 700a 20 PHX US Terminal 4, Checkpoint A 2012-02-09 1 line feeds to 4-5 TSA boarding pass screeners, so you get whoever's free and calls you over - hard to self-select unless two are free at the same time. I was called by the guy on the far right, who hand-swabbed me. Past him there were two lane options - 5 and 6, both with MD and Backscatter. I chose 5 as i could see that the BCKSX was roped off and not in use. All lanes appears to have both MD and BS, looked like most BS were not in use, but i was not able to see all lanes. 200p 10 HNL AA Domestic 2012-02-09 Forgot which checkpoint I used, but they all seem to have the scanners. This is in the domestic (mainland) terminal. (It was left of the American Air check-in place). I checked many of the other checkpoints and some had ridiculously long lines. The scanner was present but not in use. A few checkpoints were closed this afternoon. It is probably worth walking around a bit to find the shortest line. If you can qualify for the 'gold line' (first class, etc) you will save yourself much waiting. 500p 20 LEX DL Main 2012-02-09 WTMD Only 3 DSM Other All 2012-02-08 Newly installed body scanner - MMW PIA UA All 2012-02-08 MMW w/ATR for all. Invasive patdown for opt-out 900a 0 ORD UA T2 2012-02-07 All WTMD checkpoints closed except the far right which has BXSC. Right at the 6 pm shift change, suddenly they start sending everyone though the WTMD only, closely observed by a tense bald white dude in a suit. When I got out, I could see workers checking in and sauntering slowly over to the observation booth. Brought to you by the brain trusts, indeed. 600p MSP DL Terminal 1, Checkpoint 4 2012-02-07 No AIT at checkpoint 4, which is open to all (although SkyPriority has a shorter line). Installation has begun for TSA PreCheck. Currently are randomly pulling individuals for PreCheck Lane -- does not matter if you're enrolled, you may or may not be allowed to use PreCheck until they're done with the trial period. 500p 5 JFK B6 5 2012-02-07 All people being sent to Xray scanner except kids and the women accompanying them (they were allowed WTMD). Optout results in long wait than usual (approx 5-7 more mins). 1p 20 IAH CO A gates 1-15 2012-02-07 both elite and regular security lines through one scanner. MD completely gated off. Opted out and had 5+ minute wait with another passenger who did the same. Seems to take longer for "female assist" to occur even though there are 10+ TSA folks standing around doing nothing, 700a 10 PDX UA D and E 2012-02-06 Everyone through MMW like sheep. TSA has ruined another great airport. It used to be so easy here. sjc UA A 2012-02-06 cancer machine was roped off as i approached checkpoint. a few people before i got to metal detector, smurfs moved the rope over to the metal detector forcing all pax through the now unroped cancer machine. had to opt out. 710p 5 SJC AS Terminal B 2012-02-06 Blue box backscatter machines in use, but easy to choose your own line for a WTMD. 530p BWI US D 2012-02-06 Had to opt-out. Got the "until meets resistance" treatment. Pretty sore afterwards. Jerks. 4p SFO UA T3 2012-02-06 WTMD only at main security line near UA check-in. Lines are long but move quickly 100p 12 sfo WN 1 2012-02-06 This terminal's preferred method to Body Scan. When opting out at SFO, you must state the following "OPT OUT FOR ALL - side entry". This is your right! Otherwise you are told to go through the metal detector, then a pat-down. 530a MBS DL 2012-02-05 WTMD only; TSA clerks left me alone except for the TDC one who wanted me to look at him (apparently to compare to my iD picture) and who then asked if I'd removed everything from my pockets (I'd just taken all stuff out in his view not two minutes before -- sheesh). 220p LAX AA Priority Access Checkpoint-middle lane 2012-02-05 Long line for the ID checker at all PA checkpoints, including the spiffy new 'pre-check' lane. WTMD only in use when the NoS backed up-got lucky & it was backed up when it was my turn, but then the moat dragon made me go thru the WTMD a 2nd time because I walked thru 'too fast'. 830a 10 SAN US Terminal 2 2012-02-05 NoS in use for everyone on one lane, othe lane had WMND and NoS, People being directed which way to go for NoS or WTMND. 630a ANC AS South/Main 2012-02-05 Opted-out as always. I'm thin and was wearing fitted jeans with a belt to hold them up. Despite easy access to the area under the waistband the TSA agent insisted I remove the belt. I demanded private room so as not to undress in public. Needless to say, my belt and jeans waistband looked the same off as on. I asked how many terrorists had been captured (I am 21-year federal employee with background check, hubby is a int'l airline pilot and Marine) -- none, of course. But keep those uninspected food items stocked in the secure area by workers with no screening!! 510a 20 TPA WN Airside C 2012-02-05 Lines. BDOs scouting prey. Hand Swabs. WTMD for crew and children only. MMW for all others. Opted out and had a professional and courteous pat down. all of the TSO were friendly and followed SOP. Would be better if there was no MMW, but had the best experience possible. 1000a 5-10 BUR WN 1 2012-02-05 MMW scanners in use DEN DL Colorado Flag Checkpoint 2012-02-04 Lanes open in left and center leading straight to MMW. Priority lane open on the right leading to WTMD only. You can simply walk over to this lane after having your BP checked, and screeners never say anything. TSA is in a good mood today, and this airport is one of the friendliest I go through. 1040a 5 JFK UA T7 2012-02-04 Easy SDOO as two of the three backscatters were not in use. 420p HNL AA 5 2012-02-04 NoS roped off & everyone thru the WTMD. 630a 0 JNU AS Only one 2012-02-04 New MMW in use for travellers who don't "opt out." 100p lax VX terminal 3 2012-02-04 picked the wrong lane and got the scanner; opted out; the pat down was not punitive or abusive; not as bad as I'd feared 1020a 5 sea DL S 2012-02-04 Courteous and professional TSA staff. We are a family with small children We had already decided that none of us would submit to pat down or nude-O-scope, we planned to miss our flight if either was required. We were very glad just WTMD so we could fly that day. 1130p 10 SJC UA A 2012-02-03 Only one scanner in use was nude o scope. Had to opt out. Smurf was mostly harmless. 700p 5 LAX AS Terminal 3, upstairs 2012-02-03 Left lane had metal detector only; rest were x-ray. Left lane was closed. Opting out was easy and treated with respect; patdown was very friendly and respectful. Backpack was later swiped while putting on shoes, again friendly. Good experience despite the patdown. 1220p 20 BOI DL Only 2012-02-02 BOI is quickly becoming one of the least efficient checkpoints in the country...lines move slowly, don't have WTMDs open, forcing everyone through backscatter machines 530a 10 PDX D/E 2012-02-02 All lanes forced thru nude scanner. No other option 1040a 5 ABE DL 2012-02-02 WTMD only at this airport. 230p 3 BOS B6 C40-42 2012-02-02 Backscatter for all passengers. TSA directed me and everyone in front of me to scanner; flight crew got to use the WTMD. 600p 0 PIT All Main 2012-02-02 All scanners off at the checkpoint - strange thing to see. 620p Bur WN A 2012-02-01 No magnomeyers; all directed to 800a Bur WN A 2012-02-01 No magnomeyers; all directed to 800a ABE UA 1 2012-02-01 No MMW or BS, TSA was polite and efficient. 110p 0 JFK Int'l Terminal 7 2012-02-01 I chose the pat-down which was professional and non-sexual 1100a SFO DL 1 2012-02-01 Everyone was being forced thru body scan. Security was lax and pat down wasn't bad. 1030p 5 COS All 2012-01-31 No scanners 1000a 4 PHL UA D 2012-01-31 Very efficient screening checkpoint... mainly because no nude-o-scopes are installed here! 520p 1 MSP AA Terminal 1, Checkpoint 1 2012-01-31 WTMD only. This is the line on the far right near the UA ticketing counter. Line was surprisingly short, only one person ahead of me, never been this lucky. I usually plan for at least a 30 minute security line since the wait times are always such a crap-shoot. 700a 1 Mco DL 60-129 2012-01-31 Far left side appears to have no scanners at all. Right side lanes with scanners were closed. 700a Mco DL 60-129 2012-01-31 Far left side appears to have no scanners at all. Right side lanes with scanners were closed. 700a iad UA main 2012-01-30 650a 10 Ord DL E 2012-01-30 Stay as far left as you can. There is a backscatter on the far right, standard metal detector on its left, and also on the far left. In my required lane the tsa were selecting ppl for backscatter. 900a 8 AUS WN left 2012-01-30 Priority line not in use, all passengers forced through scanner. 230p AUS AA middle 2012-01-30 Short line - all passengers forced through scanner. One TSAhole had the job of blocking access to the WTMD. What do we pay these people for? 230p AUS DL right (gates 14-25) 2012-01-30 TSA not giving the option to avoid the scanner. 300p SEA WN North 2012-01-30 Rightmost lane was 100% scanner, had to opt out 1100a 15 MCO WN Gates 60-129 2012-01-30 Yellow to Orange here. At this checkpoint for the high number gates, there appear to be two BKSX which are presently stationed on the outermost lanes. The remainder of lanes in the center use WTMD only. SDOO might be tricky sometimes but was doable for me. The multiple TDCs feed back into a single line (well two single lines, one left and one right, apart from the Clear line in the center, and the employee line), and when you get up to where this splits off into 3 or 4 possibilities, there is another TSO who may direct you into the BKSX line if you're really unlucky. But short of the worst possible timing when arriving to that point, you should be able to SDOO. MCO is always pretty busy seems to me so would have to hit extreme slow traffic time to only be using the BKSX lines. 1230p PVD UA 6 2012-01-29 Metal detector or MMW at TSA's choice, as usual I opted out 1030a 10 PVD UA 6 2012-01-29 Metal detector or MMW at TSA's choice, as usual I opted out 1030a 10 FNT DL 2012-01-29 MMW was primary screening; opted out; groper arrived in 10 secs; gathered my belongings and did quick patdown. Total time from opt-out to done: 2 minutes 250p 2 MSY WN B 2012-01-29 Leftmost lane with metal detector only was shut down. Nearly every passenger through millimeter wave scanner, but I got waved to the metal detector after a line of seven people formed. About half of the people I saw who went through the scanner also got a partial patdown. 230p 15 sea VX D/N (farthest North) 2012-01-29 far left lane wtmd only, but it went off on me at random (tsa announced it as "random"); i only got a swab of one of my items (no "pat down") 5a PDX UA D/E 2012-01-28 MMW for all this morning. firs 910a AUS central/middle 2012-01-28 Priority line on left was not in use. All passengers sent through millimeter wave scanner. 1240p 5 pdx DL all are ruined 2012-01-28 shoving someone in a radiation chamber with no probable cause is an unreasonable search. you have no probable cause. i want criminal charges filed against ALL TSA employees who have selected people for body scaners. tus AS B gates 2012-01-28 No scanners, but they did go all bag check-happy on my nice little family and groped my husband for no apparent reason. Too bad they had to be such creepy pervs -- I was looking forward to singing the praises of a safe harbor airport. 440p BOS UA Terminal C 2012-01-28 Long wait in line. I went through Premier Access and still waited about 15 min. They had backscatter and metal detectors, but were sending most people through the backscatters. I just went to the metal detector on the far left and just walked through, no problem. 900a 15 SEA DL Checkpoint 5 2012-01-27 WTMD in far left lane is still open. Our gate was at the opposite end of the terminal, but once through security we could walk or take the tram to get there. 1130a bgr DL Gates 1 - 3 2012-01-27 ECP WN All 2012-01-27 500p SFO UA T3 2012-01-27 No nude-o-scopes installed in T3 750a 8 PIT All Alternate 2012-01-27 That day and time we have to call it a red. At main checkpoint it looked like everyone went through BSX. So I went round to the alternate for the first time. Same thing, although in front of me a few people got directed over to the employee line with only a WTMD. 9:30am on a regular Friday is a slow time and I have recent secondhand info suggesting that busier time can mean no BSX even at alternate. 930a Sea AA A 2012-01-26 Back scatter infuse 720a MEM All B 2012-01-26 Backscatter radiation in use for ALL passengers. Metal detectors were blocked, and only used for crew/opt outs. 500p CMI AA Main 2012-01-26 Very quiet airport, one checkpoint lane, WTMD only. 500p Psc DL Main 2012-01-26 Still no scanners installed here. 600a 10 phl UA Terminal D 2012-01-26 Very quick and easy to get through, only metal detectors. AUS AA central/middle 2012-01-25 Both lines have both WTMD and scanners. Priority line on left had scanner roped off, regular line on right had scanner active. TSA was only allowing elite passengers to choose the WTMD-only line. RDU UA 2012-01-25 mm wave in use for all pax 7p 0 BWI WN terminal A/B, lower level near baggage claim 2012-01-25 checkpoint was deserted. No scanners at this checkpoint, metal detectors only. 200p 0 LAX Other Terminal 2 2012-01-25 Excessive wait time--don't remember for sure. For some reason people weren't going through the scanner very quickly, which mean the bag scanner couldn't push more bags through. 120p LAX UA 2012-01-25 They had backscatter units in both 2 lines. The lines started getting really long so they opened up a 3rd line which had only a metal detector. I went through the metal detector. CLE US B 2012-01-24 Smaller check point right of US Scare, only one line all through mmw. No issues with TSA agent issuing freedom grope. 510a 0 CLE US B 2012-01-24 Smaller check point right of US Scare, only one line all through mmw. No issues with TSA agent issuing freedom grope. 510a 0 SGU DL ONLY 2012-01-24 No Microwaves! Fast, Friendly and Efficient!! 900a 0 PVD US 2012-01-24 backscatter in use most lanes, but can't see which until you've committed 430p 30 RDU AA 2 2012-01-23 Elite lane, other lines much longer. All to mmw unless backed up. Opted out, cursory patdown 620a 2 ABQ AA Mai 2012-01-23 WTMD roped off for all lanes & all pax being sent thru NoS. I ended up w/yet another false positive from gumby & a tummy rub from a smurfette. Pax in front of me & both pax behind me also had false positives from gumby. This makes 3/4 false positives for me in the past 6 weeks from this airport & leads me to believe the Europeans were correct in getting rid of them as too unreliable & too many false positives. 720a 5 BWI FL Terminal B-near AirTran desks 2012-01-23 Very quiet; everyone went through scanner. Opted out--was done in about 2 minutes. 430a 0 FLL DL 2 2012-01-22 WTMD only in far right lane, backscatter required for all other lines. 130p 1 SFO UA T3 2012-01-22 Long lines for WTMD 20 MCO UA Gates 1-59 2012-01-22 MCO has always been a terrible airport for business travel. No elite or First Class security lanes at a import this large is a disgrace, only the ready to go bankrupt again CLEAR system in place. Also, sad that they install Back Scatter Radiation machines instead of the safer Millimeter Wave machines, always shocking to see children receiving full body radiation, however minimal. BKSX in effect in 4 of the 5 lanes open. Long wait through security. 30 PIT AA Main 2012-01-22 The sole WTMD-only lane was shut down, but not everyone was herded through the body scanners. ANC AS South 2012-01-21 Everybody sent through the scanner 530a lax UA 7 2012-01-20 many were sticking to the right to avoid the AITs 930a 15 TPA US Airside F 2012-01-20 This time, the only line open was the one leading to the MMW. It didn't matter whether you were in the elite ID check line or the standard one, they both fed to the MMW. The WTMD next to the MMW was roped off and only opened for the families with small children. Only way to avoid the MMW was to opt out. 410p 15 SEA DL A, N, S (South end of main terminal) 2012-01-20 Rapiscan X-rays in place; far left lane (of 3-4 open) had WTMD. TSO's were urging passengers to go to the screening points at the north end of the terminal because of 'long waits' even though the line was not long and was moving efficiently. I mentioned that due to recent surgery, I'd rather not walk across the whole airport, TSO sarcastically asked 'so you'd rather stand?' 1200p 7 BOS B6 Terminal C 2012-01-20 Only had two bays open. One bay had everyone go through the scanner, the other pulled some pax through the WTMD. 100p VPS All 2012-01-20 All passengers appeared to receive Millimeter Wave scans ATL FL Main 2012-01-18 Only lane 11 did not use NoS. Had to go right to have the option. 220p 20 SJC UA A 2012-01-18 Roughly 1/4 passengers sent through porn scanner. TSA selected the passengers. 500a 5 PDX WN C 2012-01-18 The lines were longer than I have ever seen. All passengers were run through the scanner. 600a 45 pit All main 2012-01-17 one lane with, one without, TSOs trying to prevent movement between lanes 9a 5 jfk B6 5 2012-01-17 All passengers asked to say our full names. Scanners were present but roped off. Not crowded or hectic; mood was calm. 630p OGG Other main 2012-01-17 Two lines, MMW in place for both, TSO's aggressive with extra screening, saw a barely-clothed young woman and 65+ woman pulled aside for additional screening. TSO's also conducting some patdowns *after* exiting the MMW (I had my hair patted down!?). 330p 15 pia UA All 2012-01-17 Backscatter for all passengers 200p 5 BOI All Only 2012-01-16 Everyone being sent through cancer boxes 400p ABQ Other N/A 2012-01-16 Metal Detectors roped off. Even with a backup forcing everyone through the nude-o-scopes. Patdown was quick and TSA agent apologetic for the "hassle". 2 DFW UA E16 2012-01-16 Still good at E15. 230p 10 BWI FL A/B 2012-01-16 Alternate checkpoint operating downstairs next to baggage claim 1. Virtually no waiting, and only walk-through metal detectors in use. Take note of the signs posted in the terminal and avoid both the pointlessly long lines and the body scanners if you're flying Airtran or Southwest. 1040a 1 BWI WN A/B 2012-01-16 Not a. Ad line for a Mnday holiday afternoon at BWI. WTMD machines Iin use. 5 JAC UA main terminal 2012-01-16 This small regional airport only has four security lanes that funnel into two WTMD. I did not see a body scanner in the security area. 1140a LAS DL D 2012-01-15 1100a 10 PHX WN T4 - Checkpoint C 2012-01-15 Between orange and red - most, but not all, passengers directed to BKSX. Opted out and was on my way after pat-down in five minutes. Polite and professional staff. 1140a 10 RST All Main 2012-01-15 MMW machine has come to Rochester, MN. Metal detector roped off to make you think you have no choice. OPT OUT ALWAYS. 0 SAN WN Terminal 1 gates 1-2 2012-01-15 Only the NoS in use...all went thru it 300p 5 HNL AA 5 2012-01-14 Wait time is due to the ability to use the Gold lane, otherwise, it would have been significantly higher due to only 1 of 2 lanes at that CP in use. Good news is that because of the back-up, NoS was roped off & everyone ushered thru the WTMD just as I started to unload my carryon for screening. 700a 5 ANC AS C 2012-01-14 One lane with both WTMD and MMW running, everybody picked their own line even when WTMD line was longer. Staff friendly and professional. My baby bumped her head on the metal detector and set it off, but we got to go back through it again. They were set up to do a gate check, but I pre-boarded and didn't see how it went. 1100a hsv FL Main 2012-01-14 Walk-through metal detectors in use, no body scanners yet. 450p 1 DEN DL main terminal 2012-01-14 MMW scanners in operation, some lanes have WTMD. I went to the far left and went through the metal detector. 800a MSP DL Terminal 1, Checkpoint 4 2012-01-14 Checkpoint 4 is still scanner-free, and with some of the nicest, most professional TSA screeners out there. 1200p 10 FLL CO Terminal 1, Concourse C 2012-01-13 X-rays were roped off (apparently not going to be used anymore at all!); everyone sent through one of three metal detectors. Lots of senior citizens with metal hips got patdowns, though. SFO VX T2 2012-01-13 Terminal 2 is still a groping-free, strip-search-free travel experience. 700p 5 LAS UA D 2012-01-13 Three lanes were running, all with MMW as the primary screening method. I ended up in the far left cluster. As the line for the MMW was backing up -- maybe 4 or 5 people in queue -- they would direct people through the WTMD. I was one of the lucky ones. Best bet is to delay & present yourself when there's a nice line queued up to go through the MMW. 600p 10 atl DL Main 2012-01-13 Checkpoint was crowded, so numerous WTMD-only lanes were open. I observed one WTMD/MMW pair where the moat dragon was sending everyone through the MMW. They even made an old lady get out of her wheelchair to go through the MMW! Easy to self-select a 'safe' lane. 330p 20 Mco AA A 2012-01-13 Scanners on far right and left lines only. Middle lanes WTMD only. SDOO easy. LOOONG wait as only 4 lanes open for 60 gates. 440p 30 ORD UA T2 2012-01-13 T2 terminal has one central security checkpoint, which is divided into a left and right sections. On the left only WTMD were being used. On the right is an X-ray backscatter machine. After you pass through security, you can access Terminals 1 and 3 400p PIT All Main 2012-01-12 Two luggage belts in use feed into a common area, left sided one is nearer to metal detector. I tried to switch lines at last minute and guy sees me do it and comes over tells me to take belt off and go to pervscope so I opt out. 15 Den DL Main checkpoint/terminal west 2012-01-11 Scanners operating. Far left family lane is WTMD only. Choose your own adventure. 450a 7 ORD Int'l T5 2012-01-11 All lanes had BKSX but one not in use 1000a 10 BOS WN E1A-E1E 2012-01-11 One line open with WTMD / BKSX combo. Sent about four of five passengers through BKSX. Had to wait a few minutes for male assist, but no problems beyond that. Professional staff. 1100a 5 ABQ F9 main 2012-01-11 Backscatter on all lines PDX Other D/E (North) 2012-01-11 Three (3) MMW 'scopes in use, only non-MMW lane cordoned off. No SDOO possible. Had to opt-out the conventional way. 530a ~15 MKE FL Concourse C 2012-01-11 two lines funneling in to one scanner; one not; couldn't tell what the criteria was for who got what. 630a 5 MDW WN main 2012-01-11 Millimeter wave machines in the right-most lanes. Stay to the middle for a metal-detector-only lane. While I was there, people were self-selecting into the metal detector lane while screeners were shouting at passengers "If you have a pacemaker, if you have implanted metal, go to the scanner lane". 1210p 10 Boi DL Main 2012-01-10 Fast no problems. No need to opt out. 1030a 5 sbn DL A 2012-01-10 500p smf DL A 2012-01-10 this airport has caused me significant emotional truama. TSA agent claimed it's 'OK FOR US TO ABUSE YOU SINCE YOU ARE AN ADULT." Gestapo...I do not need to be irradiated or touched inappropriately to board a plane. Thanks for ruining our nation. smf WN don't remember 2012-01-10 Refused to go through MMW, offered to go through WTMD. TSO refused. TSO were nicer here than in Portland, OR. Friendly, non-invasive pat down. Told TSO, the search violated my 14th admendment rights and she really needed a search warrant as the pat down was illegal. She acted surprised. I politely suggested she read the constitution. I only submitted to the search so I could fly. 10a LAX DL 5 2012-01-09 right hand line has no backscatter, so if you can get over there, you're good to go. 700a 10 bos DL Terminal A 2012-01-09 There were 4 lines open -- two BKSX/WTMD combos. Both BKSXs were being used, and TSA was directing most passengers into them. TSA directed me into the BKSX, so I had to opt out. 1120a 5 eug DL main 2012-01-09 100p 10 JFK UA T7 2012-01-09 WTMD roped off. Everyone forced to go through scanner. IAD UA Main 2012-01-08 Parents holding babies sent thru WTMD, almost all others forced thru the scanner. Opt out took an extra 10 minutes. 1020a 10 CHS UA Concourse A 2012-01-08 no scanners in sight at concourse A 630a 10 rdu DL 2 2012-01-08 metal detecor led straight to MMW: experience includes pat-down while inside machine by same-sex employee 430p 5 BOS B6 Terminal C--main 2012-01-08 One line has only WTMD--all others have WTMD and scanners 4p BOS B6 Terminal C gates 40-42 2012-01-08 Only one line, funnels to BKSX which was mandatory 440p BOS WN E 2012-01-08 No lines...quite a pleasant surprise. Had to stand on the blue squares, but did not have to take tissues ut of my pockets as I did a year ago at same machine. 2 LAX AA Priority Access Checkpoint-middle lane 2012-01-07 Picked the wrong checkpoint & ended up not only w/NoS but the slowest NoS I've ever seen. Even the smurf on the other side was complaining about how long it was taking & no matter how long the line, moat dragon refused to let anyone thru the WTMD except one guy in fatigues. 540a 5 SFO DL Terminal 1 gates 40-48 2012-01-07 Couldn't see any lane that had WTMD as primary or only option 720a TPA WN Southwest Terminal 2012-01-07 Two lines, everyone getting directed to MMW. WTMD was closed off. I was with my 3 year old son, and they actually opened the WTMD and let me, him, and the lady behind me through. Then they closed it off again and continued directing everyone else through MMW. Grateful that I didn't have to deal with opting out, but ridiculous that they use them at all! 1010a 5 Atl DL Main 2012-01-06 The checkpoint was very empty, so the only WTMD-only lane open was lane 11. I chose that one and had no issues. 1130a 5 ABQ AA Main 2012-01-06 Everyone except kids & flight crews put thru the NoS. I ended up w/yet another false positive (2nd in 3 trips) & a tummy rub from the smurfette. 740a 3 BDL DL Main 2012-01-06 Half the lines BKSX, half WTMD. Sheeple indifferent. 230p 5 IAH CO Terminal C 2012-01-06 Asked my name. I opted out of the AIT. They had a family line which used a traditional metal detector. 300p 8 BZN All 2012-01-06 No scanners; very quiet--no barking! cpr DL 2012-01-06 It is extremely sad and breaks my heart to hear Casper, WYOMING (!) is using the MMW in that manner... pdx WN ABC side 2012-01-06 Long lines. Almost all directed to go through MMW. I opted out. Staff shouting "Opt out! Opt out!. Female examiner acted angry, offered private or public pat down. Advised public is fine, just do not touch my private or expose them. She did okay, but acted angry throughout. 900a 45 SEA UA 5 (D/N) 2012-01-05 I was all prepared to do the rare and glorious double-opt-out, but thanks to TSA Status, I knew to take the far left lane in Checkpoint 5, so I didn't even have to do anything special. Just walked through WTMD no problem. It doesn't matter what your gate is. You can reach everything from inside security, so just pick Checkpoint 5 (the checkpoint closest to the D and N gates), pick the far left lane, pass through the WTMD, and find the way to your gate afterwards." 410a 5 Las VX B 2012-01-05 Left lane to scanner , chose right lane, walked right through 600p jfk DL T3 front 2012-01-05 there are 5 other security entrances to the DL gates (incl T2 and T4), I had no time to check them 300p 15 MSY UA c/d 2012-01-04 seemed to be picking men for AIT 4p 5 BUR AA only only 1 checkpoint in airport? 2012-01-04 metal detector at checkpoint. i didn't see AIT, but am worried about some of the 12/11 posts now. 1100a CLT All B 2012-01-03 Backscatter roped off at B this morning. 800a CLT All C 2012-01-03 C is still WTMD only 800a 5 CLT All A 2012-01-03 800a Sea AS North 2012-01-03 Left lane still has wtmd only. Easy sdoo. 300p 1 SAN US Terminal 2 2012-01-03 Scanners in use, random pull out, had to opt out 830a 30 SEA AS North (D/N) 2012-01-03 Reports of the self directed metal detector lane on the far left were accurate. All other checkpoints (A, B) were scan city 700p LAS US AB 2012-01-03 The middle is the key at this checkpoint. Both conveyers in the middle lane feed to only a WTMD. It is easy to avoid the other two lanes that have the MMW. Be observant for while waiting in line for the id check. 1110a 5 Sfo VX 2 2012-01-03 1200p SEA UA Checkpoint 5 (N/S gates, northmost) 2012-01-03 Halfway through the ID line wait, line splits into thirds; stay in the left third. Middle lane is 50/50, left lane is safe (doesn't appear to have enough space to put in a scanner). 600a 10 BOS WN E1A-E 2012-01-03 Stayed left for WTMD only 800a 5 ORD AS T3 2012-01-03 There were two lanes open, and everyone was being funneled to the radiation machines. They pulled people out at random to go through the WTMD, though (I watched one lady go to the WTMD, and TSA made her go to the line for the BKSX, then just before she got there he pulled her back out of line and sent her to the WTMD - go figure!), and fortunately both of us travelling together were selected to go through there. 530p ont US 4 2012-01-03 MWave scanners used exclusively until line became too long then opened metal detectors and sent people through those until line was shorter then back to scanners. we were grateful they left us and our daughter thru the detector and were very friendly. 830p 15 DAB DL Domestic Terminal 2012-01-03 Everyone except families were asked to go through MMW. Staff was friendly so and opt-out probably would've be easy. 930a DAB DL Domestic Terminal 2012-01-03 Everyone except families were asked to go through MMW. Staff was friendly so opt-out probably would've been easy. 930a 0 den All terminal A 2012-01-02 everyone directed through scanners, and rude tsa agents to boot. 8a PIT DL Main 2012-01-02 In the main line, SDOO by choosing the left document checker. First/bus line leads to WTMD. Express line leads to BKSX. Possible for them to pick you out of the safe line and into the BKSX if for some reason nobody is using it. 800a 5 SLC DL Terminal 2 2012-01-02 At terminal 2, make your way into the middle of the three lines. Note that since the MMW and WTMD share one bag X-ray lane, it will be very difficult to not get the MMW in a line that is using it. 300p SLC DL Terminal 3 2012-01-02 When I walked by it, saw the MMW was closed for a shift change. While closed, although some went through the detector, they appeared to be intentionally slowing down the security process. Soon it opened again and happily the TSA could microwave people again. 300p PDX AS C gates 2012-01-02 leftmost lane was the only lane with choice of backscatter or metal. TSA choose your path, but not sure of criterion. Looks like when it was backed up on backscatter, overflow went through metal. 700p 10 phl DL Terminal D/E 2012-01-02 Amazingly, no full body scanners. A pleasant security experience, which is becoming very rare these days. 340p 10 PIT Main 2012-01-02 Picked somebody up at airport and observed. Two lines lead to both WTMD and BKSX, can attempt to choose left line which is nearer but the keeper "randomly" selects people for scanner. Seemed to be mostly males and minorities selected during my ~20 minute observation. 6p 5 sea UA North checkpoint 2012-01-02 Elite line 100% scanner, had to opt out, WTMTblocked 710a 15 RSW AA 2012-01-02 Still old-fashioned metal detectors only IAH CO Terminal E (auxiliary) 2012-01-02 Can't believe IAH is still asking the "state your name" BS... the checkpoint itself was running concurrent WTMD and scopes and just randomly picking people for either. No way to choose your own adventure, you're at the whim of the TSO. 700a 15 EWR CO C-2 2012-01-02 Elite Access is WTMD only; otherwise, one scanner and one metal detector PIT All main 2012-01-01 roped off for first/bus line, but in periodic use for main line 830a 15 BOS B6 C 2012-01-01 Gates 40-42. All lanes feed into the same machine, but TSA agent wasnt directing anyone to go into the backscatter (nominally in use) 620p smf AA b 2012-01-01 If no line, they direct you through MMW. Opt outs are sent through gate behind WTMD, not through scanner. Grope-down did not touch "resistance". 600a 0 OKC AA 2012-01-01 OKC still clear, metal detectors only, no patdown STL WN 2 2012-01-01 Middle Lanes went thru Back Scatter, outside lanes WTMD 20 ATL US A 2012-01-01 it was EXTREMELY crowded there, and i almost missed my flight! But i didn't see any lanes blocked off. 1200a 30 BLI AS All 2012-01-01 No porno scanners there. All regular metal detectors. 600a BOS AA B22-B36 2011-12-31 All open lanes had WTMD/BKSX combos. BKSX is primary but TSOs send some passengers through WTMD when the BKSX line backs up. 700a 5 DEN US Terminal West 2011-12-31 Far right side lines have no AIT. Suggest you look "preoccupied" as you amble toward those, rather than deliberately choosing non-invasive lane. 540a 3 OGG AS main 2011-12-31 only one AIT, in the far right lane. I kept left and went through one of two WTMDs, with no trouble. 220p 15 STL WN 2 2011-12-31 Lanes 2 and 3 share BKSX, 1 and 4 are WTMD only. Choose your own adventure after the document checker. For lanes 2 and 3 on this date and time, passengers were randomly chosen for BKSX. 150p 15 OAK WN 2 2011-12-31 One scanner not on, two metal detectors in use, one scanner in use for some who chose it. 830a 10 rap DL 2011-12-31 horrible DTW DL McNamara, upstairs 2011-12-31 All WTMD blocked off, both downstairs and upstairs. Typical TSA barking. 1000a ACK All 2011-12-30 X-ray only 1000a 0 YYZ DL T3 (US Departure) 2011-12-30 "Randomizer" pad used to select some passengers for MMW, others sent through WTMD 830a 15 smf DL A 2011-12-30 http://www.infowars.com/florida-airport-could-be-first-in-us-to-ban-naked-body-scanners/ KEEP COMPLAINING EVERYBODY! lax UA ALL 2011-12-30 I have to take a MINIMUM 1MG XANAX to go anywhere near the TSA after all the abuse bos B6 C11-C36 2011-12-30 People chosen randomly for BKSX, but mine was roped off by the time I got my shoes off. So I got lucky and all the people after me could choose WMTD only. 5p EWR Int'l B60-B68 2011-12-30 Left lane seemed to lead to WTMD, but passengers in that lane were (more or less randomly?) funneled to either WTMD or MMW, and passengers in other lanes were sometimes directed to the WTMD. TSA droid rudely yelled "Hands up!" at the pornoscanned. 400p 15 SEA AS N 2011-12-30 I was very glad to see this site, and followed the advice to stay in the left lane. Just went through the WTMD, there was no problem. I did get chosen for "random screening", which was a breeze. Thanks to all who posted before. 430p jfk DL T3 2011-12-30 WTMD roped off. Everyone forced through scanner. Yelled at too. JFK DL T2 2011-12-29 They were not sending anyone through the scanner but asked passengers to say our full names for enhanced security. 700a 20 dfw AA C21 2011-12-29 WTMD closed off, everyone directed to MMW scanner 700a cak UA All 2011-12-29 New security checkpoint up and running complete with 1 MMW nude-o-scope scanner. 200p 10 ORD UA T1 2011-12-29 Naughty smurfs with their nude-o-scopes zapping everyone 640p 10 den CO west 2011-12-29 security guy said they were "radio" not x-ray scanners, but I opted out because they were bigger than metal detectors and I have no idea what they really are. 1200a yyz Other T1 2011-12-29 Could not pick my own line but did not see body scanners lines anyway. Why do you have to take off your shoes in Toronto but not in Montreal? 800a yul Other A 2011-12-29 I was among the first people that day, I was directed to a standard metal detector. People were keeping their shoes on! 400a 45 EWN All only one 2011-12-29 No scanners MHT UA Main 2011-12-29 Light traffic; all pax directed through newly-installed MMW scanners. No non-MMW lane apparent anywhere at airport. 0 PHX US 4/A 2011-12-28 Xray closed at lane 6 on right. 1200p 5 CLE CO C 2011-12-28 All lanes have a MMW and WTMD pair and they were randomly sending people through each. 720a 5 sfo DL 1 2011-12-28 please dont go here they are deviating from yellow. it was red today but they were nice about it. some agents better than others. ord VX T3 2011-12-28 Check #7, Check #9 had xray. #7 allowed SDOO. Check #8 (Elite/1st) WRMD Only. a SFO UA T3 2011-12-28 Nice to fly out of SFO T3... well behaved smurfs and no porn machines 450p 1 GEG AS Concourse C 2011-12-28 WTMD in both lanes. Staff friendly and efficient. cpr UA 2011-12-28 mmw for all passengers. whined when I opted out. ATL DL South 2011-12-28 First-class line is WTMD at that checkpoint, all others are MMW. Was treated courteously. 1100a 0 pbi DL C 2011-12-27 All lanes have MMW and WTMD pair except far left, which is almost never open. 80% of people probaly go through the MMW. Try to time it so there is 2-3 people waiting for the MMW, and they might send you to the WTMD. 600a 10 fay DL 1 2011-12-27 awesome airport. effective and thorough security without the terahetz dna damage or eye damage or sexual assaults. i love my hometown airport. peace to all. =) pdx AS a/b/c 2011-12-27 every single passenger. mtd are roped off. 350p SNA All A 2011-12-27 No games. No gropes observed in 10 min, some swabbing. 520a 10 RSW DL C 2011-12-27 No scanners in sight, only WTMD. :-) 100p SYR DL North/Terminal B 2011-12-27 Flew out on afternoon of 12/27 - no one in the airport, so had empty security line for the North terminal (higher numbered gates). No AIT, metal detectors only. I was randomly beeped at though, after I passed through the detector for a shoe screening. It took almost no time at all and staff was pleasant. 140p 0 FFL WN 2011-12-27 11a BOS CO Terminal A 2011-12-27 Was traveling with my wife and kids so we walked through the WTMD but most pax were being scanned.... They're also asking the silly assinine "security questions" at the TDC desk. I don't see the point of that at all and if my wife wasn't there to comply (roll over) on my behalf it probably wouldn't have gone as smoothly as it did. It's none of TSA's business where we live or where we're going. 300p 10 AUS All far right 2011-12-27 This checkpoint now has a scanner - disregard 2011-11-27 comment AZA Other only 1 terminal 2011-12-27 Mesa Phoenix Regional Airport-only 2 airlines here 800a PHX US B gates 2011-12-26 4 lanes open, 3 w/NoS as primary. NoS on the far left side blocked off, so easy to opt-out. 810a 4 PHX US Term 4, gate b 2011-12-26 herding everyone to porno, if you try the metal detector they pull you out for the backscatter DAL CO Terminal 1 2011-12-26 WTMD roped off, MMW scanners for all. SEA B 2011-12-26 p Bur AS B 2011-12-25 WTMD only. No AIT in sight. 630a 10 jfk AA terminal 8 2011-12-25 machine off in lane 3, random scanning lane 4 1200p 5 ORD UA T2 2011-12-25 Went to T2 and tried to stay left, but it was so empty, I was singled out and herded right into the backscatter lane. I tried to stay left and they swooped in asking if there was a problem. Then I was lied to by the agent telling me it wasn't backscatter, when it clearly is. All backscatters in use in T1, so still worth trying T2. At least there's a chance you can get into regular xray. 1130a 0 BOS UA C 2011-12-25 A few people through WTMD but vast majority through x-rays. Opt 120p EWR Int'l B 60-69 2011-12-25 Some go to metal dectors, others sent to MMW. Grope-down was tolerable, but annoying. sfo DL 2011-12-25 they supposedly were asking people to go thru MMW, even though they were in SDOO position? usually they are better than this....but they still are less hostile than other CA airports I do believe. JFK B6 Terminal 5 2011-12-25 They were directing every other person thru either the WTMD or the backscatter machine, It was chaos, due to language barriers, when my turn came, I just walked thru the MTMD, whew! All that worry for nothing. The new machines definately create a traffic jam. 630p 10 ATL DL Main 2011-12-25 As usual, a very easy SDOO. Keep right (with the exception of lanes 1-4) to avoid the MMW. 730a 10 smf DL A 2011-12-24 their policy is to "put as many through scanner as possible." unpredictable but you may get lucky. they will never allow you to talk your way out of using MMW...so avoid and try RDD or SFO T3. Even SFO T2 is better than the TSA here. Opt out pat-downs are "by the book" but not overly aggressive...still a horrific experience and they ruined my christmas. =( Will it ever get better? ABQ WN A 2011-12-24 I was very annoyed to be asked to part with my billfold and remove everything from my pockets such as boarding pass, plastic pens, and artificial sweetner packets. 420p SFO UA 3 2011-12-24 New porn machines. Avoided by going thru regular security line near check-in. Porn machines located down the hall past the old American Airlines check-in point. They opened them up while I was waiting in the regular line without telling us that they were porn machines so mass migration ensued. Having made the trek only a few of us opted to return for the metal detection machines. 30 CMI AA Main 2011-12-23 Still WTMD only. 650a 3 abq WN 2011-12-23 NoS primary until the lane would back up & then pax waved thru WTMD. Timed it right, behind 2 wheelchairs, & got the WTMD. 640a 7 Iah Int'l D 2011-12-23 Sending through WTMD if line at scanner IAH DL A (North) 2011-12-23 Only one MMW booth present; I managed to avoid it by fumbling with my bag until the scanner was closed off and I was directed through the WTMD instead 1100a 7 BUR US A 2011-12-23 2 lanes, each had WTMD with MMW next to it. Looked like both MMW were roped off, but probably only a matter of time... :-( 500p ELM Other Only 2011-12-23 No AIT but plenty of room for it smf DL b 2011-12-23 horrible. avoid at all costs. JFK AA T8 2011-12-23 Long lines all pax through WTMD. Smurfs on best behavior. 330p dfw UA E16 2011-12-23 The party is over in terminal E :( 100p smf WN B 2011-12-23 BDL All Main 2011-12-22 BSX not in use, some gate gropes observed, random swabbing 430a 5 SLC DL 2 2011-12-22 Consistent with other reports, stay right 1200p LGB DL 1 2011-12-22 Safe until sometime in 2013. 70 year old woman was dragged off to the dungeons though. 1000a 5 SFO AS Terminal 1 - Alaska Gates 2011-12-22 Middle lane has backscatter, with random selection between that and the nearby metal. Left or right lanes have metal only. Choose your adventure! 100p Phx B6 3 north 2011-12-22 1050p 0 BOS UA C 2011-12-22 Not all lanes have X-rays, and those that exist were roped off. 820a 10 SEA UA Checkpoint 5 D/N 2011-12-22 Longer wait time, but very friendly. SDOO for Elite/First/Crew line if you stay to the far right side. BKSK at all other lines. 630a 10 MEM DL B 2011-12-22 Right side of checkpoint had scanner roped off 630p ALB Only 2011-12-22 5 MCO AA Gates 1-59 2011-12-21 Not a lot of people in line, but TSOs were directing passengers into specific lanes after TDC (going to another lane was not an option). TSO was mainly directing people to the outermost lines, which have a combination of BKSX and WTMD. Passengers were then randomly directed to WTMD or BKSX. While waiting in line, the line lengthened due to delays at the BKSX and it eventually appeared like it was possible for later passengers to select their own line. If you have a choice, select a middle line as it is mostly the outer lanes with BKSX. 1100a 25 LGA DL Secondary checkpoint in delta terminal 2011-12-21 No scanners at either checkpoint for Delta at LGA! 600a 20 aus WN central/middle 2011-12-21 BOS DL Terminal A 2011-12-21 There were 4 lines open -- two BKSX/WTMD combos. Both BKSXs were being used, and TSA was directing most passengers into them. The baggage x-ray belts were backing up since the BKSXs were slowing down the line. I managed to time it right and luckily got to go through the WTMD. 830a 10 ORD UA T1 2011-12-21 Naughty smurfs at ORD T1 were running their cancer inducing porn machines. Opted out. 550p 2 BSL DL Main 2011-12-21 All lanes have BKSX, however every other lane feed into a WTMD. Once past TDC, self select line to join. One TSA agent pointing people to the right to ease build up of people on the left, easy to ignore him and go where you want. 630a 10 rdu DL 2 2011-12-21 600p 5 BDL DL Main 2011-12-21 After ticket/ID checked at TDC, free to choose line. One TSO was directing people to the right to avoid congestion - easy to avoid/ignore him. For every one BKSX line, there was one WTMD line next to it. 640a 10 MSP DL Terminal 1, Checkpoint 1 2011-12-21 Still no scanners at this checkpoint. The staff was very nice, and the line here was visibly longer than the AIT checkpoints. Staff tried to tell people who noted how long it took that "it's faster at the other end" (i.e. - where the AIT is) Our wait was long, but there were many inexperienced fliers holding things up. 500a 30 ALB UA main/only 2011-12-21 MMW scanners used for almost everyone. 630a pit All main 2011-12-20 WTMD and BKSX in use, all stations. "Left-hand" lines seem to be mostly WTMD. Somewhat possible to select your own lane after the agent checks your boarding pass, they didn't seem to be funneling people into lines like they have sometimes done at this airport. 700a 10 SEA WN Main 2011-12-20 WTMD and BKSX in use, possible to select your own lane after the document checker. 840a LAX DL 5 2011-12-20 left lane was *mostly* metal detector (for me at least), but occasionally a random lane 1 person got pulled to lane 2 (backscatter) 700p EWR DL Terminal B 40-47 2011-12-20 Was asked by TSA to do the body scanner, I looked at them confused and they let me just walk through the metal detector w/o a pat down, I was running late for my flight though and grabbed my stuff before they could even ask for a pat down :X Got on the flight w/o incident. 200p 0 las WN B/C Gates 2011-12-20 Center line has no NOS/MMW 0 ORD UA T2 2011-12-20 Three leftomost lanes using WTMD only. 6a LAX WN 2011-12-20 11a dca AA gate 32 2011-12-20 Metal detector at checkpoint; randomly screening bags at gate--pointless but unobtrusive (only cursory search of bag). 3 agents, 1 searching, 2 standing there. 450a LAX UA T6 2011-12-19 Almost all passengers were herded through the cancer boxes. Opted out; the smurfs refused to hand a complaint card. 340p 5 Pdx WN ABC 2011-12-19 Scanners being used for every single passenger going through this checkpoint. Screening was very slow. PDX used to be a breeze to get through security, but lately they've gotten pretty slow. 30 BUR WN Only 2011-12-19 The Level3 BKSX were broken, but a frequent BUR traveller commented it was the slowest he had seen the post flashlight-on-license line move. Also dodged the random bag checks at the gate, which would cause passengers to lose cattle call priority 140p 10 SEA AS D/N 2011-12-19 The far left lane is still safe, HOWEVER, this checkpoint closes early in the evening. If you arrive at the airport after 7 PM, this checkpoint may not be an option. SFO UA T3 2011-12-18 No porn machines at T3 200p 1 SJC WN B 2011-12-18 Never knew holiday songs made smurfs schizophrenic. Chose the metal detector, then they fired up the BKSX. As the first victim was being "examined", the smurfs pulled a couple of us back toward the metal detector. Lucky escape! 1100a 5 gso DL 2011-12-18 this airport has given me at least some breathing room this year. I'll miss it when the TSA destroys it, which they will as not enough people are standing up to L-3's rampage. SMF B6 Terminal B 2011-12-18 Opted out due to history of skin cancer. MMW is mandatory and male TSA clerk said it was safe, but I didn't trust him. Received a quick patdown by a lady who seemed embarrassed by her job. Would try to avoid this airport from now on, too many lines, rude male TSA agents. 600p 15 rdu DL 2 2011-12-17 You're really asking for it if you go here. I am quitting flying all together starting in January. I'm through with the TSA abuse!! DCA UA 2011-12-17 Mercifully nude-o-scope free! SNA UA B 2011-12-17 No scanners at B. Wasn't asked any questions and wasn't asked to say my name. 7a 5 sjc UA Terminal A 2011-12-16 Use line 3 or 4 to use WTMD and avoid backscatter. 810a 5 DEN UA Main 2011-12-16 Pick your own line, and it was easy to tell which lines had scanners and which lines didn't. BTR CO N/A 2011-12-15 SFO DL Terminal 1, Gates 40-48 2011-12-15 Name game confirm first/last. Delta agents directing people to security lines. Elite line had only WTMD, all other MMW as primary. Elite lane roped off after ID check. Jumped in front of elite line after waiting in general security lane and was able to go through WTMD. rdm DL 1 2011-12-15 Tiny Airport, 2 x-ray lanes, 1 MMW between them. Used as primary 520a ANC AS S 2011-12-15 3 lanes, 3 backscatter machines, but only 1 machine in use. Free to choose other two lines, but most people queued up for the machine, because it was the closest line. No waiting on the other two lines. LAS WN ABC 2011-12-15 4 checkpoints open, but was able to self-select the WTMD only lane on the far left side. NoS primary for the other lanes w/men's wallets being subjected to 'inspection' by screener after. 230p MIA CO H 2011-12-15 Both WTMD roped off, only MMW available. Walked through WTMD when I opted out. p 5 BUR B6 Terminal 1 2011-12-15 MMW machines are being installed, not in use yet. BWI International 2011-12-15 Millimeter wave scanners for some, walk-through metal detectors for others. STI AA International 2011-12-15 5 DFW AS E16 2011-12-15 E15 and E16 still good. 700p 5 ATL DL International Arrivals 2011-12-15 was selected for secondary upon entering from international flight. First smurf had power-trip and discriminated against me because I am short...I really think they have quotas for how many people they have to "send" to the scanners or secondaries...IT IS LIKELY THEY PICK ON SINGLE PASSENGERS. Second TSA agent who "received me" for secondary screening said first smurf was a jerk and just asked me to verbally say I didn't have anything illegal and let me go on my way. He didn't even search my stuff. In general, ATL airport seems to be fairly reasonable overall. There seems to be an internal checks and balances here from the management where passengers can still enjoy their flights from this airport without needless pat-downs (assaults). ABE DL 2011-12-15 Line was slow, but no hassles from TSA. 400p LHR Int'l Termina 5 2011-12-15 WTMD in all lanes. abq WN 2011-12-14 6 minutes from ID checker to the other side, mainly because of the woman in front of me taking so long to unload/undress. Screeners sending everyone thru the NoS until the line backed up, then would open up the WTMD. Managed to avoid NoS thanks to 2 opt-outs who confused the moat dragon & just waved me thru the WTMD she opened up. 830a 6 PHL US D 2011-12-14 No such machines at any of the several lines. 600a 5 MFR All It's a really small airport 2011-12-14 See story at http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111214/NEWS/112140314 PIT All Main 2011-12-13 Nudeoscope is sadly back up and running for First Class/Express lanes. Everybody through nudeoscope. Took 15 minutes to even get a groper. Couldn't define the term "resistance". 830a 22 DTW McNamara 2011-12-13 Lower level checkpoint had the MMW roped off 7p pdx AS ABC 2011-12-13 Very short line, everyone using 1st class. Machine is MMWV Provision 800p 5 msn UA All 2011-12-13 No scanners yet 100p 5 Dca DL 14-22 2011-12-12 Everybody through nude-o-scope. Groper gives nice ball massage. 530a 2 SEA UA Checkpoint 5 (D/N) 2011-12-12 SEA is now mostly safe for elites at this checkpoint. Use the elite lane and you'll walk straight into a metal detector-only lane. Just don't veer left at all after the ID check- stay right against the wall. Far left lane still works for non-elites to SDOO. 700a STL WN E gates, SWA/AirTran terminal 2011-12-12 I was one of the first through security this morning, and when I went through there were only two lines open, choose-your-own: one WTMD only, one WTMD and backscatter. They opened more lines almost immediately, and I think (not 100% sure, it was stupid early and I was groggy) those were WTMD only. The far right lane is the one I went through, WTMD only. 430a 2 mke WN D52 2011-12-12 Not many passengers. Random selection. I had to go through. 130p BOS US B/4-14 2011-12-12 Two lines: The one on the left has two queues and backscatter and magnetometer. The one on the right has a single queue and only magnetometer. Unfortunately, it was closed when I arrived, so I wound up with a patdown. Over 50% of people were selected for the backscatter. As I was being felt up, the other line opened... 340p 5 sfo DL Terminal 1, Gates 40-48 2011-12-12 At a slow time, nearly all, if not all, passengers were going through the MMW. SFO is private (not TSA) and (at least at this checkpoint) different in a few ways. There was no behavioral detection today ("What is your name?") but, as usual, they enforced the bag size restriction, which never happens anywhere else. As an opt-out, they earn points for friendliness, but not for efficiency (this was a theme throughout the process). They seemed to be logging opt outs, too. I got the feel-up with plenty of time to make the flight. 940p 5 bos DL Terminal A 2011-12-12 Not much traffic, and slightly more than half of passengers were sent through Rapiscan. SDOO looked possible but definitely not certain. 930a 1 FLL WN 2011-12-12 There are no body scanners at the Southwest terminal. Just really long lines. Walkthrough metal detector set to beep even when you have no metal - random selection for chemical testing swabs. 2p 25 DAY All All 2011-12-12 MMW. 10 opt-outs in 10 departures. TSA puts new gloves on in my sight, so I don't have to ask them to change gloves. 530a 15 MIA AA D2 2011-12-11 Lanes 1 and 3 WTMD. Lanes 2 and 4 MMW. 1130a MHT Other 2011-12-11 WTMD only seen at all c/p's msp Other Terminal 1, Checkpoint 1 2011-12-11 No scanners at all in this checkpoint yet PIT UA Main 2011-12-11 Main line dumped us out in an area with several TDCs, and I chose the one to the far left. Far left lane had X-ray belts on either side of a WTMD. BKSX and WTMD in all other lines, but far-left line seemed to just have WTMD. I believe the WTMD was marked #2. 600p MBS DL 2011-12-11 Better than FNT ! 210p BWI US D 2011-12-10 Saturday morning at terminal D was not so busy, and one TSA agent was sending every passenger through the body scanner. I counted 12 of us waiting in line to go through security and I saw 3 people try to go through the metal detector, but the TSA agent directed them to the body scanner. The sheeple didn't object, and went through the body scanner no questions asked. I got a bit nervous but when my turn came, I clearly said to the TSA person, I'm opting out, and I would like a pat down. Surprisingly the TSA replied, "ok, male assist." Another TSA person yelled back, why? And the first TSA person said, person is opting out. TSA guy comes to me and says, why don't you want to go through the scanner, and i said, because I have the option to go throught it, don't I? Then he asked me if i wanted a private pat down, and i said no, it can be done in public. The pat down was not bad at all, but then again, I'm not american and from where I come from, touching and hugging is not as taboo as it is for most americans, so I felt the pat down was nothign special. What is sad to see is that nobody else that I saw opted out from the porn scanner. Lame! 2 BWI WN Security Gate A/B, Terminal A10 2011-12-10 No X-ray present. MMW in use, but it was choose your own lane. I went through a regular metal detector only. 800a 1 BWI WN A/B 2011-12-10 In lines for terminals A&B (both sides of the Southwest check-in counters), one line was open at each. A series of passengers was directed through the metal detector, then a series through the adjacent MMW. 1230p 5 CLE CO C 2011-12-10 both WTMDs and MMW scanners were in use, but there were 4-5 different lines. Some were using both, some only the WTMDs. Steered towards a leftish lane that only had a WTMD and had no trouble at all. 700a 5 LGA AA CTB-D 2011-12-10 Priority (Lane 1) WTMD. Lane 2 WTMD. Lane 3 Backscatter. 650a 2 JFK UA T7 2011-12-10 WTMD was in use but closed off just after I entered the queue 600a cak UA All 2011-12-10 While CAK currently has no scanners, they are constructing a new security checkpoint which I am told will have the scanners, Not sure if they will be MMW or the Backscatter 9a 2 ANC AS South/Main 2011-12-10 MMW machines in place but not in use 630a 0 PDX US ABC 2011-12-09 All lines had MMW/WTMD combo. Was lucky to be directed to WTMD. I'd estimate more than half were being sent to MMW 3 pit US alternative 2011-12-09 LGA DL D terminal 2011-12-09 Spoke briefly with a TSO, who mentioned that they did not know if/when LGA's D terminal was getting scanners. Also mentioned that they wanted no part of them because of the headaches they cause TSOs! Very quick and professional screening, sharp contrast to my experiences at BWI and DCA. 400p 15 EWR CO A 2011-12-09 Annoyingly long lines in narrow corridor, but no NoS. 700p 15 BOS DL 1 2011-12-08 With high traffic, all lanes were open. However, TSA didn't have the manpower—or didn't want the lines to grow too long given how much longer it takes to get through the Rapiscan—to have most of the machines on. A couple lines were using them, but most were roped off. It was quite easy to choose one of the lanes with the roped-off machines, and the blue shirts didn't seem to care. 430p 11 DCA DL B 2011-12-08 1100a 0 phl All Terminal D 2011-12-08 No scanners, short lines, quick and efficient 800a SLC All C 2011-12-08 Didn't go thru, just observed. Few pax and lots of TSOs, mos pax seemed to go through WTMD. 920p 0 CLL CO main 2011-12-08 No scanners and I've heard no plans to install them. TSA is usually very polite here. Was asked how to say my last name. Agent took my daypack apart and re-xrayed everything - no idea what he was looking for. 720a 0 DEN DL Main Terminal 2011-12-08 During slow times (early morning/late night, early afternoon), they will rope off the WTMDs and send all pax through MMW. SDOO is easy if WTMD lanes are open--once you're clear of the TSO checking IDs, head for the lane that the priority line dumps into and you're safe. No random pulling over to MMW lines here. 5-45 LGA UA CTB-C 2011-12-08 Didn't see any NoS scanners. TDC was friendly to my gf, who was flying w/o ID. 800a TUP DL Main 2011-12-08 No NoS at this airport. Let's keep it that way! MHT US B 2011-12-08 Although the number of scanners was naught, a TSA operative stated to another curious passenger that scanners were to arrive "next week". Take that as you will. 340p den AA Main 2011-12-07 It was pick your own line, many scanners in use; I found a lane leading to a regular metal detector; it was longer and full of kids but I sure didn't mind the extra wait 5 TYS All 2011-12-07 Scanners used as primary screening unless line backs up 1100a SFO UA T3 Elite Checkpoint 2011-12-07 There are three screening areas in T3; the elite and main checkpoints are clear; the overflow checkpoint closest to T2 has scanners BWI FL downstairs near baggage claim 2011-12-07 New checkpoint just opened with only walkthrough metal detectors. Downstairs from the main A and B checkpoints. Access to A and B gates only. 330p 2 YYC Other Canadian Domestic, Concourse A for Air Canada 2011-12-06 For domestic Air Canada flights (not U.S. bound): there is one MMW machine for the general line. If you are in the Elite line for AC Aeroplan or NEXUS, you will not be fed into the MMW line. However, they will swab your hands if you are anything but NEXUS. 300p One ANC AS South 2011-12-06 Three microwave machines were installed on Dec. 4th, and were operating that day. On the evening of the 6th, all were down, "for calibration". 750p tlh US main 2011-12-06 Scanner is primary. 2p 0 oma A gates 2011-12-06 OGG DL Main 2011-12-06 MMW in use at main checkpoint. Right-hand lane was sending 100% of people through it, and a TSO was randomly pulling people from the left lane into it. The person in line in front of me was selected and opted out. TSO tried to talk him into going through, but when he held to his refusal, they appeared to handle it very professionally. 20 sea WN Main 2011-12-05 Choose your own adventure by going to the rightmost (elite / A-list) even after going through the general queue DEN All security lanes, main terminal both north and south ends 2011-12-05 All lanes must use nude body scanners. No way to get around them at any lanes. 420p 0 ATL DL Main 2011-12-05 Lanes 11 and 16 only ones without NoS, yet people were waiting in line for NoS while WTMD had no line. 1140a 3 PDX B6 ABC (south) 2011-12-05 bad timing, got opt-out grope, both of us 830p 10 CLD UA The one 2011-12-05 No NoS. Saw a handheld metal detector. Same bag that passed unmolested in DAY earlier that day got an annoying search at CLD. 740p 5 FNT DL 2011-12-04 All pax required to go to NoS. Had to ask TSO to change gloves prior to patdown. Ran his hands twice inside my waistband because my "shirt tail was tucked in", but insisted this is not a new procedure ("always been this way). FNT has become an airport to avoid. Phx DL 3 2011-12-04 All WTMD here. aua AA all 2011-12-04 SCE DL Main Checkpoint 2011-12-04 Small airport; no backscatter installed 0 PHX UA 2 2011-12-04 UA at PHX. At least they were friendly while they violated my rights. 810p 0 ABQ AA 2011-12-04 Only allowed kids thru WTMD-everyone else thru a scanner. Scanner felt my turtleneck was an threat resulting in a grope/grab/squeeze of the right side of my neck from screener after, but that was it. 600a 0 PIT US Main 2011-12-04 There is a scanner-free line to the far left and I had no problem using it. 330p dal CO Terminal 1 2011-12-04 MMW installed but not in use yet BUF UA 2011-12-03 It was mostly choose your own lane, with some randomly selected. I got selected, told the agent I was pregnant and could't go in the machine, and he just let me go through the metal detector with no grope down (sorry guys, that won't work for you!) dfw AA A33 2011-12-03 Roughly 50-50%. People "randomly" assigned to a metal detector or a scanner. Bos DL 1 2011-12-02 Some in right side line put through X-ray, but all left siders sent through WTMD; X-ray was roped off. Right side appeared to be possible to self select. Point yourself towards WTMD line. Right after I passed through, they switched over to having both X-rays open and directing about half the passengers to each. Using the X-rays is much more personnel-intensive, and it seems they may have them open based on staffing levels. Phx DL 3 2011-12-02 Only WTMD at this checkpoint. TLH 2011-12-02 1830: Another evening, NoS not in use. DCA DL Terminal B 2011-12-02 MMW in use for all lines, unless lines get too long LGA DL D 2011-12-02 no scanners pbi B6 2011-12-02 almost everyone had to go through MMW scanner lga B6 2011-12-02 no sign of scanners GSO UA North 2011-12-02 Freedom and magnetometers only 530a 0 LGA CO B 2011-12-02 Arrived 6:05 for 6:20 departure. Got pulled to front of line. No NoS. 610p 5 MYR US 2011-12-01 MMW machine; they were sending everyone through at 6 am. Requested to opt out for medical reason and was sent through metal detector. SJC AS B 2011-12-01 Since lines were shorter in front of the porn machine, the smurf recommended going into that line. As with most other biz travellers, I chose to go to the "longer" line with a metal detector. The porn machine broke down, saving everyone the hassle. Porn machine roulette, anyone? 200p 5 SEA UA Checkpoint 5 2011-12-01 Left lane has no BKSX. Easy SDOO at ckpt 5. 1p ind DL 2011-12-01 DCA US 3 2011-11-30 Everyone through the L-3 scanners. I opted out and had a humorous conversation with the TSA guy. They are finally getting trained, or maybe just taking "nice pills." DFW DL E15 2011-11-30 Only WTMD. No hassles. 1130a JFK AA T8 2011-11-30 followed attractive young ladies, they got scanner, I got WTMD, heard them muttering about always getting the scanner 200p 5 SEA AS C&D gates 2011-11-30 random chance, got lucky with goon pointer (that means I did NOT get groped, used WTMD) 1000p 5 BOS DL A 2011-11-29 Xrays all roed off LAX AS 3 2011-11-29 Far left lane is metal only. No request to empty pocket or remove belt. Nice. MSP DL Checkpoint 1 2011-11-29 No scanners at checkpoint 1, millimeter wave scanners in use at some other checkpoints. SJC A 2011-11-29 Right lane had roped off backscatter. All other lanes had TSA-choice backscatter or metal. MSP DL Terminal 1, Checkpoint 2 2011-11-29 Contrary to other reports, I didn't see any scanners installed or in use at this checkpoint. PHL DL Terminal D 2011-11-29 MIA AA D by AA counters 2011-11-29 99% sent through abq WN 2011-11-29 Unfortunately, everyone seemed directed to the scanners. However, they sent people through the metal detectors while they were busy, so I was able to wait to be ready until another person had just gone through the scanner in order to go through the metal detector. 5a ATL DL Main 2011-11-28 Only one MMW in use just right of center special assistancr desk. So easy to avoid. DCA DL B gates 10-22 2011-11-28 MMW for both lines IAD Int'l Customs transit checkpoint 2011-11-28 As you enter the checkpoint line the actual checkpoint will be on your left. The first and third lanes have backscatter, but the second lane in is metal detector only. sna AS 2011-11-28 When I presented boarding pass and id, I sarcastically asked agent if he wanted me to also pronounce my last name (it is "BROWN," btw!), so he could practice his new behavioral profiling skills. I was then "randomly selected" for the pat down screening. Niiiiiice. ont AS 2011-11-28 Opted out of scan. Opted for public groping. I am female. Female agent was rough and went up my crotch 4 times in a rough manner. I now travel wearing the thickest sanitary pad, just for these purposes! I loudly asked her why she needed to touch my vulva 4 times, and if she wanted, I would pull out my sanitary pad for her and the entire airport to see. When time came for her to test her gloves for explosives, she called another agent over, turned her back to me and whispered something to that agent who pushed a button on the machine...and voila! It registered explosives! I said that I was watching everything they were doing and saying,a dn they then took me aside to do the entire luggage screen and an additional pat down. Guess what...this time, there was no explosives alert! These agents apparently do not like people expressing themselves during pat downs! msn UA All 2011-11-28 No scanners yet BOI All Only 2011-11-28 WTMDs blocked off, everyone being forced through the microwaves 600a BWI WN A/B (left of SWA ticket agents) 2011-11-27 Around 10am; Pick your own lane between WTMD and MMW; looked like MMW was roped off as well FNT DL 2011-11-27 All pax required to go to NoS. Opt-outs were sent through WTMD, then patted down. TSA supervisor was much more polite than the one I faced last time through FNT. Patdown was cursory. AUS DL far right checkpoint, sign says gates 14-25 2011-11-27 There are millimeter wave scanners in use at two other checkpoints, but the ones at far right end of airport, with sign that says gates 14-25, has metal detector only and you can access all gates from here. Bos B6 C 2011-11-27 Self directed opt out at the far left lane; other lanes had random (1 every 4?) pass through the scanners rather than being waved through the detectors. RIC CO B 2011-11-27 Everyone except for children went through MMW. Have to opt out DFW AA C 2011-11-27 In this instance we got in a line that had nobody in it in a room directly next to another that had a scanner and a line of people. I was glad it worked out well for me but lines before probably got put through the scanner by default. MSP DL Terminal 1, Checkpoint 4 2011-11-27 No machines present at checkpoint 4, all passengers sent through WTMD. Minimal yelling and an overal positive TSA experience. Has access to all terminal 1 airlines. IAH AA A 2011-11-27 Sending through WTMD if someone was in the scanner. LGA DL Marine Air Terminal 2011-11-27 Still free of the BKSX!! A rare painless experience with the TSA. BWI UA 2011-11-27 Those with children went through metal detectors. Those without went through AIT or got patted down. cvg DL Terminal 3 2011-11-27 All passengers sent through BKSX; opt-outs were handled very quickly. 400p 0 BWI WN terminal A/B, lower level near baggage claim 2011-11-26 No scanners! 2 walk-through metal detectors and three baggage X-ray lanes. Leads only to A/B gates. Also doing random hand swabs for explosives this morning. buf DL main 2011-11-26 SJC AA Main Terminal 2011-11-26 Light crowds with roped-off scanners...nice. mco FL for Gate 110 2011-11-26 Chose blue because I didn't NOTICE any (didn't look hard). Easy, easy trip... no hassles... daughter left liquids in ziploc inside suitcase, yet no stopping. Metal detector only. phl DL d 2011-11-26 AGS All Only 2011-11-26 Still exclusively WTMD, but also seeing random gropes. atl DL Main 2011-11-25 Several WTMD-only lanes were open. LGA AA CTB-D 2011-11-25 Three lines-- (from L to R) Lines 1/2 WTMD, Line 3 Backscatter AUS WN 2011-11-25 IAD UA main 2011-11-24 half metal detectors, half back scatter. choose the line closest to metal detector to avoid back scatter dca US C 2011-11-24 Middle line WTMD only, all others MMW pornoscan. Examine lines carefully before entering. SEA Main 2011-11-24 100% backscatter SEA Main 2011-11-24 100% backscatter at central checkpoint; no WTMD option. Self-directed WTMD on far right (elite/first/crew) at D/N checkpoint. SMF AA B 2011-11-24 They were sending people to the scanner line when it didn't have a line for it and I happened to fall in that group. It seems like a 50/50 if you do or do not get sent to the scanner. pdx AS c 2011-11-24 All metal detectors cordoned off. Only using scanners now. It is a sad day in Portland. ord UA 1 2011-11-24 bwi AA C 2011-11-24 BOS DL A1-A22 2011-11-23 Some of the BSX machines were roped off. Choose your own adventure. lax AA 4 2011-11-23 3:30AM day before Thanksgiving. Check-In looks like Grand Central, TSA has their obligatory grumpy faces on, and gossip in place. 1 line with the gate to the XRay blocked off, funneling to WTMD. Apparently even TSA isn't psychotic enough to try putting everybody through Backscatter/Opt-outs on THE travel Holiday DFW AA C30 2011-11-23 WTMD to the left, but most being directed to the MMW. JFK AA T8/Premium 2011-11-23 Scanners roped off - prbly due to t-day traffic BOS DL Terminal A 2011-11-23 BKSX were in use when I first got in line. TSOs were allowing passengers to choose their own fate. Then, the BKSXs were roped off, so WTMD for all. ORD UA T2 2011-11-23 Arrived from Int'l T5, took train to T2 (even though my flight was from T1, SO worth it. Get off the train, down the escalator, go STRAIGHT AHEAD (that's the 'left side' everyone else refers to), and there are no machines there. The 'right side' is divided by a wall. Well worth the extra five minutes is takes to walk from T2 to T1, especially since all the T1 lanes were using the backscatter when I walked by. jax 2011-11-23 most lanes go to scanners, pretty easy to pick a scanner free lane. tsa clerk was directing people to lanes for a while, but then left. Smf UA A 2011-11-23 MMW for many people; about half directed through magnetometer. MDW WN B 2011-11-23 Multiple lines, many without scanners; pick your line with WTMD or MMW dfw F9 E33 2011-11-23 WTMD left, MMW scanner right, but TSA was pulling some folks from the left into the scanner. SWF DL Main 2011-11-23 MMW Only extremely limited WTMD use. 540a 2 Phx B6 3 2011-11-22 SEA UA 2011-11-22 PHL All Terminal D 2011-11-22 Terminal D is still scanner-free as of today. ORD AA T3 2011-11-22 At Domestic Checkin dtw DL a 2011-11-22 PDX DL D and E 2011-11-22 Only one decent line, on the far left. The bad news is my wife flew two days later, and there were no non-scanner lines. Pwm DL Single 2011-11-21 New checkpoint, same old WTMD. There was a story in the press herald recently that scanners are comig; no sign yet. "frequent fliers" lane not specifically labeled for elites, leads the same place. Being Maine, used by few. Wouldn't want to presume. cak DL all 2011-11-21 No WBI scanners seen at the only c/p. SNA WN C 2011-11-21 MMW in use at checkpoint C but you can avoid it by using checkpoint B and walking back to terminal C airside. rdu DL 2 2011-11-21 sending familier with kids to WTMD, most others to AIT YUL UA C 2011-11-20 There were about four millimeter wave scanners, about ten walk through metal detectors. At a very non-busy hour, none of the scanners were in use. There is a screen between the document checker and the search lanes, so it might be difficult to self-opt into a lane with no scanner. Scanners appear to be at the two far left and two far right lanes so aim for the middle if you have a choice. GEG AS C 2011-11-20 No nude scanners or cancer boxes at the Alaska/Horizon terminal (C) in Spokane. SAN WN Terminal 1 (gates 3-10) 2011-11-20 Metal detectors only at the Terminal 1 checkpoint. 8:30AM. SFO WN Terminal 1 2011-11-20 Actually arrived in SFO, didn't fly out, but had a look at the Terminal 1 main checkpoint as I exited. Time was around 11:30AM. There looked to be three lines; the first and third had metal detectors only while the middle one had a scanner of some kind. Not sure if it was possible to choose your own line. lga US 2011-11-20 dca DL gates 14-22 2011-11-19 if it makes you feel any better, they use the nude scanners with the generic outline pit All main 2011-11-19 bxsx roped off for first class and express lanes. looked mandatory for everyone else. HNL DL International 2011-11-19 7:00AM Scanners active in main terminal, huge lines everywhere. Walked to interisland terminal and passed security there, no scanners installed and there was no line. Make sure not to set off WTMD there or you will be given a full service pat down! Easy walk back to main terminal, no wait at agriculture check, nobody asks questions about you boarding a flight at different terminal RSW AA 2011-11-19 NO scanners, NO patdown, old-fashion metal detector ONLY! OKC AA 2011-11-19 there were no scans and did not have to do a patdown either msp FL Terminal 2 (smaller terminal) 2011-11-19 This is the way to fly... FABULOUS security line! In and out in under 3 minutes. Accidentally left my iPhone in back pocket, so the metal detector went off. I kinda forgot to be careful, so I immediately said, "Oh, forgot my phone!" and ran back through metal detector to put my phone through x-ray. No problem. They just waved me through again. I'm not suspicious in any way, so I'm not surprised they ignored my space-out. (Same terminal for Southwest, Airtran, SunCountry.) SEA All Checkpoint 4 2011-11-19 Scanner shut down in one line. If you can't SDOO at other checkpoints, use the far left lane at Checkpoint 5 (North) for a metal detector-only lane. BUF WN Main 2011-11-18 Friday, 4pm. It wasn't crowded. 4 lanes open, only one of them had the backscatter in use. Very easy to self-select. Maybe would be a different situation if it were a crowded morning. pdx DL internatinal arrivals 2011-11-18 remember. the idiots are adding the cancer machines to international arrivals. stay calm and just breathe deeply. It sucks they have done this to our country but it's how it is. Stay courteous when standing up for your rights, but be firm. pdx DL abc 2011-11-18 adding more scanners...yellow?? MCI WN Southwest 2011-11-18 When going through security, if you turn one direction (right), there is no body scanner. If you turn the other direction, there is a body scanner (there is also a metal detector but I am not sure how it works). mdw WN Only One Checkpoint at Airport 2011-11-18 Currently, there is only one body scanner, which can easily be avoided by going to a lane at the far left. ito Other 2011-11-18 ITO now has a MMW scanner and will use for primary SFO VX Terminal 2 2011-11-18 No scanners visible (metal detectors only) at the Terminal 2 checkpoint for a 7:10AM departure. buf US 2011-11-18 SFO B6 2011-11-18 DCA Int'l A 2011-11-17 WTMD only; this checkpoint serves JetBlue, AirCanada, AirTran, Sun Country, Frontier IAD UA Diamond lane small checkpoint 2011-11-17 Naked blue-box scanners emitting ionizing radiation, with no privacy software filters, for every other person. smf DL A 2011-11-17 hate to have to tell you guys...but A is no longer safe. I scheduled a trip here in december thinking I could avoid the panic attack of being around the MMW machines. =-(. How tragic! At least I'm first class going back home. hkt Int'l 2 2011-11-17 Front-door scanning of all bags prior to check-in, physical hold bag search prior to check-in (this seemd to be airline specific), standard metal detector to enter departure gate area, physical search of all carry-on luggage at entry to plane (I believe this is an Australian Govt requirement as I experienced the same at Hong Kong when I transited there recently Ind DL 2011-11-17 Previous posters are incorrect, IND only has (and never has had) backscatter - only MMW. All lanes have them. Use is sporadic and random. SDOO usually is difficult if not impossible. 0 bwi WN B 2011-11-16 Downstairs entrance - WTMD only - friend was directed there by Southwest employees gnv DL 2011-11-16 it's red....but there's still RSW....only airport in FL that is clear. tlh DL any 2011-11-16 This airport is reported to be absolutely RED. AVOID. This IS a political problem...our president used the jobs bill to pay for MORE of these scanners. How is it wrong to be honest about this FACT. ORD CO T2 2011-11-16 Nude-o-scope was in operation... was able to avoid it by staying in the left lane pdx Other both 2011-11-16 2 scanners at each checkpoint now, saw both in use sporadically. BGM All Only checkpoint 2011-11-16 sfo AA Terminal 2 2011-11-16 The checkpoint is big enough to have pornoscanners and a grope-fest, but there are no scanners here. TSA wants to change that by 2014. LAS WN Newest ABC Checkpoint 2011-11-15 The lane directly in front of the Business Select/First Class/Employee line is the only lane with no MMW (millimeter wave) machine. This checkpoint was open at the time I pased through but they closed the checkpoint two minutes after I put my shoes back on. All other checkpoints for the masses had a MMW and WTMD and nearly everyone was directed through the MMW. Crowds would back up due to these scans taking longer and bags would accumulate on the other end. Only once in a while would they take a couple people and send the through the old WTMD. TYR All only one 2011-11-15 ECP WN A 2011-11-15 Metal Detector. TSA agent was courteous, even joking. SLC AA 1 2011-11-15 AMS Int'l KLM 2011-11-15 2 scanners in use but also xray for kids. All adults had to use scanners. I carried one child while holding other and got brief patdown. My husband got the porn ray. Flight from AMS to YVR (Vancouver, CA) DEN DL Central 2011-11-15 SFO UA T3 2011-11-14 Great seeing that no porn scanners are at SFO T3 ogg All 2011-11-14 NOS in use!!! MMW in 2 out of 4 lanes MLB DL only 1 terminal 2011-11-14 only backscatter/radiation MLB DL Main 2011-11-14 aggresive, rude, could not hold wallet in hand in the machine, I fly often and sometime TSA comes to the gate and checks tickets/ID and luggage. Maybe a training airport for "new ideas" FNT DL 2011-11-13 No one allowed through WTMD. Opted out; explosives analyzer false-alarmed; triggered full, secondary screening in private room and everything. Supervisor didn't want to give me his name. MKE DL Concourse E 2011-11-13 Quiet checkpoint, no scanners installed. 400p 1 ogg UA 2011-11-12 rest of initial L-3 communications scanners have been installed......fortunately this should be it for a while since they voted down jobs bill. Note: Please be professional in your dealings with the TSA. If selected for MMW it's OK to say that you feel that you are being discrminated against and that the we don't know the long-term effects of terahertz waves on the body. It's OK to explain how you feel in a professional way but do not insult. This is an administrative problem, not really an employee problem at the airport level. HNL All 2011-11-12 Inter Island terminal - all WTMDs FLL FL Terminal 1 Concourse C 2011-11-12 Lane 1 on far left was the only lane using the metal detectors. All other lanes had backscatter. Looked like you could pick your lane after ID check. DFW AA C 2011-11-11 Friends of mine told me that most/all going through Terminal C were required to be scanned. They said all Terminal C security points have the radiation machines. ams klm 2011-11-11 there were no scanners here when I returned to the US. ..checkpoints are @ Gate not terminal entrance like in the U.S. ORD DL T2 2011-11-11 Right side was active. BDL DL Main 2011-11-11 All lanes have BKSX, however use was not consistent. The farther right lanes seem to only use it very occasionally, possibly for secondary only. 700a 5 BUR US 1/US Air 2011-11-10 No scanners? PDX Other South (A,B,C) 2011-11-10 Currently better than North (D,E) PDX DL North (D,E) 2011-11-10 2 ProVision ATD machines installed at the North (D,E) checkpoint, one of which was in use. There are currently no scanners at the South (A,B,C) checkpoint, so use it for all flights. PDX DL International arrival between D9/D11 2011-11-10 2 Provision ATD machines between gates D9 and D11 that appear to be for screening international arrivals. Not in use when I was there. CHA DL 2011-11-09 Only a metal detector oma AA A7 2011-11-09 only saw one person get their patriot scan due to wearing a leg brace. all others passed as normal through the WTMD SLC DL Terminal 2 2011-11-09 At 7 PM two lanes were open with a long line of passengers. Leftmost lane had MMW scanner, right had WTMD. Avoid scanner by staying to the right. SLC WN Terminal 1 2011-11-09 At 7 PM there were few passengers and only one lane open with a MMW scanner. Only option for avoiding scanner was to go to terminal 2 with a long wait but you could choose between the MMW scanner and WTMD. All gates can be accessed from either terminal 1 or 2. YYZ AA T3 2011-11-09 Machines open, but not in use. CLT US C 2011-11-08 All other checkpoints have radiation scanners. None at C. LGA US Terminal C 2011-11-08 No body scanners at either checkpoint. Nice 1990s experience. SAN UA Terminal 1 2011-11-07 At 5:15 a.m. on a Monday, it's packed, so they open the third checkpoint, which does not have any scanners. Two other lanes have scanners, both in use. About two out of every three people went in. ABQ UA 2011-11-07 I got to the only WTMD line just as it was being closed. All were sent thru the NoS. Opt out took twenty minutes. koa UA Only one 2011-11-07 No NOS MCI WN Southwest 2011-11-07 When going through security, if you turn one direction (right), there is no body scanner. If you turn the other direction, there is a body scanner (there is also a metal detector but I am not sure how it works). RNO WN C gates 2011-11-07 Just metal detectors, no mmw ATL DL South s1 2011-11-06 MMW in use for all except the Premiere lane... All ppl going thru MMW. Opted out and got a more aggressive patdown which included a hand in my pants waistband. Fuck this, why do I travel? YLW AS All 2011-11-06 MMW machine open, but not in active use. Smooth sailing otherwise. Shame to see Canada sucked into this charade. FNT DL 2011-11-06 NoS was roped off when I went through, but two TSOs were busily getting it ipened up as I was getting redressed. IAH CO Terminal B 2011-11-06 NoS for all! I opted out. SEA AS International 2011-11-06 Its beyond me why they have a checkpoint in the middle of a sterile area, but I guess I should remember this is the TSA. Fortunately, no cancer machines and one of the guys was friendly. JAX AA All Gates 2011-11-06 We observed many pushed to scanners; we were able to locate far left side, no scanner, so SDO PHX US Terminal 4 2011-11-05 No choice around 6pm. PHL DL D entry 2011-11-05 D entry had no AIT however Got randomly selected for patdown but nobody was around to do it so I didn't get one. SAT AA B 2011-11-04 Backscatter radiation machines in use. All passengers directed to it. Opted out of course. Bad attitudes at this airport. sjc US Terminal A 2011-11-04 Only scanners in use. WTMD used only when scanner line was too long. myr DL 2011-11-04 alert: most major airports now have scanners including ANC/OGG. however, the newer airports to get them may be more kind to you and allow SDOO ROC US main 2011-11-04 MMW in center lane, WTMD left/right lanes. MMW randomly used for all lanes but as it got backed up, WTMD were used. mdw WN Only one checkpoint 2011-11-04 There is only one body scanner. This can easily be avoided by using the far left lane. ALB WN Main / sole ckpt 2011-11-03 MMW scanner now present on far left lane; not in use when observed. ewr DL Terminal B, Gates 40-47 2011-11-03 Three lanes open; one WTMD only; two to WTMD/MMW combination SLC DL 2 2011-11-03 T2 had 3 lines. Center was random WTMD or MMW, others were WTMD only. Self-select. Most pax using lines for WTMDs. LGA DL Terminal D 2011-11-03 No scanners, line was a bit slow. 700a 10 day UA All 2011-11-02 WTMD exists, but is roped off. All were being sent through the scanner (MMW). DCA AA Gates 23-34 2011-11-02 WTMD only at around 5:00 PM. Nice and easy. YVR Int'l KLM / Delta 2011-11-02 Scanners were in place but not in use. Xray machines used instead. RDU AA Terminal 2 2011-11-01 Forcing all thru MMW. TSA unusually arrogant and rude at RDU. ALB UA Only one 2011-11-01 It's green now, but according to a post on Milepoint.com, they are assembling two scanners right now for use very soon. lax DL 5 2011-11-01 3 lines open. Elite line (far right) feeds WTMD, others are XRay only or mandatory XRay AND WTMD. Note: checkers direct non-elites to XRays, but you can change lines after going past them. Coming back on Nov 3, saw WTMD-only lane roped off (high usage times only?) MCO DL Gates 60-129 2011-11-00 Long chaotic line. Multiple TDCs, then everyone merges to one line which then splits back off into separate lines. Scanners only appear to be on the far ends, middle lanes are WTMD only. TSO was sort of directing to various lines but I ignored them without any consequences. 500p 15 pit All main 2011-10-31 WMTD only but doing patdowns on some. EWR CO C-2 2011-10-31 Scanners not in use. Passengers unmolested today. Only good thing about flying out of Newark. ATL FL Main 2011-10-31 Numerous lanes were WTMD. There is sufficient time to find the appropriate lane after ID check. YYC UA C, all U.S. departures 2011-10-30 L-3 scanner (not backscatter, I think) used for a few. Security is Canadian. No lines at 5 am. 10 minutes to gate. FNT DL 2011-10-30 TSO tried to "talk me out" of opting out by telling me I'd get a full-body patdown wn WN b 2011-10-30 Not in Use msy WN b 2011-10-30 not in use CMH DL Concourse C/Gate 56 2011-10-30 BSX was intermittently roped off during my trip through security. For some reason, the carry-on X-ray was moving EXTREMELY slowly. lan DL All 2011-10-30 LAN just installed a millimeter wave machine. Everybody has to go through. Lax UA 8 2011-10-30 BSX for everyone at the small checkpoint for terminal 7/8. Opt-out was handled well and only cost me a couple of minutes. Grr DL A 2011-10-29 EVeryone required to go thru Back Scatter X ray imaging device BOS DL A1-A22 2011-10-28 BSX in the far left lane was roped off - WTMD only. Other lanes using BSX as primary. Dca DL 14-22 2011-10-27 Nude o scopes not in use 10:30 TLH 2011-10-27 Single lane, NoS through left door, WTMD through right door. As of 1939, NoS is closed. FNT FL Main/only 2011-10-27 Given the full body pat down. Agents seemed less friendly when compared to the past PHX AA 3 Gate 2011-10-27 Gates 2-9 also include Hawaiian Air and Jetblue sba All Only One Checkpoint 2011-10-26 A nice airport uncontaminated by Cancer Boxes. Lots of construction, but no signs of Cancer Box installation activity. RDU DL 2 2011-10-26 How about doing an Occupy Raleigh @ RDU? I REFUSE TO GO ANYWHERE NEAR RDU. This is TSA tyranny at its worst. They are discrimanatory against adults. Unless every single passenger goes thru MMW, it is a bias and a civil liberty issue. lax UA 3 2011-10-26 p w DEN DL 2011-10-25 Self-opt-out didn't work. TSA barker by the WTMD was picking people for the MMW scanner. Was told to stand right by the xray carryon scanner flaps and ordered not to move despite voicing radiation concern. Wait for female assist took a while. Patdown was quick, touching over but not inside the waist band. Saw a couple other opt-outs on the same lane but most walked through the scanners. ewr AS B40-47 2011-10-25 left lane was metal det i think. i mistakenly chose right lane and it was a mmw i think. groping was quick and efficient surprisingly DCA UA Pier B 2011-10-25 Only WTMD, no chat down, no grope, no name game. MDW Main 2011-10-25 Only one MMW for far right lane; stay out of the Priority lane, and in one of the leftmost lanes, for avoidance. BOI WN 2011-10-25 RDU AA 2 2011-10-25 Typical RDU, TSA gestapo, will not accept trusted traveler ID issued by Homeland Security, simply amazing IAD All West Checkpoint (Closest to Parking Garage) 2011-10-25 Went through in the early afternoon, when the airport is least busiest. Same procedure as always: Choose the left lane in each checkpoint in order to line yourself up wuth the WTMD. As you start loading your stuff on the belt, check to see that there is at least one person lined up at the Cancer Machine. If there isn't staff for time at the belt until the lone forms again. That's a nearly fool-proof way to self-opt out. There are also plenty of lemmings you follow each other into the Cancer Boxes, so your chances of getting through free of radiation and sexual assault are pretty good. sfo UA T3 2011-10-25 Two out of three checkpoints have no body scanners in use. slc DL 2 2011-10-24 At 7 PM, TSA laying in wait for the few unlucky passengers who arrive at this hour to zap them in the MMW BOS UA C 2011-10-24 Some people got waved through the metal detector. I was not. I got a rather perfunctory patdown. JFK DL 3 / One by Check In 2011-10-24 BKSX not in use at 12:35 PM san WN Gates 3-10 2011-10-24 wtmd only no scanners in use DEN UA closest to United 2011-10-24 looked down at the checkpoint and saw the middle had WTMD only and made my way there. TSA was trying to direct people left and right, but obviously people chose to wait in the longer line for the WTMD! MBS DL 2011-10-24 LGA CTB-B 2011-10-23 LAS UA D 2011-10-23 Easily able to choose your own lane. Looked like two MMW machines; one was roped off. DTW DL Checkpoint 2 (N of Delta counter) 2011-10-23 SkyPriority lane led to WTMD, but pax could choose MMW line if desired. JFK UA T7 2011-10-23 Crew lane (leftmost X-Ray as you enter) mostly sent to WTMD. boi WN 2011-10-22 scanners only , no wtmd in use mke UA C 2011-10-22 No line means automatic rape-o-scan. 200p FNT DL 2011-10-21 New MMW installed at FNT BWI FL D 2011-10-21 Alternating between MMW and MD SFO UA 3 2011-10-21 The "main" checkpoint is closed before 6 am, so you have to use the checkpoint closest to T2, which does have a NoS and they are not afraid to use it. If you have an early morning flight, prepare for hands in pants! PIT All main 2011-10-21 MKE Concourse C 2011-10-21 YYZ UA T1 2011-10-21 Still pick your own line, no real issues. PIT DL 2011-10-21 Almost everyone sent through X-Ray. Best chance is to use the "alternate" checkpoint, then about 20% of pax sent to crew lane, which has WTMD only. LHR All Terminal 3 2011-10-21 WTMD in all lanes, but BKSX in a back room. No opt-out permitted if randomly selected. LGA DL D 2011-10-20 Just literally flew out. Only wt LGA DL D 2011-10-20 Just literally flew out. Only WTMD. JFK DL 2 2011-10-20 Right lane WTMD only SLC DL 2 2011-10-20 Middle lane is sfe in main one. Also, check to see if the litte one on the left is open. When I arrived on my 1st flight, it was WTMD only, but it had closed when my connecting flight left. BKK Other C Transfer 2011-10-20 2 machines visible, 1 lane without JFK DL T3 2011-10-20 Almost everyone sent through X-Ray. TYS Main 2011-10-19 Scanners now in place gnv DL all 2011-10-19 they got them now. smf WN B 2011-10-19 TSA is not even listing the airports on their website anymore that have scanners. They just assume we're all "OK" with them. NO!! TERMINAL B AT SMF IS NOT SAFE!! SEA UA D 2011-10-19 left lane had no scanner. also, noted that over at c/d the scanners were not in use MSY AA C 2011-10-17 One MMW and one WTMD. The left side bag belt seemed to give you a better chance of getting the metal detector, but some still got pulled from both lanes. The MMW here has the new software. pit All main 2011-10-17 all lanes funneled to backscatter machines. Only used WMTD when backed up. PNS All All 2011-10-17 Scanners have just been installed for both TSA lines and should be in use any day. DCA UA Gates 23-34 2011-10-16 UA concourse is still scanner-free. lga FL B 2011-10-16 No xray in sight, but long lines.. lit DL 1 2011-10-15 great tsa, alot of random pat downs, agents were professional and courteous SNA UA B 2011-10-15 No scanners at B still. Doing the weird "say your last name" crap. Went through security in about 5 minutes at 0515 on Saturday morning. BTR AA 2011-10-15 BTR All 2011-10-15 LGA WN Central Terminal Building/B area 2011-10-15 no scanners visible ANC AS South/Domestic 2011-10-15 SAN CO 2011-10-14 TSA decided who when through BKSX and who did x-ray. I got lucky with x-ray only so no groping. PHX WN Terminal 4 Checkpoint C 2011-10-14 MD available. Chose that line. No hassle. JFK DL T3/Delta 2011-10-14 metal detector roped off. All pax sent through backscatter. phf FL A 2011-10-14 No xray in sight. PVU F9 One-room airport 2011-10-14 No scanners, only one security lane at this very small airport. Metal detector and baggage x-ray only. mke DL Concourse E 2011-10-13 No scanner at this c/p. Friendly, no shouting. PHL F9 A 2011-10-13 Only one lane was open, but there was no scanner in this lane. SFO UA 3 2011-10-13 No cancer boxes, strange podium with gate but no questions in elite line. Actually a good experience just like the 90's. dfw AA C8 2011-10-13 No self-selection, about half the passengers were sent to MMW, others to the metal detector. The MMW has the updated software installed. ORD CO 2 2011-10-12 Got the royal treatment this time... smurfs were having a ball with their porn machine PIT All Main 2011-10-12 I went through security in the early afternoon. The left-most WTMD was closed off, and both WTMD/BKSX combos were running... or so I thought. I opted for the right-most pair, and I was surprised to see a guy in the right BKSX talking on his cell phone. Upon further observation, I discovered that the unit was roped off, and it appeared to be under repair by said fellow. Both lanes were being directed through the WTMD, which was perfectly fine by me. IAD VX not sure 2011-10-12 Metal detectors in use. That was all. No friskings seen. DFW AA C31 2011-10-11 MMW machine in use, people randomly directed into it. SFO US Terminal 1 2011-10-10 The last couple of times I've gone through this checkpoint, the right-most WTMD has been roped off, and everyone in the priority (?) line was being sent to the MMW. There's also been traffic to another room on the right, which appears to have another MMW installed in it, but I haven't ventured in there to say for certain. I've been taking the normal lane and heading to the left-most lane with decent success. One note: exiting the terminal at night, it appears that with little traffic, nearly everyone's being sent through the MMW, so I'd avoid the red-eye flights out of this terminal, if I were you. SAN UA Terminal 1 2011-10-10 at 4:15 p.m., only one of the three checkpoints were open, and it had the backscatter machine. WTMD was roped off. SFO UA T3, Elite Line 2011-10-10 11:15 a.m., no machines in sight and no "what's your name" nonsense. MDW WN main terminal/Concourse B 2011-10-10 just metal detectors tus UA one 2011-10-09 lets keep it this way...flying United out of PHX is asking for pain... MCO WN Gates 60-129 2011-10-08 BKSX in use at outer lanes. Vast majority of lanes in center are WTMD only. SDOO very easy. DCA DL 14-22 2011-10-08 Scanners in use 5am. SDOO possible middle lane. buf AA 1 2011-10-08 One lane open at 4pm, BSX in all lanes -- but roped off. All pax through metal detectors. BWI WN B 2011-10-07 Started as a "pick your own lane" but before I got through the WTMD they started sending everyone through the porno-scanner CLE CO C 2011-10-07 100% through MMW at 1:30 pm, at least is was quick. SAN UA Terminal 1 2011-10-07 I transited at 5:10 a.m. At that time of the morning, all three lanes are open. From left to right, number two and three lanes have backscatter, the first lane does not. They only have that first lane open early in the morning, still trying to figure out when that lane closes. That first lane, my guess, will be the trusted traveler lane when that program arrives at SAN. EWR Other Gates A10-A18 2011-10-07 L3 Provision MMW at lane closest to security entrance, most sent through it but some sent to the back lanes that have WTMDs MIA DL H 2011-10-07 WTMD only. MMW roped off. If you walk through the checkpoint leading to Concourse J in the middle of the terminal, they were randomly sellecting people for MWW. SEA CO Checkpoint 3 2011-10-06 Mandatory backscatter at 11:00 pm with profoundly invasive pat down for opt-outs. Many staff, only one lane open. Many passengers complaining. rdu DL 2011-10-06 there are 2 sides to every story. get law enforcement involved, and i'll become the law enforcement...what you've done to innocent travelers in my hometown is DISGUSTING. CLE All C 2011-10-06 Quick survey of Terminals A, B, and C found that all scanners are in use at evening rush. Didn't get hassled for opt-ing out. TSA agents were efficent and polite. Pat down wasn't too invasive. Was not seperated from personal belongings during opt-out. day All All 2011-10-06 LIT WN The only one 2011-10-06 No scanners- still a safe airport dfw DL E16 2011-10-05 only a metal detector AUS All 2011-10-04 Scanners coming the week of October 24. Email the mayor to stop them now: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/connect/email_leeleffingwell.htm PHL US F 2011-10-04 ATL DL T Gates 2011-10-04 All lanes now have scanners and the sheep go blindly through. Opting out causes retaliation by waiting and bullying. phl UA D 2011-10-03 DSM All All 2011-10-03 Quick, polite, professional PDX F9 A, B, C 2011-10-03 Still no scanners. LGA US Terminal C 2011-10-02 No body scanners at either checkpoint. JFK DL Terminal 3 2011-10-02 No cancer for smurfs! jfk DL T3 2011-10-02 Pax in left lane not scanned, pax in right lane scanned. BOS DL Terminal A/Gates 1-22 2011-10-01 Many WTMDs were roped off. Tried to self-opt out at one that was open, but I was ushered to the BSX instead. BDOs were passing through the queue at the checkpoint. BOS Int'l Terminal E 2011-10-01 WTMD / BKSX at C/P leading to international gates. One of only two pax going through this checkpoint due to early hour. Only using BKSX. Opted out and pat-down took less than three minutes. SJO AA 2011-10-01 No scanners, however they have started giving patdowns to US-bound passengers CLL AA only one 2011-10-01 no room for NoS at only checkpoint, WTMD in use YYZ UA US Pre-clearance area, T1 2011-09-30 As usual, two MMW machines, the very left one was in use sporadically, the one on the right was not in operation. GSO US 2011-09-30 Only WTMD. No scanners. JFK B6 T5 2011-09-30 Only a few let by unscanned Mht WN 2011-09-29 dfw AA C8 2011-09-29 Left lane fed WTMD. Right lane, some got directed to MMW. rdu DL 2 2011-09-29 I was flying into RDU. Everyone has to go through the MWW in all 4 lanes. BOI US Only one 2011-09-28 Random selection for scanners on all lines. Watches are "annomolies" and closer inspection necessary after going through the scanner. ORD UA T2 2011-09-28 Porn machines in use... was able to dodge the bullet ord UA T2 2011-09-28 Only one porn machine in use on the right. Move to the left and we were fine. ord UA T1 2011-09-28 Porn machines are on for everyone and it was hard to avoid. abe DL 2011-09-28 SFO UA 3 2011-09-27 No naughty machines here! SJC AS Terminal B 2011-09-27 All scanners blocked off SJC AS Terminal B 2011-09-27 All scanners blocked off buf UA Main 2011-09-27 Two Cancer machine were used. One WTMD lane opened. Ewr CO C-1 2011-09-26 No cancer machine visible at checkpoint. Puffer in the middle lane CLE AA A 2011-09-26 WTMD roped off, all passengers sent through scanner MCI UA A 2011-09-26 No scanners at United's 10-14 gates checkpoint. MCI UA A 2011-09-26 No scanners at United's 10-14 gates checkpoint. DFW AA D6-D22 2011-09-26 7 am, all lines were using the scanner. ord DL 2 2011-09-26 One can avoid body scanners by staying to the far left lane of Terminal 2. Note that all terminals at ORD are connected, so one can do this to avoid body scanners when flying on any airline out of ORD. SAN DL Delta 2011-09-25 everyone went through backscatter ahead of me, then it got roped off and I got metal detector (after taking off belt... doh!) SAN WN Gates 3-10 2011-09-25 metal detectors only Jax All 2011-09-24 Pay attention and pick your lane, nude-o-scope easy to avoid. SFB All 2011-09-24 Excellent security staff, very polite and efficient MCI AA American 2011-09-24 No scanners at AA checkpoint SJC US Terminal A 2011-09-23 3 lines open, 1 with both x-ray and WTMD. Easy to avoid center lane. YYZ UA US Pre-Clearance Area, Terminal 1 2011-09-23 Two scanners, only one in use. Even if you're in that lane (on the left), it's not a guarantee you will be subject to the strip-search. By my quick estimate, it seemed that they were putting people in there to resolve alarms, not just anyone. SAN UA Terminal 1 2011-09-23 8:30 p.m; three lanes, only one in use. WTMD roped off, radiation for everyone. sav Other main/all airlines 2011-09-23 WTMD only, no NoS. Let's keep it that way! roc All main 2011-09-23 Selected for MMW. Was very respectful to opt-out DFW AA A23 2011-09-22 A23 is the place to go! No scanner and no line. LGA DL Terminal D 2011-09-22 No imaging scanners installed. Lines were about 5 minutes long. Very quick and easy through X-Ray bag check and WTMDs. ewr DL Terminal B, gates 40-47 2011-09-22 Imaging scanners roped off; not in use. TSA supervisor suffered from "I have authority and you will respect me" syndrome and made the security check a real problem. SEA UA D/N (North Checkpoint "5") 2011-09-22 The reports of the far left lane being scanner-free are totally accurate. There is new construction at this checkpoint, so the scanner-free right lane is not currently accessible. It is choose-your-own-adventure after the ID check stations, so the elite line can be used -just make a hard left immediately after. IAH AS A 2011-09-22 Only 1 MMW in use. If more than 3 people were queued up, the rest were sent through WTMD. OGG AS Main 2011-09-21 Only one choice, WTMD :) Random swab of the hands by TSA. TUS WN 2011-09-21 metal detectors only SNA AA 2011-09-21 State your name, but still no scanners. LAX VX 3 2011-09-20 Far left lane upstairs is scanner-free. Elite/first class feeds right to this. Cle US A 2011-09-20 All passengers sent through strip search machine. Sea UA 4 2011-09-19 All lanes were tsa choice, but I found one understaffed lane with only wtmd. SEA UA D/N 2011-09-19 I succumbed to the temptation of using the premier lane to avoid the wait. I was presented with a WTMD next to (left of) a BKSX. I was using the left x-ray belt, and I couldn't tell if I got lucky on the timing or if everyone on the left was going through the WTMD and everyone on the right through the BKSX, and I didn't stick around long enough to figure it out. Next time I'll use the regular line and bear to the left; most people seem to have good luck with that. lax DL all 2011-09-19 BOYCOTT THIS HORRIBLE AIRPORT. THIS IS PROOF BODY SCANNERS ARE NOT THE ANSWER AND THAT THE LAX TSA ARE MISERABLE FAILURES...http://news.yahoo.com/video/losangelescbs2-15750780/mysterious-markings-show-up-on-southwest-planes-26694237.html Atl DL T gates 2011-09-19 Pre check line = no scope n grope. Far right lane safe as pretty easy to select lane with no scanners. Left lane had TSA clowns standing around nos trying to figure out how to turn it on. ORD AA T3, center 2011-09-18 Smurfs nuking passengers, line moved slowly. Opened three of four metal detectors, cleared out PHX WN 2 2011-09-18 Forced at least 80% through full-body scanners. MCI WN Southwest 2011-09-18 Turn right to avoid the scanner. IAH US A 2011-09-17 Most sent through WBI. Agressive pat down after opt out. Also additional "random" carry on search at the gate. Theater at its finest. DSM All 2011-09-17 Very good security staff, polite and efficient tus DL 2011-09-17 BOS B6 Terminal C/Gate C12 2011-09-16 The far right lane has only a WTMD, but this lane was not in use (the checkpoint wasn't very busy). All lanes in use were WTMD/BSX combos, but I was able to SDOO withoug any trouble. SJC AA A 2011-09-16 Plan on 40 seconds per passenger, with one p0rn machine up and lots of patdowns OKC All 2011-09-16 No scanners in OKC ind US B 2011-09-15 one mmw was roped off. self-selected this line. ANC AS South terminal, gates B & C 2011-09-15 Still no nudescopes in AK, home of strongest privacy protections in any state Constitution. PDX WN A, B, C 2011-09-15 No full-body scanners. Hope it stays that way. Las DL D 2011-09-14 Complete zoo. Lines are slow. SDOO possible far left lanes SEA DL S 2011-09-14 Most lines have both scanners and WTMD, if you have your wits about you, you can select the WTMD like. BOS VX B38 2011-09-14 No body scanners at this security checkpoint used only for Virgin America flights. TSA at this gate seems friendlier. SAN UA Term 1 2011-09-13 At 8:30 p.m., there are three checkpoints. In the non-peak hours, such as this time, they use the center checkpoint, which has the backscatter. Everyone was being forced into it. There are three lanes, two with backscatter. The only time they seem to have the third lane (to the far left) open is on weekdays around 5:00 a.m., when the rush of flights that depart at 6:30 happens. That's the only time I fly out of SAN (I made this report upon arrival, easy to scope out). BOS AS A 2011-09-13 Most PAX directed through scanner. As a career refusnik I was prepared for invasive pat-down (and typical intentionally protracted delay in finding "available" F agent) but got lucky at the past minute. Stay to on the left side of double lines for best odds. BWI WN B 2011-09-13 Two Lines Open - pick your line for metal detector or MMW YUL Other connection to US Preclearance 2011-09-13 WTMD only; no NoS in sight. LHR Int'l Terminal 3 2011-09-13 All lanes appeared to have WTMD's, with a NoS in the back for the unlucky (very) few who get selected. YWG UA International Departures 2011-09-12 This is for the US preclearance area. Transit through was excrutiatingly painful in terms of time, a perfect model of inefficiency. Took about two minutes per person to clear WTMD. If you beep, it's an automatic trip to the MMW machine. Did not see anyone get sent n there in a random way. They were doing sporadic bag swabs. I was on UA, but this was also in the same area as US-bound DL flight depart as well. RSW DL C-Gates 2011-09-12 No scanners but TSA thugs at gate doing random and illegal searches. CAE AA All 2011-09-12 No scanners at Columbia, SC cou DL only one 2011-09-12 Just a metal detector at this tiny one gate airport ABQ All 2011-09-11 One lane had scanner roped off. Easy to get in that line BOS DL A 2011-09-11 SEA AS D/N 2011-09-11 Premium security lane led straight to the WTMD (at the far right). JNU AS N/A 2011-09-11 No scanners, one WTMD ORD UA Terminal 1 2011-09-10 This was a Saturday, only the first three checkpoints (left to right, as you enter the area) were open. All Backscatter machines in use, was used as primary. Radiation for all! CLD UA Just the one 2011-09-10 MIA DL H 2011-09-10 WTMD in use only, nude-o-scope blocked off lhr DL Terminal 4 / Skypriority 2011-09-10 No scanners but wife was picked post WTMD for body scan in the back room BUR AA 1 2011-09-10 No Body Scanners still. CMI AA Main 2011-09-10 Very small airport. Commercial service from AA only. Single security checkpoint is WMTD only. SLC DL 2 2011-09-09 Some pairs of lanens have scanners, some don't . Your choice. ord AA 9 2011-09-09 Everybody being put through the scanner. 9/11! 9/11! 9/11! 9/11! Too bad we can now tell Osama has won. gpt AA all 2011-09-09 no option BOS B6 C11-C36 2011-09-09 Directed through lines, was not able to choose which one. TSA agents were very rude. WTMD/BSX combos for everything except far left lane. BUF WN only one checkpoint 2011-09-09 Every lane at this airport leads to both metal detector and blue-box radiation pornoscanners. However, at 3:30pm on Friday no pornoscanners were in use; metal detectors for all.. MLB DL Main (only) 2011-09-09 Everyone thru millimeter wave detector, must face away from your possesions. Aggressive, rude TSA personnel. Airport police merely tools of TSA, worse than useless and typical of those who can't get real law enforcement jobs. CWA DL Main (only) 2011-09-09 No whole body scanner yet, checkpoint appears to be getting reconfigured so may have one soon. Morning shift personnel rude. amd Int'l Ahmedabad 2011-09-09 Flying First CLass, American Agency selected all of us in selective. We all 70+ and had to open all 7 bags and 3 handbags and there was nothing in side. This is racial from american embassy. PIT All Main 2011-09-08 Was at PIT today (noon on Thursday) to pick someone up, checked out the procedures for a minute. Far left lane with metal detector only was CLOSED at this time. Some people (though not all) going through the middle went through the BSX. Not sure if random or just trying to move the line along by using both. On the far right, the BSX had a rope across it. Interesting. Seems like people were noticing this too, because the line on the right entrance went out past the elevator, while the line on the left didn't make it out of the ropes. Definitely pays to scope out the situation for a few minutes before choosing a line. At this day and time, the first class line it appears would have been fine for self opt-out. ATL DL T gates 2011-09-08 2:30pm on Thursday. Scanners present but not in use. No gropes witnessed Sea DL Ckpt 2 2011-09-08 Furthest ckpt at the end backscatter is off Dca DL 14-22 2011-09-07 Everyone through nudeoscope. No SDOO BLI AS 2011-09-06 A very relaxing airport with non-stops to Honolulu and Las Vegas! Just 90 miles north of Seattle! abq All 2011-09-06 One lane had NoS roped off -- easy to do a positional opt-out. abq All 2011-09-06 One lane had NoS roped off -- easy to do a positional opt-out. BOS DL A 2011-09-06 Each pair of lines has one scanner and one metal detector. Stay to the one closest to the metal detector and you have a good chance of being waved through it. dfw WN 2011-09-06 ATL DL South - premium 2011-09-05 If you qualify for the elite line, they regularly have the backscatter roped off. Beware... the other line at South seems to randomly go through backscatter. PHL US D 2011-09-05 Terminal D is still scanner-free; use it to access any other terminal post-security. jfk AA 8 2011-09-04 Priority Aaccess lane all the way to the left (lane 1): bsx roped off. Bsx in all other lanes operational. Looked possible to sdoo from lane 2. PBI US B 2011-09-04 Even though you can choose two lines, one that goes to the full body scanner and one that does not, both lines converge at the same point and those who are not in the full body scanner line get randomly asked to go under the full body scanner. You can decline though and not go through it. MSN DL 2011-09-04 No full-body, imaging scanners installed MSP Terminal 1, Checkpoint 1 2011-09-03 Scanner-free checkpoint one was closed in the late morning, and TSA was directing people to the "nearby" checkpoint 2. You could still opt for Checkpoint 4, though. FLL WN 1 2011-09-03 DCA AA AA 2011-09-03 I didn't see a porno scanner. I think they have been removed as I remember one before. OAK AS Terminal 2 2011-09-02 There were 2 lines, one with a metal detector and one with backscatter. After having your ID checked, you could choose your line. PIT All Main 2011-09-02 The very far left lane had only a metal detector with no BSX installed there. About 4:30pm Friday before Labor Day it was somewhat busy with lines out to the elevator, so this far left lane was in use. If you enter using the left line and keep staying left, you can self opt-out that way if that lane is in use. The other lanes had BSX in use for everyone it appeared. At slower times, it's quite possible the far left lane would be closed. A while back the first class line was moved to the far right. If you're trying to self opt-out, you should avoid that line. IAD Other West Checkpoint (closest to parking garage) 2011-09-02 Went through about 5:30 pm on a Friday night and was surprised how empty the airport was! After clearing the ID checker and giving some lip to the second ID checker ten feet from the other ID checkers, I headed to the farthest of three open lanes. It was typical Dulles. The left side of each pair is the WTMD and the right side is Cancer Machine. Just get in the left line and time your move towards the WTMD to ensure there is at least one sheep waiting for the Cancer Machine. I almost caught but stood there and untangles a shoelace to give enough time for a victim to line up. bwi CO D 2011-09-02 Two lines open -- NoS roped off in one while L3 personnel performed maintenance. NoS operational in second line, although not all passengers being sent through. MLB DL Main 2011-09-02 Very rude personnel, threatening and retaliating to you, filling complete impunity SEA UA North, N and S Gates 2011-09-01 Veer to the left to self-select, no backscatter in that lane. Entered at 9:30 a.m. The guy ahead of me got a random swab of his hands. Screener at WTMD yelled "Random 1-2" for him. CID AA All 2011-09-01 No porno booths at Cedar Rapids / Iowa City. Pbi B6 C 2011-09-01 Probaly 90% of people send through the MMW LGA FL Terminal B 2011-09-01 Only metal detector present. SEA AS All 2011-08-31 A - All WTMD except the far left (but all had BKSX); B, all BKSX except the far right; C, all BKSX. Use the left lane at the D N gates for WTMD. SEA AS All 2011-08-31 A - All WTMD except the far left (but all had BKSX); B, all BKSX except the far right; C, all BKSX. Use the left lane at the D N gates for WTMD. BWI WN B 2011-08-31 Only one lane that had both metal detector and scanner available was open at noon on Wednesday. I waited 5 minutes and they closed the pornoscanner - someone must have gone on break. Got through safely. SNA WN 2011-08-31 no body scanners or swabbing visible YTZ Other 2011-08-31 6am flight MDT US ALL 2011-08-31 Had a 7am flight out of MDT and even though there are two full body scanners in display, both of them were off and nobody was going through them. When we arrived in MDT the day before, we saw that one of the scanners was being in used, but it appeared that people could choose a line to go through it. LAX UA 6 2011-08-31 The radiation zappers were not in use SFO UA 3 2011-08-31 My favorites reason to fly United out of SFO... no porn machines PIT All main 2011-08-30 hard to avoid scanners today MSN All All 2011-08-30 msp DL 2011-08-30 who in the hell are you? I just posted what I saw. just because you can select your own checkpoint doesn't mean that you won't get a "random" sexual assault (pat down). =) I just posted what I observed so people can be aware. ATL DL T Gates 2011-08-30 I went through Pre check but TSA thugs tried to send my husband through NoS. he opted out and they assaulted him. I videoed. They made him wait for 10 minutes before groping him. There were lots of TSA thugs standing around that could have assisted him but it was clear they were punishing him for opting out. CMH US Concourse B 2011-08-29 Able to self opt-out and use the metal detector. All lanes I saw had both scanners and metal detectors in use. ORD DL Term 2 middle checkpoint 2011-08-29 Stay to left one pornoscanner on right side sea All central 2011-08-28 11pm. minimal use of BKSX, possibly only on secondary screening. wtmd as primary for both lines. one particularly rude tsa agent this time around. MSP All Lindbergh/1, main 2011-08-27 Still no scanners at checkpoints 1, 4 and 5. And whoever posted about the "great prairie city being turned in to a sexual assault zone": a) since you an easily avoid it, it's not, and b) you have invoked the wrath of the admin. bdl US main 2011-08-27 Saturday evening, scanner was roped off, metal detector only. atl DL Main 2011-08-27 As usual, it was a very easy SDOO. Lanes 8-11 were open and are NOS-free. There were also several other lanes open with NOS, but no one was forcing passengers into them. The checkpoint was overstaffed. Passengers were definitely choosing the WTMD lanes over the NOS. Some of the NOS lines were completely empty! LAX UA 2011-08-26 many people selected for backscatter EWR DL B, gates 40 - 47 2011-08-26 Came through at 7:30 am. Scanners roped off; two lanes open, both going to same WTMD. My experience with EWR on Thursday afternoons lately has been three lanes open, all going through WTMDs (scanners have been roped off for a few weeks now). gus AS 2011-08-26 very nice TSA. they took my bear spray though!!! gus AS 2011-08-26 very nice TSA. they took my bear spray though!!! gtf UA even numbered gates 2011-08-26 apparently no scanners in airport, TSA staff very polite GSP WN A Gates 2011-08-26 Onl WTMD machines at this checkpoint pit Other main 2011-08-25 5am. BKXS and WTMD in use. You will get steered toward the shortest line, apparently regardless of whether you're traveling in a party. TSA goons split up our group, steered some toward BKXS. Pat-down TSO was respectful and courteous, all other TSOs were power-tripping assholes. msp All Lindbergh/1, transit/rental 2011-08-25 About 1 in 10 people were being steered to the backscatter, others through WTMD. However, many of these were crew who use this checkpoint frequently. bwi WN A 2011-08-25 9pm, only one lane was open, and it led to WTMD. The MMW was roped off. anc DL 2011-08-25 funny quote written on the rapiscan X-ray machine: "DO NOT PUT BODY PARTS THROUGH X-RAY WHEN SYSTEM ACTIVE." CLD UA Only one 2011-08-25 No scanners at all. ind UA a 2011-08-25 At 4:30 AM, I was selected to go to cancer box and I opt-out PIT All main 2011-08-24 used on everyone at 8:30 am OMA AA A 2011-08-24 Terminal A checkpoint - cancer boxes open but not being used at 4:30PM. Not sure why. pwm All Single checkpoint 2011-08-24 Still only WTMD at PWM dfw AA B26 2011-08-24 2 lanes one with metal detector and one with scanner - looked like you could chose your own oak WN 2011-08-24 5 lanes total, 2 open, one body scanner and one metal detector (middle lane); able to choose your path even after checkin podium; no swabbing seen; Wednesday afternoon so it was slow LAX "Alpha" 2011-08-24 Choose your own CHECKPOINT: I flew INTO LAX; talked to TSA agent behind the scanner machines; noticed there were ONLY backscatter machines at this security checkpoint; the TSA agent said there is no choice at this "Main" checkpoint, but if you go "upstairs" (to the 3rd level I believe) to the "Alpha" checkpoint, there are ONLY metal detectors there; this is not confirmed as I did not go upstairs to verify, but if I ever flew out of LAX, I would definitely go upstairs to "Alpha" to check it out- if anyone can confirm this, please come back here to let us know! anc AS south 2011-08-23 MSP UA 1 2011-08-23 Check point 1 has no porn machines yet... some others do LAX AA 4 2011-08-22 Military personnel in uniform are sent through the metal detector, not the scanner MRY All the only one 2011-08-22 RNO US C Gates 2011-08-22 No scanners present at all. Just metal detectors SAN AA Terminal 2 East 2011-08-22 Leftmost lane has 50-50 chance of backscatter, others are 100%. They roped off the backscatters in a SAN AA Terminal 2 East 2011-08-22 Leftmost lane has 50-50 chance of backscatter, others are 100%. They roped off the backscatters in all lanes at 11AM during a shift change, giving a 2-4 minute window that is safe. PVD WN Central checkpoint 2011-08-22 Most lanes are paired WTMD and Backscatter. Not all lanes have backscatter working when open. SJC US A 2011-08-22 JFK Int'l 1 2011-08-21 if they send you to the one "around the corner" ( glass) all bksr, you can sdoo otherwise MCO DL 2011-08-21 We were lucky and were directed metal detector line. TSA agent sends you to whatever line has room. 50/50 chance of the scan line. SFO UA Terminal 3 2011-08-21 Love flying UA out of SFO - no nude-o-scopes lga AA B, C 2011-08-21 No xray in sight. phf FL A 2011-08-21 Still no xray here. tpa AA F 2011-08-21 3 lines - only one with scanner - could chose which line you wanted SFO DL Terminal 1 / Boarding area C 2011-08-20 SkyPriority Line. BOS B6 C11-C36 2011-08-20 WTMD/BSX combo in use for all lanes except the far right lane. Far right lane has only WTMD, so self-directed opt-out is possible. No BDO checkpoints seen. IAH CO C 2011-08-20 Wheelchair/stroller lane at far right for WTMD only at 5am. Most on left checkpoint seemed to be going through backscatter. Several individuals jumped into wheelchair/stroller line and were allowed through WTMDs, as well. ORD UA T1 2011-08-19 At 6a Dca AA B 2011-08-19 Easy. No nude-o-scopes! stl DL 2011-08-19 2 lines one with scanner one without - could chose which line you wanted DFW AA B 2011-08-19 Scanner was down when I processed. Such a shame because I love them! Especially with the new software that will hopefully eliminate the people with no hobbies complaints about how privacy violating the originals were. BZN AS Main 2011-08-19 New terminal just opened- no NOS! BZN AS Main 2011-08-19 New terminal just opened- no NOS! phx DL 3 2011-08-18 gotta love terminal 3 at phx LBB AA All 2011-08-18 No porno booths at Lubbock, TX. Let's keep it that way. STL WN 2011-08-18 Four lanes, two with metal detector only and two with both metal detector and scanner. TSA let you choose your own lane. dfw AA A21 2011-08-18 Early afternoon, WTMD only. MMW machine was roped off. ORF AA Concourse B 2011-08-18 No nudeoscopes, and no say-your-name-or-you-wont-fly threats. This must be the best TSA checkpoint in the country. Let's hope they don't "fix" it. LAX DL 5 2011-08-18 metal detector only when the lines get backed up YEG UA US Pre-Clearance Area 2011-08-18 Saw one person get cooked, but it seems like the one machine there was being used to just resolve alarms. RDU AA Terminal 2 2011-08-17 Typical RDU, worst TSA in the nation DCA AA 2011-08-17 Great airport, no WTMD and TSA friendly sna All 2011-08-17 WTMD only, but all pax being asked to say first and last names at document check AGS DL Only 2011-08-17 Metal Detectors Only at the single checkpoint. This could be an ATL-alternative, though only Delta and US Air have frequent service. PDX AS A, B, C 2011-08-16 Still no scanners. Phl US B 2011-08-16 Rush hour and about 80% put through the NoS DFW AA A23 2011-08-16 only metal detector, no line. SEA UA CDN 2011-08-16 I needed a patdown due to artificial hip. Was kept waiting in "isolation booth" for almost 20 minutes waiting for a female assist, while I watched a female assistant talk it up with a lady carrying her baby in a forward pack having a pat down. This took a long time due to the joking around, laughing, etc. Then the assistant helped the lady gather all of her belongings and strap up her luggage. SFO AA Terminal 2 2011-08-16 No nudeoscopes, but you must say your last name. Some agents will let you say "it's on my boarding pass." Others will threaten you. I suspect that if Terrence ("Terry") Wrist or Albert ("Al") Kayda use fake IDs, they would be smart enough to memorize their fake ID names. sat AA B 2011-08-16 Both lanes have backscatter, but it was not in use in one. CVG US 2 2011-08-16 Smurfs zapping everyone bur UA United/American wing 2011-08-16 tried to grope my wife when she set off metal detector, but then apparently thought better of it when I glared at them and my small son started watching; in end just waved my wife through JAN AA Gates 1-4 2011-08-15 PWM DL single checkpoint 2011-08-15 PDX AA A,B,C 2011-08-15 No scanners, but only 1 metal detector open out of 5. Long lines. SFO US Terminal 1 2011-08-15 Self opt out possible PDX UA A/B/C & D/E 2011-08-14 Only WTMDs all around. Rdu US 2 2011-08-13 All NoS Roped off. Absolutely shocked. It is 5:30am tho. Expect this to change DCA FL A 2011-08-13 No nude-o-scopes installed at Terminal A checkpoint SFO VX Terminal 2, Gates 50-59 2011-08-13 Still no scanners in use in T2. Metal detectors only. Excellent experience. lga DL Terminal D Delta 2011-08-13 Only Walkthru Metal Detectors. No other scanners in sight. TSA staff fast and friendly. Very short gap between metal detectors and your belongings, maybe one step. smf WN Terminal A 2011-08-13 Landed here and took a look around. No NoSs in sight! fay DL only one 2011-08-13 wonderful experience. airport I learned how to fly out of and I'm glad I don't have to be assaulted here. SAT DL Terminal A 2011-08-13 3 lanes open; almost everyone sent to scanners (1 out of 5 or so got metal detector) atl DL Main 2011-08-13 Access all gates/all airlines via main checkpoint. Several metal-detector only lines were operational all day, making self selection to avoid NoS easy today. mem DL A, B, C 2011-08-13 All passengers sent through Cancer Boxes with very few exceptions. IAD UA Customs Checkpoint 2011-08-13 lax Other 2 2011-08-13 Scanning everybody, but a family of 7 in front of me opted out as I was putting my stuff on the conveyor. TSO just opened the wtmd and let them all through. I happily followed them. No pat downs, no fuss. If everyone opted out, maybe this would become the norm again! lax Other 2 2011-08-13 Scanning everybody, but a family of 7 in front of me opted out as I was putting my stuff on the conveyor. TSO just opened the wtmd and let them all through. I happily followed them. No pat downs, no fuss. If everyone opted out, maybe this would become the norm again! PIT All Main 2011-08-13 Easy to self-opt out during morning rush-stay to the left as you leave TDC. Not so easy during other times. BOS AA B22-B36 2011-08-12 Two WTMD-only lanes closed; probably 60% of pax sent through BKSX. I was chosen for WTMD instead because of a back-up at the BKSX. LGA AA Terminal B, C Gates 2011-08-12 3 lanes open, no AIT being used at all HPN AA All 2011-08-10 No scanners at Westchester County but the rent-a-cops are belligerent and retaliatory. BWI FL D 2011-08-10 Went through about 8pm, scanner appeared to be shut down for the night. DCA US Gates 35.45 2011-08-10 Late evening, no line. Still sending all to MMW SEA UA C/D 2011-08-10 The WTMD only line was roped off, but this morning the far right lane was NoS free. JFK AA Terminal 8 2011-08-10 Backscatter in all lanes. Use the family lane (rightmost) where it is roped off. Beware that all travelers eligible for premium security lanes are being forced to use those lanes, with a guaranteed backscatter use. SNA CO North 2011-08-09 No NoS present. However, other harassment such as "state your name" and "random" hand swabbings were happening. Friend was "randomly" selected for hand swabbing. Den DL Colorado flag checkpoint 2011-08-09 2 mmw units, easy to self opt-out by simply going into a lane without them as they never pull you back over. Priority line is WTMD-only SFO Other International A 2011-08-09 5 PM on a Tuesday. No scanners in use, WTMD only. GSP US Terminal A 2011-08-09 No scanners in sight; metal detector is primary DTW DL McNamara 2011-08-09 I was standing in front of the WTMD and there was a line for the MMW. I was told by the TSA agent I had to go into the other line. So I was forced through the MMW even though there was already a line and the WTMD was free. RDU AA Terminal 2 2011-08-09 Scanners roped off. Metal detector only. OKC AA Center 2011-08-09 No machines. Big bummer, I love them! gpt All 2011-08-08 Virtually everyone routed to backscatter. las AS D 2011-08-08 One rape-scanner in the middle of a bank of 6 lanes, moved to the far left and had no issues. LAS DL Terminal D 2011-08-08 5:30PM -- TSA guy pointed to my shirt, and asked if it was a hacker symbol. No, it's a turtle. CHS All A&B 2011-08-08 PHL US C 2011-08-08 3 lines, MMW in center line, no trouble choosing WTMD. dfw AA D6-D22 2011-08-08 8 am, all lines were using the metal detector CLE AA A 2011-08-07 Scanner in place, roped off. LGA US Terminal C 2011-08-07 Both the US Airways Shuttle and main security checkpoints are both completely scanner free. HSV CO Main 2011-08-07 Scanners not currently in use, but I have been informed that they are to be installed towards the end of the year IAD All Diamond checkpoint 2011-08-07 Random selection for the Scanner. IAD All Diamond checkpoint 2011-08-07 Random selection for the Scanner. IAD All Diamond checkpoint 2011-08-07 Random selection for the Scanner. IAD All Diamond checkpoint 2011-08-07 Random selection for the Scanner. FLL FL Terminal 1 Concourse C 2011-08-06 Backscatter use in all lanes except far left. You may have success crossing to far left lane after ID check. DCA FL A 2011-08-05 No Scope and Grope in Terminal A OMA UA B Gates 2011-08-05 Small airport. There is one lane leading to the "B" Gates. It's pretty easy to self-select opt out. The WTMD is on the right and the Cancer Machine is on the left. They had a Blacklight Betty for each line. Just line up on the right side and you're OK, at least at 1:00 pm in the afternoon. I didn't see any attempt to make people in the WTMD line go through the Cancer Machine. There were enough now-irradiated sheep willingly being led to the cancer slaughter. EWR Int'l B, Gates 60-68 2011-08-05 Fast track (C class, F class and FQTV) usually gets just metal detector MSP DL Terminal 1, Checkpoint 1 2011-08-05 PHL DL Terminal D 2011-08-04 Still got a TSA handjob! IAD UA West Main 2011-08-04 Had no problem self-oting out this morning. Went through checkpoint about 0845. As is usually the case, just ick the left line and you will line up for the WTMD. Time your move carefully to make sure one sheeple is in the Cancer Box and one more is lined up. sea UA D/N 2011-08-04 went to the leftmost line and was scat and grope free! thanks, tsastatus! BWI FL D 2011-08-04 Metal detectors being used for everyone day FL Only one checkpoint at DAY 2011-08-04 People being randomly chosen for scanner IAD Other Diamond Checkpoint 2011-08-04 Random Selection. Recommend using main checkpoint as there is generally at least one lane with the scanner roped off. MIA DL H 2011-08-04 It was self select. las AA D gates 2011-08-04 Only one cancer machine on far right and you are free to choose your line. ewr CO A 2011-08-04 Several security lines, no scopes in view. slc DL Terminal 2 2011-08-04 Stay to the right line for WTMD bos US B 2011-08-04 I was able to get the WTMD by presenting myself to the TSA just after someone had entered the scanner. They seemed to be directing people based on timing, so maybe 1/3 of people went through the scanner. BWI CO D 2011-08-04 1 NoS looked like it was in use. Mostly WTMD. Opted out by selecting a different line. ~5am sfo F9 2011-08-04 sna WN by Southwest counter 2011-08-03 No pornoscanners, no hassles. Bwi DL C 2011-08-03 DFW US E16 2011-08-03 Still just a metal detector. Use this entrance and it's a short walk to the US Airways gates. FLL DL Terminal 2 2011-08-03 far right lane is metal detector only, and was open. easy self-opt-out today. other two lanes have backscatter. LAX Other Terminal 2 2011-08-03 WTMD and scanners in use. Family in front of me sent through WTMD. They directed me to the scanner and I opted out. No drama; I was able to keep an eye on my stuff and the pat-down was not aggressive. (female agent) GSO US USAirways concourse 2011-08-03 No AIT at this checkpoint.. Other checks exceptionally thorough. DFW AA 2011-08-03 They scanned EVERYONE. They made no exceptions, even for the elderly woman in a wheelchair and the toddlers in front of me. FLL B6 Concourse F 2011-08-02 When queues are too long, they pick some pax to be checked with metal detector. Otherwise everyone goes through backscatter. Mco DL 60-129 2011-08-01 Right two lanes lead to backscatter machine. All others in use on B side of terminal appeared to be metal detector only. ABQ All 2011-08-01 One line had scanner roped off. Lets hope this is a permanent change. EWR DL B - for gates 40-47 2011-08-01 2 scanners, 1 WTMD. Everyone was in one line and it looked like every third person was being sent through the MMW. Then the single line got long and the TSA dude pulled the entire front half of the line over to another conveyor belt and all of those people went through the scanner. FLL CO Terminal 1, concourse C 2011-08-01 Mke DL E 2011-08-01 LAX DL Domestic from International 2011-08-01 One scanner and one WTMD in use. They would pull people from the WTMD line when there was a break in the other. I opted out and got no grief; the TSA agent was pleasant and thorough but not aggressive with the pat down. ATL DL Main 2011-08-01 Lines 10 and 11 have no body scanners, get in these lines and you are fine SEA FL SC 3 / A terminal 2011-07-31 Random but nearly 50% selection rate. Got selected but opted out of backscatter radiation. Instead patted down. All I can say is I am glad I wear a padded bra and loose fitting pants. Please be careful they are out to scan as many as possible no real chance to choose adventure. jfk Int'l Terminal 4 Gates A2-A7 2011-07-31 No Scanners in sight! They are asking everyone to pronounce their name though. SFO UA Terminal 3 2011-07-31 No Scanners in sight! They are asking everyone to pronounce their last name though. PIT All Main 2011-07-31 Some lanes didn't have scanners, easy to self opt-out. Stay left for best results. SEA AS Central 2011-07-31 I was not scanned, instead was directed through the metal detector. Others in my party were scanned. phx UA 2 2011-07-31 FNT DL Main 2011-07-31 Access is easy; other than "no shoes in bin" fetish at times and "random" beep from metal detectors ELM US Only one 2011-07-31 No AIT at this airport BOS UA C 2011-07-30 Long lines, didn't seem to be using the machines that were present. yqb All 2011-07-30 L3 Millimeter Wave present at security, but not in use DEN UA main (Concourse B) 2011-07-30 at 6:30 AM, all lanes were open: mostly metal detectors but a few scanners cho US only one 2011-07-30 no scanners installed, good option for flying out of DC area JFK DL Intl->Domestic T3 2011-07-30 The transit checkpoint inbound after customs--no NoS and likely no space to put one in! But only opens 1PM according to TSA, so buyer beware. Other hours will have to go upstairs to normal checkpoint. ORD AA Terminal 3 2011-07-30 Early morning flight, all going through pornoscanner. By the time I got to the front of the line they were opening a metal detector in next line. I scooted over and no one seemed to mind. ewr UA C / International 2011-07-30 MMW and WTMD; chose your own adventure. ewr UA 2011-07-30 BOS B6 C 11-38 2011-07-29 Most lanes have both WTMD and BSX with random selection for which you get. Possible to avoid by going to far right lane which only has a WTMD at the moment. BWI Other Terminal C 2011-07-29 No Scanners Installed PHL US D gate 2011-07-29 No AIT at D gate entry. Walked over to C gate for flight. 9:40 am flight. IAH DL North Terminal for Gate 12 2011-07-29 WTMD for all. MMW not in use. Barker hollering for everyone to take out their liquids, and TSA agent at the podium asking for names. aus WN 2011-07-29 no xrays present rdu DL 2 2011-07-29 go to fayetteville (FAY) instead and save yourself a lot of pain. DFW US E16 2011-07-28 1:30 PM - No Line - Straight through the metal detector. Ahh freedom. Sea All North-most 2011-07-28 Use the left-most lane to avoid backscatter machines TUL UA All 2011-07-28 Exception: Moms traveling with little kids. They were escorted through the magnetometer. If you were trying to sneak past the big box, wouldn't you bring a couple of cute kids with you? mco FL gates 90-120 2011-07-28 bwi FL 2011-07-28 RDU AA Terminal 2 2011-07-28 Got lucky, but worst TSA in the nation CRP All Main 2011-07-28 All passengers through backscatter, very thourogh patdown. ORD AA T2 2011-07-28 All lanes at main security had metal detectors except the far right. Use T2 to go to other terminals. T3 has numerous pornoscanners MAA Int'l Domestic 2011-07-28 All metal detectors and frisking. ALB WN main/only 2011-07-27 Still totally safe. Its totally worth it to drive or take a train to Albany from any area of NY state if your plans are to fly out of NY state. TSA staff were the most friendly and professional that I have experienced. All US TSA staff should take lessons from them. SAN WN Term 1, gates 3-10 2011-07-27 no xrays present DEL AA T3 2011-07-27 No scanners, however pornoscanners have been tested in the past in Delhi IAH AA A 2011-07-26 Few people in line - everyone sent to MMW. I refused. Clerk was very friendly but I made it clear I was not interested in his chit chat. IAD UA main 2011-07-26 random but frequent use ind F9 2011-07-26 GSO All Any 2011-07-25 No MMW or Backscatter - FREEDOM!!! pwm All 2011-07-25 HOU All Main/only 2011-07-25 Strip search at all stations, but sometimes not in use. Traitors are generally inept with discipline issues - one was unable to read my boarding pass. Self-select lines without strip search machines in use. ATL DL Main 2011-07-25 Possible to avoid MMW by staying away from the center lanes (without going around outer halls) Lanes 10 and 11 were WTMD PHL AA A- West 2011-07-24 I believe the A East checkpoint has been renovated and I was surprised to see no scanners at any of the 8 or so lanes. This appears to be a safe checkpoint as of today. You can access any terminal and gate once past the pervs. DEN DL Main terminal 2011-07-24 If TSA agent, 261789 Aida Torrent, thinks that I won't report her for touching my 9yo daughter and I inappropriately, she can think again. SJC WN Terminal B 2011-07-24 Was very easy to avoid middle line (scanner). BOS AA B, first class 2011-07-23 At the BOS terminal B checkpoints, each line splits into a NOS line and a WTMD line. However, the person guarding the WTMD makes the selection as to which line you go through. Even if you wind up at the scanner next to the WTMD, you will get sent through the NOS. In my case, I had a family and a wheelchair arrive on the NOS side of the checkpoint, and the TSA has (I guess) learned that wheelchair-bound people and small children are not terrorists. Too bad they still seem to think my name is Terrence Wrist (just call me "Terry"!) -- in spite of the stupid "what's your name game". At least the TSO didn't seem to enjoy groping me. SJC WN B 2011-07-23 Two metal detector and two xrays in use. easy to self select line. mco WN 120 2011-07-23 MKE FL C 2011-07-23 Two lanes were open, one leading to a WTMD and one to a body scanner, therefore one could choose to enter the WTMD line. PVD WN 2011-07-23 majority of people sent thru metal detector lane, TSA agents were courteous and professional BOS US B 2011-07-22 Everyone was going through scanner until the line got rather long. Then WTMD lane opened. Fortunately I was directed through it. DCA US C 2011-07-22 Late evening; no line. All directed into the scanner. ICT AA 2011-07-22 No scanners or patdowns. sjc US Terminal A 2011-07-22 3 lines open. 2 metal detectors, 1 x-ray. Avoid (x-ray) middle lane. sjc US Terminal A 2011-07-22 3 lines open. 2 metal detectors, 1 x-ray. Avoid (x-ray) middle lane. iad All Diamond checkpoint 2011-07-22 NoS operating; pax being randomly selected. Pax sent through WTMD if NoS occupied, so some ability to avoid scanner by timing your approach. mem DL B 2011-07-22 Everyone being sent through backscatter scanners. Staff is arrogant and rude. LAX DL 6 2011-07-21 all lanes lead to TSA choice of metal or backscatter Sjc WN Terminal B 2011-07-21 Two metal detectors and one x-ray in use. Once past the ID check, it is extremely easy to go to the lane of your choice. Did not see TSA redirecting anyone from chosen lane into the x-ray. ORD UA T2, right by main entrance 2011-07-21 Only saw metal-detectors in use, self-opt out was easy from other checkpoint LGA FL CTB, Concourse B 2011-07-21 No scanners at all. FNT FL Main/only 2011-07-21 No strip search machines. Traitors are pleasant. tpa DL all 2011-07-21 it is very likely that the MMW is a much safer option than rapiscan. i have a medical family. but still i don't agree with any of this...even with MMW..the risk of health affects is not 0%. I believe that if they won't send an infant through one of them, they shouldn't be sending adults through them. It's discriminatory and I refuse to go to airports that use any of the body scanners. mci WN Term b, gate 37 2011-07-20 got scanned, had chapstick and pills in pocket, but didn't get asked about them. I did have a belt on, then had to be patted around the waistline. Very nice TSA agents!! RSW AA 2011-07-20 No scanners or patdowns HNL CO All Gates 2011-07-20 Had a M.M. rape scanner on the left and a standard W.T.M.D. on right. All elderly appearing persons and people traveling with small children were allowed through the W.T.M.D. all others, including myself, were forced into the M.M. rape machine. Chose to Opt-Out! No problems getting the Opt-Out although the guy who did my pat down was totally bummed he had to give up his very tiring and important job of holding the table down. lhr All Terminal Three 2011-07-20 Saw only WTMDs at the checkpoint. Hand wanding and pat downs for those who alarmed the detector. No NOS visible--must be elsewhere if randomly selected. BOS UA Gates C11-21 2011-07-19 Lanes with machines were not in use. LAX UA any really (they change them around). MID-HI RISK OF BEING SCANNED @ LAX 2011-07-19 can fly to PHX thru DL (no body scanners!!), then rent car & drive to LAX DTW DL McNamara/South 2011-07-19 TSA employees very respectful and courteous. Can choose your own line following the ID check ... left to WTMD, right to MMW. RDU AA 2 2011-07-18 9 of 10 passengers forced through MMW (I got lucky) LAX AA A Terminal 2011-07-18 IAH CO Terminal C - Elite Access Checkpoint 2011-07-18 TDC was touchy and especially prone to power tripping anyone who objective to the "state your name" nonsense. Most passengers were going to through the scanners but TSO's were randomly moving passengers to the airport employee line that was just using a walk-through Mag. EWR CO Terminal C, 70-99 2011-07-18 only one scanner, which was roped off behind center metal detector mci DL 2011-07-18 There is a BS machine at the Delta gate. Sometimes it is roped off and everyone goes through metal detector, other times everyone must go through BS. If its really busy you can choose your own line (stay to the left) Atl DL South - premium 2011-07-17 Always take the furthest to the right if open - no porno scanner at all! STL WN Terminal 2 2011-07-17 One BKSX in use in Lanes 2 and 3. Lanes 1 and 4 are WTMD only. Very easy to choose your own lane. lax AA T4 2011-07-17 New elite checkpoint for AA sends you into a small, private checkpoint. All have Backscatter machines. Very hard to self-direct opt out! SEA B6 Checkpoint 2 2011-07-16 Backscatter in use at most lanes, but one had it blocked off, so I chose that one and went right through. BWI WN Terminal 1 Checkpoint B 2011-07-15 Three lanes open - only middle lane had MMW scanner, easily avoided by staying in lanes to left or right of it. MDW WN 2011-07-15 Four lanes open - only rightmost lane had MMW scanner which is easy to avoid iah DL A 2011-07-15 Terminal A Gate 12 - MMW not in use at 5 a.m., all went through WTMD though there was a TSA agent standing at the MMW machine. gsp WN 2011-07-15 No scanners - my new favorite airport! AUS WN all 2011-07-15 Still haven't seen any scanners here. dfw AA A21 2011-07-14 2:30 pm: scanner not in use. IAD UA Diamond 2011-07-14 Diamond checkpoint near baggage claim 8 is becoming more well-known so the line was pretty long. WTMD and NOS were on and working. Random NOS, and all others WTMD. Random of course = cute, blonde tourist DFW AA B9 2011-07-14 ATL DL Main 2011-07-14 TSA employees rudely pushing people into lines, but choosing a WTMD line was easy. Lots of people being chosen for secondary screening, both for hand swabs and full patdowns. BOS WN E1A-E1E 2011-07-14 Probably 9 of 10 pax sent through BKSX. Line did move quickly. Polite and professional handling of opt out. SFO UA 3 2011-07-14 No scanners period. There was the silly say your name game, but all WTMD. PIT All main 2011-07-14 worst TSA agents in america. Throw around trays with items still in 'em. power trip to the max. BKSX use was truly random, no rhyme or reason. ORD UA T2 2011-07-13 Only backscanner at main security checkpoint is still to far right -- several other lanes open w/only WTMD. DCA UA B (center pier) 2011-07-13 Metal detectors only!! BOM Int'l Domestic (Kingfisher) 2011-07-12 All metal detectors and frisking. ATL DL Main 2011-07-12 Some lanes have MMW machines, some only have WTMD. You can pick your own lane. I intentionally chose a NoS lane so I could opt out (thus making a TSO's day less pleasant). I was directed through that lane's metal detector instead, because the line was getting backed up. MKE C 2011-07-12 Only MMW open at 6AM. Later, other lanes and possibility to positionally opt out. Lax WN Gates 3-14 2011-07-12 MDW WN 2011-07-12 TYS All All 2011-07-12 No machines. AGS All Only 2011-07-12 WTMD only, but there are random gropes. PBI B6 Terminal C 2011-07-11 MMW scanners present in all lanes and appeared to be primary. ROC US Center 2011-07-11 Picked the far right lane with no scanner. tul AA 2011-07-10 BOS US US Airways 2011-07-10 BDO trying to chat everybody up, yet ALL will be sent through backscatter unless huge line backup. LAX AA 4 2011-07-10 First Class lines, almost all forced through scanner machine. TSA agent pleasant at least. OAK WN Terminal 1 2011-07-10 Several lanes open, only saw normal metal detectors being used. MCI WN 39-45 2011-07-10 Went through Sunday at 1250 pm. Was able to go to right and avoid the scanner. Clerks were generally friendly. Did not see any random pulls for scanner. DTW DL McNamara - Left 2011-07-10 Each pair of lanes had an MMW and WTMD, and all MMW were in use at 7 AM, but you can time it to get the WTMD, i.e. wait until someone was in the MMW. TSA didn't seem to care. DTW DL McNamara - Left 2011-07-10 Each pair of lanes had an MMW and WTMD, and all MMW were in use at 7 AM, but you can time it to get the WTMD, i.e. wait until someone was in the MMW. TSA didn't seem to care. DTW DL McNamara - Left 2011-07-10 Each pair of lanes had an MMW and WTMD, and all MMW were in use at 7 AM, but you can time it to get the WTMD, i.e. wait until someone was in the MMW. TSA didn't seem to care. Fll WN B 2011-07-10 BOS B6 New C 2011-07-10 New checkpoint is open for Gates 25-36. Backscatter in use at all lanes. Opted for patdown. BOS B6 Terminal C, middle checkpoint 2011-07-09 The far right lanes had only a metal detector installed. Backscatter machine are present and were in use in the other queues. BWI WN concourse A 2011-07-09 1 of 3 lanes had machines in use CME CO Main 2011-07-09 WTMD only ont WN 2 2011-07-08 815 am. full random. got selected. refused to go thru machine. had superviser called. consented under duress. had panic attack midway thru patdown. cop called. had agent start going thru my things without permission. finished patdown. was told I would get paperwork, never given it. SFO UA 3 (first/premium) 2011-07-08 No NoS BUT two ID checks and VERY frequent selectees for full-body pat-down (about every 2nd male passenger) at 7:00 pm pie Other terminal 2 2011-07-08 both scanner and metal detector were active. we were randomly searched and patted down SEA UA C/D 2011-07-08 The premier/first line leads to the backscatter, but you can make your way to the far left (WTMD) line once you pass the TDC. The WTMD has random selection for pat-downs, about every 4th or 5th passenger. Lines were very long at 5:30 pm. JFK Other T7 2011-07-08 Late night Cathay Pacific flight to HK. Scanners roped off in general line. There were almost no people there and TSA agents were nice and friendly. I heard that they were in use in priority lines. lax UA any 2011-07-08 [redacted] rdu WN Terminal 1 2011-07-07 100% forced through MMW MEM AA C 2011-07-07 Sending passingers through the scanner to keep it in use at all times which means close to every other pax sent through scanner. Arrogant, unfriendly TSA staff. SEA AS D 2011-07-07 Checkpoint to the RIGHT of Alaska check-in. After the doors beyond the TDCs, easy self selection among three WTMDs. The rightmost lane had an X-ray backscatter machine; I did not observe how often it was used. SFO UA International, G side 2011-07-07 The far right line, for business class and above, is still scanner-free, but they don't open it up until the traffic starts getting heavier at around 10AM. I got shunted into a different line, but asked a TSA agent "is that line available?" and got OK'd to use the line without a scanner. For the lines with scanners, they send people through the scanner or a metal detector, seemingly randomly. ATL DL International 2011-07-07 Coming from international into main terminal, people chosen randomly to go through backscatter instead of metal BOS US Terminal B 2011-07-07 Some passengers were selected for the scanner. Didn't observe an pattern to make an avoidance. Was selected for the scanner and opted for a pat down. IXM Other Domestic 2011-07-06 Metal detectors and frisking. Men and Women separate lanes. PHX AA 3 2011-07-06 Only metal detectors—no scanners visible MIA US H/J 2011-07-06 There was one MMW/WTMD pair running around late afternoon. There were two lines -- one for each -- but the WTMD line was much longer, so they were pulling people from the WTMD line as the MMW line ran out of victims. PHL US D 2011-07-06 I walked by security at Terminal C in PHL yesterday, and it looked like they were putting everyone or nearly everyone through the MMW machine. Use Terminal D to access all gates -- it's still clear as of now. MDW WN 2011-07-06 MMW in right lanes. Could not see if it was in use. Stayed in far left lane for obvious reasons. yyz All US Customs Clearance 2011-07-06 Opted-out, inspection by hand was light YMMV HNL AS Between gates 23 and 24 2011-07-06 Easy SDOO: Left lane was WTMD only, right lane was 100% MMW radar. Screeners were attempting to convince people to switch to the NOS lane, which had no people waiting at the baggage Xray. BLR Int'l Domestic 2011-07-05 frisking and metal detectors BLR Int'l Domestic 2011-07-05 frisking and metal detectors ewr AA A 30-39 2011-07-05 One MMW and one WTMD. Seems like every other passenger or every third person though screeners were nice. IAH CO Terminal B 2011-07-05 MMW was in operation for all lanes. Passengers herded by groups of 5 to cue for the scanners while the remaining passengers were sent through the WTMD until the MMW line was empty. ORD AA 3 2011-07-05 Flight was boarding in 15 minutes, so they waved me to the front of the line. All checkpoints and all lanes appeared to be using scanners. Lines were not long. SLC WN Terminal 1 2011-07-05 Metal detectors were there and I wanted to use one, but all passengers I saw were directed to MMW machines. SAV DL 2011-07-05 Metal Detectors only. The detector is sensitive, though, so be careful to avoid a secondary. MSP All T2/HHH 2011-07-05 No scanner ORD AA Terminal 3 2011-07-05 50% through the scanner. Opted for the pat down & TSA agent got it done in 3 minutes. Very professional. SLC WN Terminal 1 2011-07-04 One MMW scanner in use - easily avoided by staying to the right CLE CO C 2011-07-04 Passengers chosen at random for MMW MSP All T1/Lindberg 2011-07-04 It's pick your own checkpoint. Checkpoints 2,6 and 10 have MMWs and are using them for everybody. Checkpoints 1,3,4,5 and 7 don't have them. shd UA Main 2011-07-04 MSP DL Terminal 1 2011-07-03 Went through Checkpoint 4, which is still scanner-free. I was selected for additional screening; my sandals were taken & analyzed somehow. TSA agent (female) was sympathetic to stressed cat in my arms & waited until he was stowed in his carrier before continuing screening. bos DL A 2011-07-03 4:00 pm. BKXS in use as primary, WTMD as secondary when line backs up during a scan. Station understaffed, took several mins for pat down & bag screeners to arrive when paged. Line was backed up enough that one could probably time it to get waved through WTMD while another pax is getting BKSX. ORD UA T1 2011-07-03 I use for all passengers. Long lines. BOS CO A 2011-07-02 No WTMDs in use: 100% backscatter, gate screening also in effect BDL DL Main 2011-07-02 All lanes have BKSX, but none were in use. ATL FL T gates 2011-07-01 Easy to avoid MMW scanners by choosing your own lane. Go through to lane 1 and then observe where the scanners are. Do not go to the extreme far left or right. All patrons in these lanes being scanned. Just take a good look at the lanes and you'll be ok. BOS WN E1A-E1E 2011-07-01 Most pax sent through NoS - if line backs up sent through WTMD SFO UA Terminal 3 2011-07-01 No naked scanners at this checkpoint. I saw very few patdowns also: 2 wheelchair patdowns and one other person in 30 minutes of watching. PIT All Main 2011-07-01 Each "line" has a left and a right side but funnel to the head where both metal detect and Xray in use. Agent directs traffic to one or another. Best bet is to stay to left but still may be 'randomly' selected for scanner. KOA Other Gates 6-10 2011-07-01 Hawaiian Airlines. One WTMD, no NOS. MIA AA D 2011-07-01 There were long lines at Checkpoint #2, so we were directed to Checkpoint #1 by a helpful airport person. Checkpoint #2 appeared to have two MMW/WTMD pairs, but I couldn't easily see how they were selecting people. Checkpoint #1 was much better; there was one MMW in the middle, with a WTMD to the left (employee/crew line?) and another to the right. It was easy enough to self-select the line to the right. SFO AS Terminal 1, Boarding Area B 2011-07-01 TSA officers pointing to line for passengers to join. In a single line side-by-side metal detector and MMW - Millimeter Wave scanner TSA directing passengers. I ignored their hand wave and went through metal detector, officer didn't seem to want to hastle with sending me through again. fat Other all 2011-06-30 Everyone thru the scanner. Saw one pax ask for pat down and he got his request. IND WN B Concourse 2011-06-30 Roughly every other person was sent through the backscatter machines in each line. TOL All All 2011-06-30 Only one checkpoint - all passengers directed to the MMW. Metal detector was roped off of course. I got raped. Sea FL Main / security gate 3 2011-06-30 Far left lane backscatter was shut off, easy to avoid if you pick correct lane. Far right lane was sending ALL passengers through the backscatter. Security checkpoint 1 wad FAR worse. All lanes thru backscatters. Proceed with caution and you should be ok. CIC All Only one 2011-06-30 One metal detector. Four little flights a day. SFO UA 3 2011-06-30 Still nothing but metal detectors for United in San Francisco. CIC UA the only one 2011-06-30 Chico is too small for this kind of hassle. PHX DL Terminal 3 2011-06-30 Only metal detectors that I could see, but only 1 lane was open. MLB DL 2011-06-29 Everybody force to go through the scaner device, if you opt out the patdown will be done in very aggressive way. SJC WN B 2011-06-29 I fly out of SJC every week. Mostly they allow you to choose which lane to use, and there's always one lane with no scanner. Only once have I had to opt out. ONT DL Terminal 2 2011-06-29 Two millimeter scanners. One lane open. Low number of passengers. Scanners appeared to be off. Passengers all sent through metal detector. LAX DL 5 2011-06-29 If you stay to the right there are a total of 4 lanes with WTMD's only that could theorectically be open. At 9 AM 2 WTMD only were open on the right and appeared to be self-directed. 4 lanes on the left alternated WTMD - BKSX. Unclear if cross over occurred in those lanes or if you were safe if you picked a WTMD one. Elite lane ends up nearest the WTMD only. CMH DL Concourse C 2011-06-28 WTMD lane was running MUCH more slowly than the BSX line. The carry-on X-ray belt was crawling. Some passengers still selected from the expert passenger lane for the BSX, but most able to self-select. BOS B6 C 2011-06-28 Jetblue gates. Scanners were there, didn't see them roped off, but didn't see anybody being routed to them. BOS UA C/11-21 2011-06-27 4 lines, in pairs. The two on the right had a backscatter machine, in use. The two on the left had none, so I went that way. BOS VX B 2011-06-27 Tiny checkpoint serves only Virgin America and has no backscatter machines BOS FL C 2011-06-27 BKSK for all pax. tus CO 2011-06-26 still no nude o scopes, but expect random sex acts with TSA... PHL US B 2011-06-26 MSY US B 2011-06-26 Some lines with backscatter, some with metal detectors. Was in metal detector line but redirected to backscatter at the last moment. Lots of opt-outs occurred, clearly irritating the TSA staff, who did perfunctory pat-downs. BOS DL Terminal A (right side) 2011-06-25 BKSX primary for all lanes. Hordes of screeners, and yet I had to wait 5 minutes for a female assist. lax UA 6 & most are bad 2011-06-25 This cpoint is RED! AVOID LAX AT ALL COSTS. Mdw WN Main 2011-06-24 Same as previous reports - just a few scanners to the righg cmh DL all 2011-06-24 avoid. TSA here are terrible. rdu DL 2 2011-06-24 sad. things are stressful now. people have to deal with bad traffic and then get sexually assaulted by the TSA. It's terrible. RDU TSA is very rude towards nervous or stressed out travelers. i've been there on a CMH DL Terminal C 2011-06-23 One line, random (their) choice at metal detector or backscatter. BOS UA C/11-21 2011-06-23 The far left of the checkpoint has no scanner. IAD All Mian 2011-06-23 All scanners blocked off today. Yay!! CLT US C 2011-06-23 C checkpoint still the only one without scanners. Only 2 or 3 lanes open. Long line at C. mem DL C 2011-06-23 During slow times, all passengers are herded through the body scanners without any other option. This includes all other checkpoints. The staff was rather haughty. DCA US 2011-06-23 Two lanes using backstatter and two using regular metal detector. Choose your own. BOS B6 C 2011-06-23 I think there were body scanners, but there was a choice. Went through the WTMD without trouble. SFO Int'l G 2011-06-23 Unfortunately, it seems the MMW was the only option. Couldn't opt out, particularly tight connection, and travelling with a group. PHL US Terminal A 2011-06-22 No scanners. Just metal detector. No fuss DCA AS B 2011-06-22 Three metal detector stations. Left and right stations also using MMW radar. Elite lane feeds to right lane. SEA Other C/D 2011-06-22 Two X-ray backscatter machines observed -- both roped off at about 10:30 am, one (right side) in use around 5 pm. Middle metal detector is safe from the scanners. OKC UA Left side (center closed) 2011-06-22 No machines in sight. Den DL Skywalk 2011-06-22 Every time I fly through here, I have to opt-out resulting in HUGE attitude and truly feeling sexually assaulted and molested by over zealous, out-of-control blue shirt thugs. I'm seriously considering NOT moving back because of this despite how much I love it here. ATL DL T gates 2011-06-21 Scanners present but not in use MSP DL Lindbergh, Checkpoint 5 2011-06-21 No scanner at checkpoint 5. BUF US All 2011-06-21 5:30 am - all lanes have radiation machines. Very difficult to self-select. Managed to get into the only lane with the machine roped off. Didn't see a single opt-out! PNS DL 2011-06-21 DCA DL B 2011-06-20 Everyone sent through metal detectors & only those who beeped were sent through scanner FLL WN Terminal 1, B gates 2011-06-20 All directed through WTMD. Had a carryon disassembled, though sea All C gate checkpoint 2011-06-20 Far left line only has WTMD, but TSOs will shunt some unlucky ones off to the NoS. Too bad, because that line used to be safe. ABQ All 2011-06-20 Try to get in a longer line. They will use metal detectors if the scanner line gets too long. atl DL Main 2011-06-20 Passed through the main checkpoint at around 8:00 PM, when crowds were thin. TSA only had 3 WTMD/MMW pairs open (6 lanes). TSOs were randomly selecting passengers for the NOS. WTMDs were still open for those lucky enough to not be selected for the NOS. ric UA B concourse 2011-06-19 Nearly everyone sent through MMW. 12:45pm. BGR DL Gates 1-3 2011-06-19 1:00 PM SEA All C checkpoint 2011-06-19 Middle backscatter at the small C checkpoint is inoperative. Has sign on back saying equipment out of service. Won't last long but enjoy while you can. Elite line dumps out right in front of it. FLL CO C Concourse Terminal 1 2011-06-19 The leftmost line is metal detector only, and can sometimes be self selected. Otherwise, it's backscatter for all, and very slow. CLE CO 2011-06-19 LGA DL Delta Terminal 2011-06-19 Still no scanners at all in the Delta Terminal. atl DL Main 2011-06-19 Lanes 1-4, 12-15, and 21-22 have MMW scanners. Simply choose one of the other lanes to avoid the NOS. The Main checkpoint in ATL is a very easy "positional opt-out." jfk DL T2 2011-06-19 BKSX not in use. Long lines as usual. jfk DL T3 - Gate 1 2011-06-19 BKSX was roped off all afternoon. jfk DL T3 - Gate 5 2011-06-19 BKSX was roped off all afternoon and evening. jfk DL T3 - Gate 12 2011-06-19 No BKSX! I don't think they even have room to install one at this checkpoint. jfk DL T3 - Gate 15 2011-06-19 This checkpoint was closed during the early afternoon when I was passing through security, but this checkpoint is NOS-free! lax WN Terminal 1 2011-06-19 Only Family Line had no scanner. SFO UA Terminal 3 2011-06-18 Both the priority and regular checkpoints in terminal 3 are still scanner-free. SJC UA A 2011-06-18 ORD AA Terminal 3 2011-06-18 In use for all passengers at T3 premium line. Massive delays and backups. PHL DL D 2011-06-18 No AIT of any kind through D gate entry. So just use that and walk to your terminal unscathed! ATL DL T gates 2011-06-17 got waved to the checkpoint in a hidden area (far to the left of the others). Most people were sent through the scanner, but if you move to the right and stay there, you can avoid it. MCO AA Gates 1-59 2011-06-17 We saw a woman from line 4 asked to step a L3 Millimeter Wave machine. This was located just after stepping through a metal detector. We were in line 5 and a family of 3 was just in front of us when she was asked to step in. By the time we made it through and were collecting our belongings she was still inside. One of my travelling companions told me they were letting her out but I don't know if she chose to "opt-out" at the last second or if the scan had already been made. MCO AA Gates 1-59 2011-06-17 I wanted to add 2 things, from my earlier entry, that I forgot to write about. 1) We packed our 3 3-1-1 bags in my carry on laptop bag, but I forget to get them out to put them in the conveyor trays. No one from TSA ever blinked an eye when they went through in my bag. If anything I was asked if the bag contained a laptop and I just said no (it didn't have one BTW). 2) Lines 4 and 5 both went through the same metal detection scanner with the MMW right behind it. sjc US Terminal A 2011-06-17 Choose your own lane CDG AA Terminal 2A, Gates 37-57 2011-06-17 SDF AA 2011-06-16 Only one checkpoint. There were NO scanners msp DL Lindbergh/1, checkpoint 5 2011-06-16 No scanner msp DL Lindbergh/1, checkpoint 6 2011-06-16 Scanner present but not in use LAX Other 2 2011-06-16 You were directed toward a set of lanes. May have been possible to avoid, I was sorted into a lane that only had xray. IND CO A Concourse 2011-06-16 The A side has more than one backscatter now. Each set of two lines feeds one backscatter and one metal detector. As the backscatter opens, people are sent there. SRQ DL 2011-06-15 Some passengers were being randomly chosen for the MMW. Each pair of lanes has a MMW. SEA UA central 2011-06-15 1030pm, they were closing down a bank of NoS but lanes 1-3 were WTMD only. BNA WN C 2011-06-15 Still with the random selection, tho most thru NoS. SFO CO T3 2011-06-14 The old checkpoint for American at the far right end is still open certain hours for CO/UA passengers. If you use this one, you will almost certainly be sent to the scanner. Use the main checkpoint in the middle or the elite checkpoint at the far left if you are eligible. gso DL 1 2011-06-14 hand swab me all you want, its a heck of alot better than a pat down or body scanner. They could just do this at the other airports as well. Fly here instead of RDU! ATL DL Main Security 2011-06-13 Stupid long lines @7:30am but allowed for breezing through security and pick your poison. Take the very far right lanes and keep right. There is a scanner in one of the final two but you can easily avoid. MSY DL Delta 2011-06-13 Tried my best to time it right but they weren't having it. Got groped by a very nice lady that didn't agree with the policy either. When I mentioned that I didn't think we should be treated like criminals, she said that we were only getting a plane. atl DL Main 2011-06-13 JFK DL Terminal 3 2011-06-13 scanner behind the metal detector, but it was not in use bos FL C/40-42 2011-06-13 Scanner roped off. YVR Other US Departures 2011-06-12 About a 3% chance of being randomly selected for the MMW EDI All Main checkpoint 2011-06-12 Scanner-free ONT AS 2 2011-06-12 Scanners in both lines, only one in use. RDU AA 2 2011-06-12 Avoid RDU CMH AA Terminal B 2011-06-12 Alternating passengers between metal detector and back scatter. I did not note any passengers actively making a choice. Den DL A gates 2011-06-12 I can't find a way to escape having my Rights violated and being sexually assaulted at this airport. It makes me consider NOT moving back here despite the beauty of the area. tus AA A 2011-06-11 WTMD only. Friendly staff. Smurfs lined up for gate checks but did not perform any. MEM DL B 2011-06-11 No scanners in use through Checkpoint B. LAS DL D gates 2011-06-11 Only saw one WTMD running (for the handicap lane). The rest looked to be AIT. Saturday morning, light to medium traffic. sat WN A 2011-06-11 BOS B6 C 2011-06-11 Gates C40-42 have own checkpoint, only one line, both backscatter and metal detector operating at capacity. Was flying with small child, no one stopped me from heading toward detector, but person in front had gone through backscatter & they seemed to be alternating. fll Other Gate H Terminal 4 2011-06-10 Airline is Spirit...They have Metal dector but they were not in use...they forced everyone to go through the naked scanner or get groped. sfo DL t2 2011-06-10 seemed to be yellow but i just was observing from outside sfo DL t1 2011-06-10 security benign. def yellow keep to the Wtmd!! saw people who seemed to want to go thru mmw....uninformed! JFK AA 8 2011-06-10 At 2 pm, all x-ray machines were roped off. However, it was a shift change time, and TSA was about to switch over and start using them. (This would be an orange/red report about 2:30 pm, I think) As a result, the process was very quick. TSA appeared to be clearing a backlog of passengers. LTN All Main checkpoint 2011-06-10 Scanner-free TVC DL Only one 2011-06-10 Tiny airport, no scanners, and seemingly no place to put them. Only a single line with a WTMD. 5 DEN UA South 2011-06-10 Lane 10 has metal detector only. 630a 2 RIC FL Terminal A 2011-06-09 Mandatory scan or opt in in effect for nearly 12 months now. All terminals. Ord UA 1 2011-06-09 Ord UA T1, 1-7, 5:30a 2011-06-09 Huge lines, all scanners in use at all ckpts ord B6 2 2011-06-08 I was randomly picked for a backscatter machine. I opted out and experienced the "enhanced" pat-down for the first time. It was a horrible, humiliating experience. OKC DL Right Side 2011-06-08 Alarmed the WTMD and had a bullet keychain in my purse. Cleared with ETD for hands and purse and x-ray re-run with purse. TSOs were very professional. MSP All T 1 2011-06-07 Checkpoints 1, 4 and 5 still scanner free. Others have and use MMW. sfo DL dl 2011-06-07 stay away GEG UA A/B 2011-06-07 I chose to stay to the right which allowed me the metal detector. A few were sent throught the x-ray machine. sfo DL 2011-06-06 avoid. try sacramento! unfortunately i saw scanners with agents walking through them but not sure if they were using? PIE Other Gates 2 - 6 2011-06-06 Only one scanner, metal detector was present but not in use. There is another checkpoint (Gates 7 - 10), but do not know if there is a scanner. Agents were respectful. RDU AA 2 2011-06-06 TSA very rude , avoid RDU if possible BOS F9 B15-21 2011-06-06 3 lanes, right 2 had scanner, left had magnetometer. I stayed left and passed. mke F9 D 2011-06-06 Random selection put me with a very nice agent who was being trained to do patdowns. CRW All All 2011-06-06 Only one checkpoint for entire airport. CRW All All 2011-06-06 Only one checkpoint for entire airport. CRW All All 2011-06-06 Only one checkpoint for entire airport. ewr AA A 30-39 2011-06-06 HPN All 2011-06-06 No nude scanners at White Plains - let's keep it that way. DCA AA B 2011-06-06 WTMD only and TSA friendly DCA AA B 2011-06-06 WTMD only and TSA friendly DCA AA B 2011-06-06 WTMD only and TSA friendly ATL DL T gates 2011-06-05 Can pick the WTMD line. aus DL all 2011-06-05 outstanding tsa here yhey seem to be on our side BOS DL A 2011-06-05 Usually they direct you to one scanning method at terminal A, but today you could walk through either without objection. Even though I was sweating from a sprint to make the plane. A trend, maybe. SFO AA Terminal 2 2011-06-05 No scanners, but in order to pass the checkpoint, you must say your last name. So, checkpoint is still not idiocy-free. JFK AA 8 2011-06-05 When I arrived at 5 pm, all (backscatter X-ray) scanners were roped off. The line was really long. Maybe TSA knows that the NoS is slow. SEA UA Main/North 2011-06-05 Far RIGHT lane (down the hallway from the premium pax line) has no NoS ROC All main 2011-06-05 WTMD lane roped off during slow hours. A bunch of McNeill contractors standing around the MMW scanner in center lane. Rude and obnoxious to flyers who dare exercise the right to opt out. Private contractor or not, same lousy attitude as the TSA. Absolutely intolerant and dismissive treatment of passengers who voice objections. stl DL Concourse A 2011-06-05 TSO was selecting people randomly to go through rhe BKSX, but she choosing very few people. In fact, the BKSX had a lot of idle time. msp All Terminal 1, Checkpoint 1 2011-06-05 Checkpoint is at far right end of terminal 1 when facing check in counters. Access to all terminal 1 airlines. ewr DL B 2011-06-04 each checkpoint had mm wave in use with "random" passengers selected to go through it. "Random" does not mean "arbitrary." People might consider asking what probably distribution is used to choose. Dca AA B 2011-06-04 Metal detectors only! Nice and quick. cmh WN A - Line 1 2011-06-04 They were only letting families and unaccompanied minors through the WTMD IAD UA Main/United 2011-06-04 Self selection no longer easy; 1/3 of those near metal detector sent thru NOS; 1/3 of those near NOS sent thru metal detector. I would have opted out but was lucky I went thru WTMD atl DL Main 2011-06-04 Easy to choose a line without the MMW scanner. LAS DL D gates 2011-06-04 D gates checkpoint still has WTMD, but on a Saturday night there was so little traffic through the checkpoint that only MMW were in use. Checkpoint is still probably yellow during heavier use. aus DL all 2011-06-03 yay for austin fay DL any 2011-06-03 i love my hometown airport. if they ever think of daring to put a scanner here i will protest vehemently. JAN 2011-06-03 Currently NOS free. Let's keep it that way! ATL DL T gates 2011-06-02 6:45am left priority lane. Opted out and got most professional pat down. Still dislike being treated like common criminal in order to do my job LAX DL 5 2011-06-02 Random selection. No choice. BUR AA 1 2011-06-02 Great airport, no WTMD and TSA friendly BUR AA 1 2011-06-02 Great airport, no WTMD and TSA friendly mem DL B 2011-06-02 dca DL 2011-06-02 MRY UA there's only one 2011-06-02 very small airport, should be safe for a while CRP All Only checkpoint 2011-06-02 All passeners through backscatter, opt out quick and painless. atl North 2011-06-01 At 6a lanes 2&4 are running most through MMW. Lane 3 shares lane with MMW @2, but has WTMD. Avoidable through middle right lanes of Main Checkpoint that are WTMD only. BNA Main 2011-06-01 Everyone through at 3p. abq WN Airport has one checkpoint 2011-06-01 There were scanners at all of the lines, but I was able to find one with the scanners roped off. I was concerned that they may have been planning on opening it at that line later. IAD UA Main 2011-06-01 Scanner used for most. I opted out and get felt up pretty thoroughly during the "male check". The guy was very nervous (i'm 6/7, so he should have been). Very polite through it all. Rdu AA 2 2011-05-31 Rdu is now Virtually 100% naked scan and slow lines. Gso will be become my new base now. EWR CO Terminal C, Checkpoint C-3 2011-05-30 Checkpoint C-3: Elite Access WTMD only, but general line fed into MMW (one unit present) with overflow to WTMD; Checkpoint C-2 (observed from secure side): most appeared to fed be into MMW (one unit present) with overflow to WTMD; Checkpoint C-1 (observed from secure side): WTMD only, MMW (one unit present) roped off PHL US D 2011-05-30 Terminals B & C now both have AIT machines (looks like one MMW each). From what I could see, they were putting everyone through the one at terminal C; I couldn't tell for certain at B, but I'd bet it was the same, as both had long lines. I walked down to D for quick, radiation-free screening. MLU DL 2011-05-30 buf B6 2011-05-29 backscatter installed but roped off in lane 2, no grope Bos DL Delta terminal a 2011-05-29 Before entering A terminal checkpoint be sure to check if scanners are being used at the left or right sides. I was able to stay to the left and choose wtmd with the scanners roped off. On the right everyone was being sent through unless the scanner was in use. Elite line on right side might be wise to avoid if necessary to use left most checkpoint ewr Int'l Terminal B Gates 50-58 2011-05-28 6:30am - status changed from blue to yellow just after I got through DFW AA A23 2011-05-28 Good to go at this gate, all others at A have converted DEN All North/South 2011-05-28 2 MMW in each checkpoint. Easy to avoid by choosing WTMD-only lane. DEN UA Concourse A 2011-05-27 7:00 pm. Used concourse A based on the (false) info on this page. DFW AA A23 2011-05-27 At Terminal A - use the NEW, temporary A23 checkpoint while construction is in progress. A23 has metal detectors only. However, the checkpoint right next to it has MMW scanners so don't get confused. Also, the 5/24 post below is in error - There is no backscatter at DFW, only MMW and 2 of 3 checkpoints at Terminal A have scanners. PDX UA North (D/E concourses) 2011-05-27 WTMD only -- no scanners PDX Other South (A/B/C concourses) 2011-05-27 WTMD only -- no scanners IAH CO Terminal C 2011-05-26 Most passengers fed into MMW, overflow through WTMD; opt-out was hostile when change of gloves requested HOU WN Only one available 2011-05-26 Passengers in every other line were chosen for scanners DCA US Gates 35-45 2011-05-25 Three lines available - far left led to active scanner, middle had metal detector only, far right had scanner but it was cordoned off & not in use. MEM UA C 2011-05-25 Backscatter not in use and roped off. Friendly staff! SLC WN Terminal 1 2011-05-25 All lines feeding into MMW. Incredibly long lines backing up into baggage claim, some pax were being fed into WTMD due to long lines. SLC DL Terminal 2 2011-05-25 Only 2 MMW in use. Avoidable by going to middle lane WTMD. All gates are accessable from this CP, so go to T2 to avoid MMW in T1. DFW AA A23 2011-05-25 Only metal detector here A23. Others have MMW. A12 was scanner free but shut down due to remodelling. Make sue to choose A23 for now to avoid scanners. oma WN 2011-05-25 one backscatter one wtmd both lanes open dfw US E33 2011-05-24 Left lane leads to metal detector, right lane to the scanner. Couldn't tell if TSA was directing folks, or if it was fully self-select. Short walk to E16 checkpoint, which has shorter lines and only a metal detector. dfw E16 2011-05-24 Still metal detector only. dfw AA A 2011-05-24 1 of 3 security enterances used BSK AUS DL 2011-05-24 I'm so grateful for the law-makers in this state. We need to show our support AND tell our own state officials that we need to follow in TX footsteps. Protect our rights! Rdu FL 1 2011-05-24 1 MMW - choose left lanes to improve chances f wtmd and also so you can see your bags if you need to opt out. ATL DL T-Gates 2011-05-23 3pm on a Monday. Two lanes. Easily took lane on right to avoid scanner. CLT US 1 2011-05-23 No scanner at checkpoint C. TSA thug stood at the entrance to C telling people to go to the other checkpoints. Some were smart enough to just walk right past him. FLL DL 2 (for D gates) 2011-05-23 2 backscatter lanes, 1 WLMD lane in use at terminal 2 for the D gates. Go to the right (by currency exchange) and stay to the right to get to the metal detector. When we went through the other two lanes had both metal detectors and backscatter, and the metal detectors were off. RDU US 2 2011-05-22 Almost all forced through MMW. Very slow. Patdown was professional. PDX DL North checkpoint 2011-05-22 No scanners (hopefully never, either!) PHL US B 2011-05-21 Scanner there, not in use. JFK DL T2/T3 2011-05-21 BKSX in use periodically at T2, T3-Gate 1 and T3-Gate 5. T3-Gate 12 WTMD only, T2 has WTMD DAY AA Only 1 at DAY 2011-05-21 Only Scanner avail/WTMD roped off slc WN Terminal 1 2011-05-20 3 Lines all leading to MMW ATL DL South Checkpoints 2011-05-20 Roped off, not in use phx US A 2011-05-19 chose the no naked machine line, no tsa officials stopped me BOS DL A 2011-05-19 Every lane seemed to be subject to random selection of backscatter vs metal. No choice by passenger. ATL DL South Terminal 2011-05-19 No scanner on the right side. SDF US 2011-05-19 Metal detectors only. BUF AA 2011-05-19 In Use, but could self select IAH All Terminal A 2011-05-18 Most Pax sent through MMW dfw AA a23 2011-05-18 There is only a metal detector at this checkpoint IAH CO Terminal E 2011-05-18 Every person through MMV RDU AA 2 2011-05-18 Metal detector was blocked all forced through DNA shredding machines. Avoid this airport BOS WN E 2011-05-18 MMW in use for a random selection of people, though when it got backed up, most were directed to WTMD. SYR UA Termina 2 2011-05-18 No machines. Terrible lines in the morning.. BWI DL D 2011-05-18 Pulled into LongTerm Parking behind a shuttle bus 4PM. Parked at shelter 10 t0 give myself time to meet the bus. Took 5 minutes to get to me. Boarded. Got to terminal and through security at 4:22PM. 22 minutes from the time I turned off my car in the lot. Not bad. 400p 5 SNA DL 2011-05-17 Still no scanners PIT All main 2011-05-16 was off for elite/1st class but in use for other lines MCI WN Terminal C; gates 35-40 2011-05-16 Turn right to get to the WTMD. This is still accurate. DAL CO Terminal 1 2011-05-16 Only WTMD. SEA All Middle screening area near C gates 2011-05-16 Backed up lines, they stopped directing people to scanners. SEA All Middle screening area near C gates 2011-05-16 Backed up lines, they stopped directing people to scanners. JFK DL Terminal 2 2011-05-15 Leftmost lane is backscatter for everyone. Right lanes seem to be available at your option, and have no backscatter. ric US 2011-05-15 SLC DL Terminal 2 2011-05-15 1MMW used in left most lane, easily avoided by selecting a lane to the right JFK Int'l 4 Gates 21-29 2011-05-15 I saw at least one scanner on the right that appeared to be in operation. I was late, so I had to rush thru. The central line or lines were free. The leftmost line may have had a scanner. Look around and you should be able to see where they are. ORK All Only checkpoint 2011-05-15 No scanners in Ireland yet DCA DL 2011-05-15 Everyone sent through body scanner. Opted out and was told it was safe, was asked "why i was opting out", waited 15 minutes for a pat-down, couldn't see my carry-on bags, and pat-down was excessive compared to others I've received by TSA. LAX B6 2011-05-14 Sfo DL T1 gate 40-48 2011-05-14 At peak hour there were two MMW and two WTMD in use for he DL concourse. However, with some diligence you could generally self select. I even saw some people put in the MMW line who got fed up with waiting and walked over to the WTMD line. It's not a sure thing, but stay towards x-rays which aim towards he WTMD and hope fir he best. Also they are asking your last name. I didnb see what happened if you got that wrong, but suspect that terrorists would pass this test. LGA AA D gates 2011-05-14 Funneling everyone into one line, while someone is in the scanner, everyone else directed through WTMD. BOS DL Terminal A 2011-05-14 All BKSXs were roped off. Checkpoint was under-staffed. BWI FL D 2011-05-13 Random people sent to MWM; overheard sec saying they were going to rope off the far right machine tho...not sure if they did MSP All Lindbergh 1/Checkpoint 4 2011-05-13 Still safe at checkpoint 4. Note: Checkpoint 2 has 2 MMW. I saw one roped off but the other was active violating passengers' rights. SMF DL Terminal A 2011-05-13 WTMDs all the way around! Not a NoS in sight. How refreshing. :) BNA WN C 2011-05-13 Every fourth or so pax thru NoS. Had to opt out. phl DL D 2011-05-11 No backscatter scanners in terminal D ,we went thruogh like a breeze! pit All main 2011-05-11 EWR CO Checkpoint 3, terminal C 2011-05-11 Elite checkpoint, 2 lanes choose your own adventure, metal detectors to left and naked scanner to the right TUL WN All 2011-05-11 ALL passengers were required to go through backscatter machine BOS DL Terminal A 2011-05-10 BSX NoS appeared to be primary. WTMDs only in use when the NoS was full. MKE DL E gates 2011-05-10 oak WN terminal 2 2011-05-10 TSA "randomly" selecting for scan/grope; travelling companion in other line groped even after being scanned; he's a 70 year old man IAD Int'l Main 2011-05-10 Flying AF to Paris. Late flight so terminal was not busy. Arrived at checkpoint, only 2 lanes open, and 100% going through NoS. Lines were backing up. Waited about 10 min. Didn't see one person opt-out. I guess I was going to be the 1st. But magically when I was just about 3 spots from the front - they opened the WTMD in my lane! So I got WTMD. The guy in front of me - declined the WTMD and went to the scanner! C'mon people, learn! ysj Other 1 2011-05-10 Offered the option to enter MMW only if you trip the WTMD. ysj Other 1 2011-05-10 Offered the option to enter MMW only if you trip the WTMD. BOS FL C 2011-05-09 Backscatter, barking orders, but polite handling of opt-out yyz Other 1 Domestic 2011-05-09 Randomly directed to MMW. Easy to avoid and opt-out. PHX UA 2 2011-05-08 All through scanners around 5 AM. PHX UA 2 2011-05-08 All through scanners around 5 AM. PHX UA 2 2011-05-08 All through scanners around 5 AM. fll CO Term 1, C Concourse 2011-05-08 NoS for all WITH patdown afterwards. A complete disaster. Avoid Continental at FLL at all costs. ATL DL Main Security 2011-05-08 Go to the extreme far right as the scanner is NOT in use Bdl DL Main CP right side 2011-05-06 830 am main right side checkpoint backsplatter not in use. Left side checkpoint in use as usual, appearing to be random selection Ewr Terminal c 2011-05-06 Saw mostly wtmd through terminal c with one rape i scan.. Also noticed a groping of a female pax with her child by her side looking confused. Penalty boxes everywhere SJC UA A 2011-05-06 Metal detectors only. I used the time I saved to fill out a compliment card on their choice ord DL 2011-05-05 CHO UA only one checkpoint 2011-05-05 No scanners SFO UA 3, Main checkpoint 2011-05-05 No machines at the main UA checkpoint MCO FL Gates 59-120 2011-05-05 Only the far left and right lane led to the scanner. Choose a middle lane, and be safe. RDU DL Terminal 2 2011-05-04 Metal detector is rarely used, almost all forced thru cancer machines RDU DL Terminal 2 2011-05-04 Metal detector is rarely used, almost all forced thru cancer machines ATL DL North 2011-05-04 SFO UA International 2011-05-04 If your ticket says "business" on it, you'll be put in a different line with no scanners. (thankfully this was me.) If you have a normal ticket, there are two lines where it looks like they are selecting a random fraction of passengers for scanning. Not sure if you can still "pick your line" and avoid scanning. SFO DL Gates 40-48 2011-05-04 Mmw scanners at some lines, but not all were in use. TSA was not directing people to specific lines. SFO US Gates 20-36 2011-05-04 1 MMW I action but four lines total. Go left or go right to avoid it. Lax DL 5 2011-05-04 All pax thru rapiscan machines. Lanes at right with just walk thrus were closed SFO All 2, gates 50-59 2011-05-04 You'd think that in a brand spankin' new terminal there would be the new scanners, but there are not (T2 serves AA and VX) Sfo Other 3, gates 60-67 2011-05-04 With gates closed for renovations, this checkpoint sees nearly 0 use but had two MMW machines which, as far as I could tell, were in use for any pax passing through. msp DL checkpoint 5 2011-05-04 no scanners here SFO Int'l Gates 1-12 2011-05-04 Scanners seem to be in use for all pax, it appears that at especially busy times some lanes do not have scanners but I wouldn't count on it TPA AA Airside F 2011-05-04 Just to correct the notes from 12-30 and 2-11, TPA does not use backscatter in any terminal, it uses the millimeter wave scanner. Anyway Terminal F checkpoint has four conveyer lanes with one millimeter wave scanner in the far right lane. The line for regular passengers feeds to the right-sided lanes. The First Class/Elite lane leads to the left-sided lanes. So a lot easier in terms of your ending position to be far away from the millimeter wave scanner if you are First Class/Elite. Nevertheless, you can still self-select your lane no matter your ticket type. lex DL 2011-05-04 None when I went through BOS UA C/11-21 2011-05-03 Only one lane open, everyone sent through scanner. Two of us requested manual inspections, whereupon they started sending others through the magnetometer instead. RDU AA 2011-05-03 Was forced to opt out, again. 8 out of 10 thru MMW. Was forced to go through 2 patdowns as punishment. DCA AA 2011-05-03 AA terminal, no cancer machines, great airport DCA AA 2011-05-03 AA terminal, no cancer machines, great airport mco B6 9 2011-05-03 No scanners were part of the line. People who set off the metal detectors were not groped. I saw the scanners roped off showing a log in prompt. This is the security line for gates 1 - 59. FYI AA 2011-05-03 This is hearsay from my in-laws. They definitely have scanners, but my in-laws were not scanned. If I can get more details from them, I will update it. dfw DL e12 2011-05-02 still no scanners at e12 HOU DL Main tweminal 2011-05-02 Several passengers were openly questioning TSA agents about the effectiveness of the technology I.e. Have you actually caught any terrorists? When I opted out of the scanner, about 5 others did too which put TSA in a tizzy. I had to wait 5 minutes because, as the screener put it, they have very few female screener because no one wants to grope other women. Flg All Just the one 2011-05-01 Just metal detectors for the few flights here per day. Ont DL The only one 2011-05-01 Such the TSA; I hate those guys. lga DL DL 2011-05-01 outstanding airport. long lines, but very efficient and practical security without the sexual assaults MOB CO Main 2011-05-01 WTMD only. Check point seemed overstaffed relative to number of passengers (11:00 am), so expect invasive searches of carry-ons as they keep themselves busy FAR Other all 2011-04-30 One checkpoint, no scanners.... but I did see TSA "patting down" one woman who had a cane LAX UA Terminal 7/Right side 2011-04-30 4 lanes, no backscatter on the right 2 PIT UA Main 2011-04-30 Stay to the left! MOD UA Main 2011-04-29 SAN WN Terminal 1 (Gates 3-10) 2011-04-29 3 lanes, no AIT RDU CO 2 2011-04-29 9 out of 10 passengers directed to the box clt DL all 2011-04-29 Overall OK. TSA was respectful. You should be fine. A lot better than RDU. There is a slight risk of being scanned or patted down here, but it is truly random. They do not seem to discriminate. STL WN 2 2011-04-29 DFW AA A15 2011-04-29 I think that most of the "A" checkpoints had no scanners. JFK Int'l 1 2011-04-29 No naked scanners in sight! JFK Int'l 1 2011-04-29 No naked scanners in sight! SAT CO B 2011-04-28 Backscatter machine was roped off LAX DL 5 2011-04-28 Right lane (lane "5") has no backscatter machine, and you could choose the lane at will. This lane seems to be open only during heavy traffic though. Rdu DL 2 2011-04-28 dfw AA A12 2011-04-28 A12 is still safe, but the checkpoint will be shut down completely in the near future, maybe Mid-May. RDU AA Terminal 2 2011-04-28 TSA stands in way of Metal Detector forcing a large percentage through MMW. MKE WN 2011-04-28 Phx US 4A 2011-04-28 RST All 2011-04-28 Metal detectors only at Rochester, MN. RDU DL 2 2011-04-26 TSO stands in front of machine, randomly pointing people towards AIT or metal detectors slc WN terminal 1 2011-04-26 Terminal 1 has 3 MMW scanners - view security area from second level (from parking/rental garage walkway) to ascertain scanner usage prior to entering check point. I chose the middle MMW, since there was a rope around it, while the one to the left had a very small percentage of passengers going through it. SEA All rightmost/D/N/S gates 2011-04-26 left lane 100% metal detector; middle lane 50/50%; right lane backscatter xray 100%; all checkpoints go to all terminals PHX WN Terminal 4, Concourse D 2011-04-25 At about 5 pm, there were two lines, regular metal detector on the left, backscatter x-ray on the right, you could choose your own lane. No issues, TSA personnel were polite. BOS VX B37-38 2011-04-25 No scanners at the little Virgin America gate area. YTZ Other Domestic 2011-04-25 MMW used on all WTMD alarmees and random selectees aus B6 19 2011-04-25 I did not see any scanners or gropers. I asked a TSA agent if they were going to have the scanners. He said they were already physically located there, but they were resolving issues with "accuracy" - whatever that means. Also, the TSA is giving "additional screening" when getting on the plane. Not sure exactly what was happening, but I think they checked someone's coke bottle for explosives. mco 2011-04-25 I landed here, but checked carefully two different areas for scanners. The first had none. Another, a much larger area, had several of them that were roped off and not in use. I didn't see anyone getting groped. IAD WN Main (West Checkpoint) 2011-04-25 Late afternoon - 8 lanes open - scanners in use in 3 lanes - easy to self-select a non-scanner lane PHX UA Terminal 2 2011-04-25 Screeners slow and disorganized. TSA supervisors abusive. TSA nightmare! BTR DL N/A 2011-04-25 iah CO B 2011-04-24 Two lines feed to single Naked Machine of Death. When line is 5 passengers long, a single lucky person is passed through WTMD - they then hold people to refill the NMOD line. SFO UA United Terminal 3 2011-04-23 No scanners seen terminal 3 HPN DL N/A 2011-04-23 No machines at all, and small checkpoint makes it unlikely they will ever be installed. IAH CO Terminal B 2011-04-23 Almost all passengers were sent through MMW MDW WN The only one 2011-04-22 Airport was very busy at 5am, MMW was in the right-most of the main "straight-thru" lanes. No scanners visible in the far right "hidden" lanes, which are usually faster, although I stayed in the main lanes. rdu UA 2011-04-22 dfw UA 2011-04-22 try not to line up with scanner, but still a risk to be scanned. Scanners did not necessarily help l-3's profits go up. their stock has declined since the scanners. KEEP OPTING OUT!!!! MAKE L-3 GO BANKRUPT! CPR UA 2011-04-22 Small Airport, 3 airlines, one checkpoint, no scanners. LCY All Main checkpoint 2011-04-22 Safe - no scanners Dtw DL North 2011-04-21 Most of the sheeple went through. I refused and was subjected to nice romantic foreplay YUL Other Concourse A 2011-04-21 Possibly on account of the surge of folks travelling for the long weekend, no one was bent sent to the MMW; WTMD for all. SFO AA Terminal 2 2011-04-20 In early April 2011, AA moved from T3 (with United, the old "north terminal") to T2 (with VX, the old "central terminal" or "international terminal" until the new int'l term was opened about ten years ago). T2 has only metal detections, and does not have any strip-search pornoscanners installed. There are no airside passageways to other terminals. ATL DL T gates 2011-04-20 Very short line that has a scanner in use. I easily walked up to metal detector and passed through without incident. Bwi CO D 2011-04-20 Two WTMD, one Naked Machine of Death LGA AA Terminal B, C Gates 2011-04-20 only 2 lanes open, no AIT being used at all lax AA Terminal 4 2011-04-19 Two left lanes are metal detector, second lane from right is metal detector and rapiscan x-ray, right line is rapiscan only. Two right line are elite traveler lines. The metal detector was not allowed by TSA. Moral of the story: if you are elite, you will be scanned. Use the non-elite line for safety. lax Other Terminal 2/Hawaiian Air 2011-04-19 backscatter in use in all lanes hnl Other Inter-Island Terminal/Hawaiian Air 2011-04-19 no scanners in Inter-Island Terminal; are scanners in International Terminal, but can enter security at Inter-Island Terminal and then take "Wiki-Wiki" tram to International Terminal without exiting security pit B6 Main 2011-04-19 "Alternate" checkpoint sent everyone through the BSX. I returned to the main gates rather than be scanned, where I was able to choose my own line. Each line has one WTMD and one BSX; stay left to go through the WTMD. CMH DL Terminal C 2011-04-18 The security line points mainly to the WTMD, but people are selected from the WTMD line for the backscatter scanner. DSM All 2011-04-18 LAS UA D gates 2011-04-18 Some lanes using AIT, some using WTMD. Easy to pick a WTMD lane. The guy in front of me was in the WTMD lane, and purposely backed out and went next-door to the AIT lane. Not sure why...but I image LAS has a very high % of "uninformed" flyers. las DL D 2011-04-17 Can easily see and avoid the scanner, pick your own line. LAS WN B 2011-04-17 Very easy to see which lines had operating NOS or not, choose your own adventure, TSA not directing people, tho were "suggesting" the lines with no waiting, which, not surpisingly, had NOS. MCI UA T1 - Gates 10-14 2011-04-17 One WTMD, and two x-rays. No Nude-O-Scopes. RDU AA 2 2011-04-16 TSO stands in front of machine, randomly pointing people towards AIT or metal detectors ORD UA 7:30am,T1, checkpt 1-7 2011-04-16 Lines, lots of people, busy. None of the scanners are on. ORD UA T1, checkpoint 9 (all the way to the left) 2011-04-16 ~7:30am, busy,long lines. Looks like all scanners in use. ORD UA T2, first checkpoints closest to left side 2011-04-16 ~7:30am. Normal civilized metal detectors for all COS All Only one 2011-04-15 Friendly and non-hyper Colorado Springs remains safe. I also saw no evidence that they were anywhere near installing Cancer Machines. BOS DL Terminal A (left entrance) 2011-04-15 Very long line - probably why the scanners were roped off. Didn't see anyone getting a pat down. BUR AS A 2011-04-15 No scanners. SAT WN A 2011-04-14 No pat-downs of WTMD line observed. All NOS women regularly patted down on at least one part of their body. Be careful out there! MKE Concourse C 2011-04-14 Left hand bank of lanes closed. 1 WTMD, 1 MMW. TSA selects passengers to enter the MMW from both lines. IAD UA Main 2011-04-14 Went through during "rush hour" ~3:30 pm. Pretty much all lanes running, very crowded with lots of tourists, school tour groups, etc due to upcoming spring break. Easy to see which lanes were AIT and which were using WTMD (about 50/50). Picked a WTMD lane and went straight through. bhm DL 2011-04-14 no scanners but do not wear "baggy" clothes thru here. they may pat you down SBN WN 2011-04-13 ORD UA B 2011-04-13 Gropes out in force ATL DL 2011-04-13 Can choose the metal detector line. SEA AA Main 2011-04-12 Backscatter in use in all but one lane, near center. SEA AA South/A 2011-04-12 All lanes using backscatter. PIT B6 2011-04-12 watched a frail woman be taken out of her wheelchair to be scanned rdu DL 2 2011-04-12 JFK B6 5 2011-04-12 BS machines appeared to be roped off. Didn't see any in use. IAD Other Main -- West Checkpoint 2011-04-11 I went through the west checkpoint, which was the one in the opposite side of the terminal from United. Two lanes were open, each with a pair of WTMDs and backscatter strip search machines. Only one was operating and it was simple to self-opt out. lax UA 6 2011-04-11 horrible. blocked metal detector all passengers thru backscatter. had to opt out. they were rude and also put my shoes on top of my expensive things when they carried my stuff since I opted out. pathetic. honestly I almost cried when I went home from the experience. TSA "smurfs" sure do suck. msy WN Concourse B 2011-04-11 All lanes have MMW installed. Far left lane was turned off, wtmd only. Other lanes had MMW in use for some passengers. SAN US 1 2011-04-11 Backscatter machines open at 4:30, however they occasionally open early (~4:20 am) lax UA 2011-04-11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5FBCHKu2KU . watch this. god awful!! STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS EVERY TIME YOU FLY. DCA CO B 2011-04-11 Middle line has no scanner yet DTW DL 4 2011-04-11 DCA FL A 2011-04-10 Just like the old days! ORD AA Terminal 3 2011-04-10 Flying Int'l FC went through the checkpoint near "E". Everyone was directed to the scanner. Passed by the other checkpoints on the way to H gate - seemed that all pax were directed to scanners. DAL WN Terminal 2 (Southwest) 2011-04-10 WTMD only. rsw CO c 2011-04-10 WTMD only. Bos DL A 2011-04-09 Pretty cohesive policy today. Everyone on my side of the checkpoint was lined up in front of the rapiscan (iPhone tried to correct rapiscan to rapists) and only moved to xray when line got long. Relatively easy and unobtrusive pat Dow . Msp All 1 lindbergh transit/rental cars 2011-04-09 Scanner roped off despite light traffic Msp All 1lindbergh main 2011-04-09 Didn't check all entry points but cp1 is still scanner-free MIA AA D Gates, near D10 2011-04-09 Went through about 0900. They held a ridiculous "Bravo" "Freeze Tag" exercise while I was waiting in line, which provided the entertainment. There was an elite ID check line and a steerage ID check line. Either line fed you into a system of four lines -- two with WTMDs and two with MWW Pornoscopes. The left pair's MMW was roped off. The right side pair had the MMW operating, but only those who were in that lane got picked. It was easy to just pick the right lane and avoid the strip search. Lga US 2011-04-09 Sna All All 2011-04-09 The OC is, apparently, free from terror. lax UA ua 2011-04-09 as I was leaving I saw a young girl in front of the rapiscan. pathetic! drop the scanners DHS, they aren't doing sh*t other than irradiating us. MHT WN Main 2011-04-09 Saw no scanners around at all, just normal metal detectors.. Den UA 2011-04-08 One lane had just a metal detector. lax UA 7 lower 2011-04-08 Lax B6 3 2011-04-08 I didn't see anyone sent through the machines while waiting in line, but they appeared operable. SEA All Central 2011-04-07 Half of the lines led to backscatter machines. Find one with the monitors off. SEA All South/A 2011-04-07 In use for most passengers MDW WN Main 2011-04-07 Scanner toward the right end of the screening area. Seemed easy enough to stay to the left to avoid getting caught in that line. FLL AA F5 2011-04-07 Line to get your id checked moved fairly fast for terminal F, and the visibility to see what was going on with the scanners was not so good. I saw there was a Backscatter scanner in use and that two lines were being merged into it, and I was in one of those lines. One I realized i was in that line, I jumped to the line against the wall which went though the 'normal' detectors, and some lady starts yelling, 'this is for the wheelchair people only.' I looked around, didn't see a wheelchair sign only, so i told the lady, "I don't see a sign for that." I stayed in the line which moved very slow. My only problem in this terminal is that there is not enough time to study what's going on and what line to go, but you can move to other lines where normal detectors are. IAH CO E 2011-04-07 In use at all lines, sometimes off and routing passengers through xray though MEM DL B 2011-04-07 All passengers were being sent through the x-ray machine. BOS WN E1A-E1E 2011-04-06 Routed probably 75-80 percent of pax through Rapiscan. Small number were sent through WTMD. Had to opt-out. PIT All main 2011-04-05 MSP DL Terminal 1 skyway 2011-04-05 Not sure if everyone was getting scanned since the line was long and I went to the main terminal, but definitely saw someone getting scanned SFO VX Int'l Terminal 2011-04-05 Metal detectors and Milimeter wave at checkpoint. Some lines only MM wave, others have metal detectors with random picks for MM wave. EWR B6 A Gates 20-28 2011-04-04 No scanner machines of any type at this checkpoint. Did notice a Rape-I-Scan Millimeter scanner at A Gates 1-20 but it was blocked off and not in use. CLT CO C 2011-04-04 Checkpoint C does not have nudie scanners. cmh DL C Concourse 2011-04-04 This check point has a back scatter cancer box. Was in use, but most went through the wtmd. SEA AS C/D/N gates 2011-04-04 All gates were all nudatron except C/D/N far left STN All Main checkpoint 2011-04-04 Scanner-free IAD AA Main -- West (opposite side from UA) 2011-04-03 Easy to self-opt out. Pick a line on the left side of each pair, which goes through the WTMD. There were enough sheeple, unfortunately, who were willingly lining up in the Cancer Machine lines that there was never the situation of being redirected into one. I even watch a female sheeple (ewe??) in my WTMD line try to use the Cancer Machine. She was redirected back to the WTMD. MA AA D Gates 2011-04-03 Walked by this checkpoint about 8:00 on a Sunday night. Short line and they did not appear to be using the MMW Strip Search Machine. I saw only one machine on the far left. My guess is you can self-opt out by picking a lane on the right. I may get to trythis next Saturday. LAS WN B 2011-04-03 Random assignment to the cancer lanes PSP AA 2011-04-03 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMW0zfG1AI0 PHX US A/B 2011-04-01 50-50 between use of bs/radiation and magnetometer. I elected a pat-down from a man who was obviously a beginner, but very nice about it. atl DL 2011-04-01 terrible. get rid of these scanners please! i am still traumatized by the assaults I've received last year and need counseling and psychiatry after what they did to me. I hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IAH CO Terminal E 2011-04-01 Most pax were sent through the MMW. IAH CO Terminal E 2011-04-01 Most pax were sent through the MMW. SJC US A 2011-03-31 Two lines with "random" selection from each line. Witnessed two opt outs in a row from line to my left. ROC US 2011-03-31 MMW in the center lane, WTMDs in left and right lanes, sometimes WTMD lanes are roped off or TSOs direct pax to the center lane when WTMD lanes back up, signage posted aus WN 2011-03-30 People living anywhere can get the word out with only a few clicks. http://stopaustinscanners.org/write/ ORD DL Terminal E 2011-03-30 No unconstitutional scanner seen. ATL FL North Checkpoint 2011-03-29 Millimeter machines in use, managed to pick metal detector lane and avoided but appears sending all lanes through randomly. smf Other all/for Hawaiian Air 2011-03-29 no body scanners of any kind in entire airport GEG AS Terminal C 2011-03-29 No scanner in the Alaska Airlines terminal! jax 2011-03-29 All lanes to MMW machines. <5% of pax allowed through WTMD. 920a 10 DTW AA North 2011-03-28 All passengers were being herded into the MMW. Only saw one exception for a woman with a young child. TSA smurfs were blocking the WTMD and pointing everyone to MMW. bur WN Terminal 2/East end 2011-03-28 no body scanners in airport SEA WN main 2011-03-27 Pulling every other passenger for the Death Box. This was 240 pm on a Sunday. Propaganda that it is safe blaring from all speakers. I feel like I am living in the novel 1984 right now. Lots of "opt out" screams from the clerks. Lines at all checkpoints were backed up and moving slowly. I am terrified, so terrified of my government, not terrorists right now. BOS WN E 2011-03-27 While I was waiting in the security line, everyone was going through a scanner. Then, for no apparent reason, they roped it off and started sending people through a metal detector instead! DFW AA A12 2011-03-27 A12 no scanner. Millimeter wave machine noted at checkpoint near A20 TUS US West 2011-03-27 Metal detectors only at TUS. Bos UA C 2011-03-27 Scanner on right lane BUF DL All 2011-03-27 BOS US B15-21 2011-03-26 One lane in use. About half of customers sent through the machine, the rest of us through metal detector. ATL DL T-gates 2011-03-26 Only one line with roped off scanner PHL CO Terminal D 2011-03-26 Not one scanner in sight. MCO FL Gates 90-120 2011-03-26 Scanner in use far right lane. All others wtmd Sfo UA T3 2011-03-25 MIA DL Delta 2011-03-24 Passenger in front of me was scanned, but I was not. LAS DL D Gates 2011-03-23 Easy enough to avoid the lane with the functioning scanner ORD UA Terminal 1, checkpoint 1 2011-03-23 Randomized screening, every x number of passengers. Only one in use. (Other line roped off.) ATL DL South Terminal 2011-03-22 Only 3 lanes and 2 had scanners, both off. Not many pat downs happening. Guy checking boarding passes made suggestive remarks to me. Proceed with caution going through here. Use far right lane, it has no scanner. AUS All All 2011-03-22 I installed 6 scanners this week. Final 4 next week. SNA WN 2011-03-21 They don't have scanners, but I was still "randomly selected" for screening. The woman who did it was extemely invasive in my pants and shirts. A guy even insisted at first he do it! We need a color for places that grope without machines. ATL DL T-Gates 2011-03-20 Sunday noonish - you can easily use the far right lane and avoid the scanners completely LAX Terminal 3 2011-03-20 Lanes 1-2 closed, Lanes 3-4 backscatter, Lanes 5-6 metal detector only MHT WN Gate 11 2011-03-20 No machines in sight. Just the normal conveyor x-ray for my bag and walk-through metal detector for me. JFK B6 T5 2011-03-20 naked scanners were not in use at T5 but several unplugged rapiscan backscatters were seen at the checkpoint ATL DL Central 2011-03-20 Easy to choose a line without the MMW scanner. PSC Other all 2011-03-20 No scanners here. bos US bos 2011-03-19 someone needs to put an end to the scanners. they do not make us safer and they are under investigation for unsafe millirem levels PHL DL D 2011-03-19 No scanner machines but lots of random groping. One male and one female "pat down" attendants and people being selected randomly. The woman ahead of me got chosen, I escaped. She was wearing very thin clothing and had a large chest and not much baggage. Also saw a woman in a skirt being felt up. Gross. Went through lane 11/12 in terminal D security. rdu DL 2 2011-03-19 aus B6 I think there's only one, not sure about that though. 2011-03-19 No scanners in sight. CLT US D 2011-03-19 Far left lane is WTMD only. MDW DL 2011-03-19 Long Lines. Easy to choose a line without the MMW scanner. MKE C 2011-03-18 One scanner on, one off. Choose your own line LAS WN C 2011-03-18 New "gingerbread outline" software and scanners in use in some lanes, choose your own adventure. Looked like the resolution patdowns were confined to the areas highlighted by the gingerbread scan outlines. ATL DL T-gates 2011-03-17 Far right lane open early this morning with ony the metal detector in use. ORD DL E-F gates 2011-03-17 No scanners at these gates. Yoohoo! SAN WN Terminal 2 (Gates 1-2) 2011-03-17 Both metal detector and backscatter. Use random and sporatic. ont WN Terminal 2 2011-03-16 Not clear that you can opt-out. They were pulling people from the metal detector line for the Death Box. Creepy guy who asked me out last year was on the other side and he didn't see me before I got through the metal detector. It was hard to avoid the Death Box because of how clerks were funneling people. I still feel like a gulaug prisoner after this experience. SFO AS Terminal 1 2011-03-16 One millimeter-wave scanner, four metal detectors. Passengers can choose a non-millimeter-wave lane to avoid the scanner. MDW WN There's only one security checkpoint. 2011-03-16 BUR UA A 2011-03-16 No scanners here. SJO AA 2011-03-15 No xrays in Costa Rica MCI DL Gates 57-60 2011-03-15 Scanner functional and they are trying to send everyone through it. Metal detector used for those that opt-out (like me). Howver, TSA reps much nicer about groping than at other airports and used back of their hands. MIA AA International transfer to domestic 2011-03-15 Middle line had no xray iad AA Main West (not United) 2011-03-15 4 lanes open at 7:00 AM, no NOS in use IAD Other Diamond Lane 2011-03-15 Diamond lane on first level, all passengers using NOS OGG Other 2011-03-15 eyw DL main 2011-03-15 No scanners, just metal detectors ATL DL T-Gates 2011-03-14 Only two lamed open at 10am and both led to the middle scanner that was in use. They were shoving passengers through as quickly as they could but I worked hard to time it so I only went through the metal detector. MAN All Terminal 3 2011-03-14 Lane 5 has backscatter machine; if you set off the WTMD or are randomly selected you must be scanned or else you will be denied access to the sterile area. JFK DL T2 2011-03-12 Installed - not in use when I was there 4 pm Ord AA 8 2011-03-12 When line at checkpoint 8 is short, all pax are "randomly" selected BNA US B 2011-03-12 About 6 AM. All being directed through WTMD. ord AA 9 2011-03-12 Checkpoint 9 now has pornoscanners, so it is no longer safe as noted on January 29 entry BOS DL A 2011-03-12 Metal Detectors blocked off. SAN WN Terminal 2 (Gates 3-10 Checkpoint) 2011-03-12 Metal detectors only at this checkpoint ATL DL T-gates 2011-03-11 Both open lanes have scanners. One of the scanners may be inactive but not sure. FLL DL 2 2011-03-11 Rightmost line was closed. Lanes 2-3 funneled mostly through metal detector, but some random selections went to bodyscan. PHX US Terminal 4 A 2011-03-11 The opt-out agent was quite polite. The wait was about 2 minutes, and I had to stand near the machine. I was unable to see my items during that time. GYM US 1 2011-03-11 Metal detectors and no shoe carnival. Instead, they had military with automatic weapons. rsw AA D wing 2011-03-11 atl DL south 2011-03-11 Two scanners, self select rows, extremely busy in mornings no time to scan DUB Int'l 2/Aer Lingus US preclearance 2011-03-10 re-Xrayed bags and shoes, but no back-scatter or millimeter-wave scanners mco Int'l only one? 2011-03-10 backscatter in all lanes, but none is use, metal detectors only Roc Other 2011-03-10 One backscatter machine in the middle line, one metal detector to the left. other metal detector lines present but rarely open and operating, so usually it's 50-50 between the backscatter and the metal detector. LIH UA all 2011-03-10 Small airport; only one set of checkpoints for all travelers. Had x-ray backscatter machines, were waving most through WTMD but randomly chose some for Full Body scanning Las DL D gates 2011-03-10 Looks like most are being shoved through the scanners. ATL DL South Terminal 2011-03-09 Middle lane and lanes 1-4 have scanner. Avoid back pod and middle lanes of the main pod. Easy to see on the main pod Mco DL Gates 66-120 2011-03-09 Two scanners seen on each side of the large screening area. Not in use and appeared to be easily avoided if you selected a middle lane. LGA DL Main 2011-03-08 SBN DL A 2011-03-08 DFW E8 2011-03-08 E15 & E17 checkpoints are a short walk away, and are stil scanner free bdl All Terminal A 2011-03-08 Quiet So Far This AM ATL DL South Terminal 2011-03-08 MMW used in the FAR left (warning: cannot see machines from the line). Go through center or right. SAN DL T2 2011-03-08 Use is random. Can opt-out. Opt-out wait is less than 5 minutes. HNL Other inter-island terminal/Hawaiian Air 2011-03-08 WTMD at Inter-island terminal MDW WN Main 2011-03-07 DFW AA A12 2011-03-07 No scanners Aus DL Main 2011-03-07 Since the Austin city council told TSA to stuff the scanners, the risk of scanning doesn't existing. I'm sure they could grope but I did witness any of that going on. Atl DL T security 2011-03-06 Only the middle lane has scanner in use. Easy enough to avoid. BOS UA Terminal C/11-21 2011-03-06 All lanes open (5, I think), one scanner to the right. After the ticket checker, the scanner is straight ahead. There was a TSA guy standing there that reminded people that all lanes were open, and I directed myself to the left. WTMD, score. DEN UA 2011-03-05 2 naked body scanners in use. Avoidable if you go to the right of the area LAX DL Terminal 4 2011-03-05 pax in both lanes were alternately sent through backscatter and metal detector. no choice on pax part DL DL Terminal 5 (not 4!) 2011-03-05 pax in both lanes were alternately sent through backscatter and metal detector. no choice on pax part BOS US Terminal 3 (low number B gates) 2011-03-05 No scanners seen anywhere (WMD only) LAX US Gates 1-14 2011-03-05 Most of the travelers were herded toward to backscatter. We were fortunate to walk confidently into the metal detector....no challenge to our doing so. IND US B Concourse 2011-03-05 One of the three lines had a scanner. The ID checker specified a safe lane for me, so I don't know what would happen if I ignored him and went safe. PDX US 2011-03-05 Usual metal scanner did not go off, but I was patted down because I wore a long dress! PDX US Main 2011-03-05 I carried 1 slightly oversized fully marked Rx prescription liquid which they tested for bomb materials. SFO US Terminal 1 2011-03-04 Pretty consistent with others' experiences. One scanner in the second lane from the right, directly in front of the elite access line (family line is far right). The last time I flew out of there they had the rope come all the way up to the boarding pass checker, but today it was a couple of yards back, so you could come in through the elite line and chose the metal detector line on the right. nce Int'l international for Aer Lingus, Emirates 2011-03-04 no scanners, metal detectors only, and (I thinking) wanding only for having beeped metal detector nce Int'l all 2011-03-04 RDU B6 1 2011-03-03 rdu DL 2 2011-03-03 Everyone directed to Cancer machine. TSA became irate and summoned leo when I opted out. LEO rolled his eyes at TSA groper quite a bit. ATL DL T-gates 2011-03-03 Waved through Pre-check again even though I don't participate un the program. Other lanes had scanners but not functioning. MSP All Lindbergh/1, main 2011-03-02 CP 6 and 2 have scanners, some were in use. At CP 2 the elite lane led to an off scanner, the other lanes few passengers were selected. I talked to an airport employee who said that folks with metal implants liked the machines, and you could generally choose whether to use it. She was not sure whether they'd be adding them to other lanes, and said it "might be a big waste of money." CP4 seems, at busy times, to be a DL SkyPriority line only. sea All A 2011-03-02 jfk B6 5 2011-03-01 Pornoscanners installed in all lanes, but all were blocked off (with upturned chairs, for some reason) oak US 1 2011-03-01 Scanned twice (went back to ticket counter) ATL DL T gates 2011-03-01 Early Sunday with one line and scanner being used. TSA goons announcing that people HAVE to go through scanner and hassling those that say no. I also saw one screener target a family and make then go back and check in an approved item on a whim. las WN B 2011-02-28 Sexual assaulted by TSA pat-down DFW DL E15 2011-02-28 No body scanners at this checkpoint. MSY DL Concourse D 2011-02-28 Ok, so it is sometimes possible to avoid the Scanners here, but not always. There is one Millimeter wave scanner(not backscatter) in the middle lane. There is one huge line, which separates into three smaller lines just before the checkpoint, after the ID checker. The middle line will definitely send you through the scanner, so don’t pick that one. The left and right lanes go through metal detectors, but sometimes you will be sent to the scanner. The least amount of people were being sent to the scanner from the left lane. However, sometimes you can chose your lane, but not always. There are 2 ID checkers, one that only checks the regular line and one that checks both the elite and regular lines. The Elite line checker will wither not send you to a lane, in which case you should pick the left hand lane, or he will send you to the far right lane. The regular checker will either send you to the middle or right lanes, or he may not send you to any lane at all, in which case you should pick the left lane. If they send you to a lane, you can try to just go to a different one, but if you are seen, you will be sent right to the scanner lane. It’s possible to avoid the scanners, but takes a lot of luck and a lot of skill. BUR B6 2/East Wing 2011-02-28 no scanners or evidence of intent to install scanners JFK Int'l checkpoint for gate A2/int. term. 5 2011-02-28 no scanners installed SFO UA International 2011-02-27 Apx 5 pm, Sunday. 2 lanes total. The left lane feeds to the MMW, and the right to the metal detector. The document checker directed me to the left lane, and other people to the right. My best estimate is the split was 70/30 MMW/Metal Detector. I opted out. All clerks were friendly. My bins were in my line of sight the entire time. The female assist changed her gloves unprompted and explained the process through out. I received a cursory examination, with the back of her hands, for the lower region, and a thorough examination of my breasts, also with the back of her hands. Waistband checked, but not hair. The entire opt out process took about 10 minutes. IAD B6 All Gates 2011-02-27 One roped off backscatter for every 2 lanes. oak B6 2 2011-02-26 Arrived at 9pm for a late flight. The only open lane was metal detector. No problem. PHX US Terminal 4 D 2011-02-26 At 6 AM there was concerted effort to force you into BS....we declined, asked for patdown, and got no cooperation to have our items in our view. Was told "you asked for the opt out, you have to wait." They made sure that we had to stand right near the BS machine while waiting. Clt All C 2011-02-25 iah CO international to domestic 2011-02-25 appeared to be in light use lax VX terminal 3 2011-02-25 MSP All Lindbergh: connector (transit & rental cars) 2011-02-24 The mmw was in use, but only one in 10 or fewer passengers was led through it. It did, however, seem pretty random. Okc UA Center 2011-02-24 No machines in sight. OAK B6 Terminal 1 2011-02-24 One lane open. Randomly selected for backscatter. Opted out. BOS DL Terminal 1 2011-02-23 Four checkpoints, three in use. In sets of two. The left doors lead to one line in use, and the rapiscan was roped off. The right side had two lines in use, one rapiscan, one metal detector. You could easily choose not to be screened. MSP All Lindbergh/1 2011-02-23 All checkpoints at MSP lead to the same place; some have scanners, some do not. Checkpoints 1 (non-DL airlines), 4 and 5 are scanner-free; checkpoints 2 and 6 have backscatter machines. Checkpoint 3 is for staff only and has no scanner. At 8 p.m. only checkpoints 4 and 5 were in use. Thus, you can easily choose a checkpoint without a scanner. BOS FL C 2011-02-23 The security checkpoint for gates C40-42 have a difficult and inconsistent opt-out procedure. They asked me to "walk through" the backscatter machine when it was "not on." I refused to walk into the backscatter machine. Eventually, I was granted a pat down after the agents found an alternative to walking through the machine. I was allowed to walk around the backscatter machine instead. OKC UA 2011-02-23 rdu UA 2 2011-02-23 ewr CO Terminal C, Checkpoint C1 2011-02-22 Scanner in the middle, not being used. dlh DL 2011-02-22 I'm still surprised they have metal detectors DFW AA A12 2011-02-22 DFW AA A21 2011-02-22 Scanner blocked off MIA AA E 2011-02-22 BOS B6 2011-02-22 Alternating passengers through WTMD and NOS. No self directing alowed. RDU AA 2 2011-02-21 2 lines, one with MMW, one with metal detector. Pretty easy to just pick the line without the MMW to avoid it. EWR All Gates A10-A18 2011-02-21 Saw one Provision millimeter wave scanner at the lane closest to the checkpoint entrance on my way out. No other lanes open at the time (about 5 PM, 2/21) FLL All Gates F1-F10 2011-02-21 Rapiscan and metal detector next to each other in all lanes. "Random" selection, but most were sent through the backscatter ATL DL International Arrivals 2011-02-21 Two lanes in each "pod", one has backscatter, the other not. Choose if you can. BOS UA C/11-21 2011-02-21 One machine for 5 lanes (2 in use when I arrived, 3 later). I was selected and opted out for a mannerly but thorough pat-down. ord UA 1 and 2/B, E, F 2011-02-21 Most scanners roped off; one maybe in use out of ten, others being used for TSA employees to bypass the metal detector. msy AA C 2011-02-21 WTMD on the left, Backscatter on the right, but TSA was pulling "random" folks from the left side also to use the scanner. DFW AA C30 2011-02-21 Most in Scanner, WTMD if person in front is slow getting scanned DFW AA C 2011-02-20 All scanners blocked off lax UA Upstairs T8 by United Express gates 2011-02-20 We were leaving gate in the 80s and directed upstairs. Left was metal detector and right was backscatter. Fortunately we got metal detector and TSA was friendly. las B6 2011-02-20 be observant, you can choose a line without scanner sea DL gate s 2011-02-20 I politely asked both the ID checker and the screener to "opt out." the IDchecker specifically pointed me all the way to the left where MD was being used. When I requested in that line to opt out I was told "you can only opt out if you are selected, and you are not selected." I did not see anyone in that line get selected. lax CO Terminal 6 2011-02-19 Scanner is use for everybody to the right, metal detector only to the left MCO B6 Terminal A (1-59) 2011-02-19 All scanners appeared roped off. Enhanced pat-downs were being conducted for those setting off the traditional metal detectors. PHX AA South CP Term 3 2011-02-19 LGA DL Delta 2011-02-19 No scanners of pat downs, even if you set off the metal detector MSP DL Lindbeg/1, Checkpoint 6 2011-02-19 canners roped off, not in use ORD AA 3 2011-02-18 Scanners in use for every other line in Terminal 3. oak AS 2 2011-02-18 T2 4 lanes running. Inner lanes had functioning pornoscanners. Outer lanes had roped-off scanners. Got in outer lane line, no grope, no scan. DCA CO 2011-02-18 In use for Elite and one standard, center line WTMD only ORD UA 1 2011-02-17 No one appeared to be operating the scanners around 8 pm jfk B6 5 2011-02-17 no scanners in sight ORD UA T2 2011-02-17 Arrived from International Terminal and took train to T2. One cancer machine is used at the right hand size. Follow the left lane and only WTMD are used. Took a short walk to T1 and T1 was very crowded. However, about 1/3 of cancer machines were not used. 420p 10 RDU DL Terminal 2 2011-02-16 2 lines with scanners only. 1 line with metal detector only. Caution: random scanner use for some metal detector passengers. SEA UA North 2011-02-16 Backscatter was in operation for north checkpoint lines but fortunately we got metal detector HNL UA UA 2011-02-14 Secondhand report—no scanners seen at CP nearest to UA counter. Scanners probably were there, but they just weren't in use. OAK B6 Terminal 1 2011-02-14 low volume of passengers, all being funneled through x-ray backscatter machine. I received intrusive pat down for saying I didn't want to go through x-ray backscatter machine CLT C 2011-02-14 Checkpoint C remains the only one at CLT without scanners, only WTMD. Psc All Main 2011-02-13 Small airport. No scanners installed. grr UA B 2011-02-13 nudeoscope blocked off in concourse B security PHX US 1 (US Airways) 2011-02-13 All lanes that I could see had backscatter roped off. Elite line had chair and rope in front of scanner. SFO CO Terminal 1 2011-02-12 One MMW scanner (turned off), three metal detectors. Ticket checker informed me that SFO does not use backscatters at any checkpoint. buf All 2011-02-12 IAD B6 Main 2011-02-11 Of the 12 or so lines open, the last 3-4 had backscatter in use. The remainder had the AIT roped off. Standing in line for 10-15 minutes, allowed a clear view of which were in use. It was very easy to select a line that didn't have the AIT in use. TPA WN Airside C 2011-02-11 Approximately 1 in 15 selected for backscatter, victims chosen from both open lines. LAX UA 7 2011-02-11 There was one backscatter machine, but if you choose the right line you can avoid it. Which I did. SFO UA 3-United 2011-02-11 Didn't see any scanners. CMH UA Concourse B 2011-02-10 There are two lines one with the back scatter and one without. They are next to each other, they pick people between the two line. dca UA Middle Pier 2011-02-10 Still good! PIT All Main checkpoint 2011-02-10 During standard staffing times can choose line without scanner. During low travel times (night) single lane will likely have scanner with targeted "random" selection. DFW E16 2011-02-10 Metal detector only at this checkpoint ALB WN 2011-02-10 Nice small airport; WTMD's only. MIA DL H/J 2011-02-09 Some lines had mm wave scanners, others did not. Easy to move to a line without them. HRL All Only has one checkpoint 2011-02-09 Everyone went through the scanner SFO UA 3 - United 2011-02-08 No scanners Clt US C 2011-02-08 No scanners at C. Big line but no scanner. clt US C 2011-02-07 No scanners at C checkpoint SFO F9 Terminal 1 2011-02-07 All passengers being forced through backscatter/radiation machines. Women in front of me opted out, next half dozen or so passengers allowed through metal detectors. STL WN E 2011-02-07 1 scanner split between lanes 2&3 out of 6 total lanes. BWI FL D 2011-02-07 6pm, very few people. Metal detectors for everyone. IAD UA 2011-02-07 Last 2 lanes both required backscatter, no choice. Middle lanes had odd lanes being forced through backscatter while even lanes were predominantly metal detector only. First 2 lanes were metal detector only with backscatter roped off. GCC DL 2011-02-07 Yyz US 1 US Gates 2011-02-07 Kilometer wave unavoidable for random passengers pit DL 2011-02-07 san Commuter 2011-02-06 Was told by a lead screener that tge wait for an opt out pat down would be 30 minutes because he didn't gave enough staff. The wait was clearly retaliatory as plenty of screeners were standing around. Be aware that the ETD gives false positives and you should politely and firmly insist on a pre-rub swabbing of the gloves. PIT All 2011-02-06 BSX now in use for all lanes MSP DL Skyway 2011-02-06 Scanner roped off, not in use. CRP all 2011-02-06 All passengers directed through backscatter machine tpa WN 2011-02-06 opted for pat down, it was not very invasive and it was handled professionally. COS All Main 2011-02-05 The infection of Cancer Machines has not yet invaded this fine airport. I didn't see any evidence of future installations. YVR UA US departures 2011-02-05 Random selection, no issue with opting out ric UA 2011-02-05 Secondhand report that only a select few were being sent through the scanner. bna AA 2011-02-05 Half the passengers were being directed into the scanner IAD All Diamond 2011-02-04 Returned home about noon on a Saturday. Walked out past the diamond lane. Cancer machine was present but roped off. The line was very small. I have observed that they turn it on about 4 pm pretty much every day. The diamond lane is used for handicapped passengers, so there are always plenty of friskings of the infirmed going on. With only one Cancer Machine and one metal detector, your chances are 50/50 if it is operating. sjc WN B 2011-02-04 67 year-old white-haired woman (me) scanned! sdf DL 2011-02-04 Only one checkpoint. There are NO scanners; the AA report is incorrect. LAS AA Terminal D 2011-02-03 Saw at least one porno scanner in use, but you are free to choose your line. The layout is wide-open, so it is easy to pick out your line as you wait to get your ID checked. The TSA guys in my line were actually pleasant. ewr CO c all check points 2011-02-03 At each of the 3 security points for terminal C I saw 1 scanner at each but none were in use. They were roped off. SAN DL Delta gates 2011-02-02 They were shoving passengers through at an incredible rate. I opted out and was verbally abused, violated and humiliated by TSA. DCA DL Terminal B 2011-02-02 All passengers were being routed through body scanner. Opted out with no issues. GRR DL Terminal A 2011-02-01 Only one line, scanner required SFO Int'l International Terminal, Gates A01-A12 (flights mostly to Europe) 2011-02-01 Some lines use backscatter machines, some do not. Try to track carefully which lines go where, you can see it when you're waiting in the main line (before it splits). No problem aiming yourself to just the metal detectors, don't be shy about moving lines, no one really cares. bfl UA 2011-02-01 den UA all 2011-02-01 Lga DL Delta terminal 2011-02-01 No scanners present at this checkpoint MLB DL Main 2011-01-31 mco CO Main 2011-01-31 6:30 am flight - line very long so put us in the crew line. They did mandatory backskatter ATL DL Main 2011-01-30 MMW Body scanner in use only in the center/family lanes with long line. All other lanes use metal detector only and have only 0-3 people in line each. Passenger selects his/her own line. SAT CO Terminal B 2011-01-30 In use for all passengers, no exceptions lax AA Terminal 4 2011-01-30 Scanners in use in some lines, roped off in others. Choose your own line. MDW WN 2011-01-30 Far right lane of main screening area had a scanner (not obvious until you were in the middle of the line). I opted for the pat-down which took little time and was not too invasive. SAT CO Terminal B 2011-01-30 Opted out, TSO's who did the pat down were rude...going through my bags at the same time. TPA UA United Terminal 2011-01-29 As we inched closer in the line it seemed like they turned the full body scanner on and had a TSA agent there. But it still wasn't being used by the time we got up to the line, and I noticed a "software error" message on the machine's display screen. ORD AA Terminal 3 2011-01-29 In Terminal 3, walk all the way down to the left, to security checkpoint 9, by the Spirit Air counter, to see if it is open. This checkpoint has only one machine, a magnetometer. Saw one guy getting a patdown, don't know if he set off the machine or it was random. There was at least one porno scanner in use at other checkpoints. pdx DL 2011-01-29 sea CO Main 2011-01-29 scanners were not in use around time of redeye flight SEA All Terminal D 2011-01-28 Passengers were alternately sent through X-ray Backscatter (Rapiscan) or metal detectors. I announced to agent that I would not use backscatter; she wordlessly motioned me through metal detector. LAS Other B Gates 2011-01-28 Can choose the line that doesn't lead to the machien LAX UA Main 2011-01-28 SEA UA N-Gates 2011-01-28 Flew out in the early morning and the Cancer Machines were in full operation. Got to the airport around 0500. If you go through the N-Gate lane, there is one Cancer Machine and one metal detector, which makes your chances about 50/50. You can self-opt out by staying as far left as you can. The family lane doesn't have a Cancer Machine. Even if you are heading to the N-Gates, you can self-opt out because all the lanes wind up in the same place. rdu CO A 2011-01-27 PHX DL DL or Hawai'ian or AA 2011-01-26 SFO DL Terminal 1 gates 40-48 2011-01-26 Sky priority line goes through metal detector, all others through scanners MIA Int'l E, International 2011-01-26 At first only the two lines outer were open with the scanners, but as more flights landed at once they opened all four lines, the middle two just used the metal detectors. YYZ Other T3 USA 2011-01-26 Machines not roped off but not in use ORD UA Terminal 1 2011-01-26 Was hardly any line at security whatsoever on that Wed eve at 7 p.m., but no idea why they didn't use the machines. (NB at ORD Terminals 1-3 interconnect) RDU DL Terminal 2 2011-01-26 TSO's try to get opt outs to get their pat down in a private room, but I said no. SEA US Checkpoint closest to Terminal A 2011-01-24 Only one checkpoint open, with no metal detector. All customers going through scanners. Witnessed an older gentleman with an artificial leg receiving a patdown. SLC DL Terminals 1 and 2 2011-01-24 Terminal 1 has 3 MMW scanners, 1 scanner and 1 metal detector in use, passengers could self select lane. Terminal 2 has 2 MMW scanners, none in use, all passsengers going through metal detector. All gates can be accessed from any terminal. Mco DL B gates 2011-01-24 Taking the Expert Traveler lane in the middle will put you in a lame with NO scanners. I do find it odd that the families with small children would be more subject to the cancerous scanners. I would hope that these parents opt out of subjecting their children to this. LAX AS Terminal 3 2011-01-23 Leftmost lane #1 has no machine. People in other lanes told to empty pockets and remove belt, but I didn't catch anyone going through machines. IND WN B Concourse 2011-01-23 Only 1 or 2 backscatters out of 7 in use (rest roped off) and most passengers went thru standard metal detector. Watched one pat-down & it was upper body only. TSA agents very friendly. GSO DL Only one 2011-01-23 yay for freedom LAX Int'l Terminal 2 2011-01-23 No scanners in use, no patdowns done. DFW FL Terminal A near A12 2011-01-23 Checkpoint A12 has no scanner, other checkpoints at terminal A have one millimeter wave machine. lax Int'l terminal 2 2011-01-23 everyone through backscatter ATL DL T gates 2011-01-23 Pre check line had random millimeter wave customers. I got lucky at 2:30pm on a Monday. No scope or grope. ANC AS B & C 2011-01-21 MCI WN B Terminal gates 30-40 2011-01-21 1 backscatter for ~10 gates but I simply steered for the metal detector & was not redirected. Watched one passenger pat-down and it was upper body only. TSA agents were very friendly. BHM WN 2011-01-21 Didn't spot any machines. IAD UA 2011-01-20 About 1 in 4 selected randomly for the machine. Only 2 lanes open out of 16, at rush hour. What's up with that? And they were checking boarding passes after the metal detector, something I hadn't seen in years. SEA WN Main 2011-01-20 was forced to do body scan and a strange semi-pat down with verbal commands. TSA officers then circled the passenger boarding area after the scans were done and randomly selected people for further id checks and baggage checks. JNU AS Only one 2011-01-20 SFO US 1 2011-01-20 Single line from ID check split to metal detectors and MMW scanner. Agent was periodically selecting passengers to go into scanner (right hand) lane. Quickly moved into left-hand lanes, which lead to metal detectors, without waiting for agent's instructions. SFO WN 1 2011-01-20 Random scanner - I talked my way out of it and didn't get the enhanced pat-down, either. I think the TSA person just didn't want to deal with it. IAH CO Terminal C, all airlines 2011-01-19 BOS UA Terminal C 2011-01-19 Machines at the right. A few people were sent that way. PIT All Main 2011-01-19 All lines have backscatter scanners but they were not in use at the time (8 AM) PWM B6 Main 2011-01-19 No scanners SBY US Only one checkpoint 2011-01-18 Checkpoint opens shortly before each flight departs. AUS all 3 2011-01-18 naked scanners at each checkpoint 630a 5 PHX Int'l Terminal 4 2011-01-17 BOS WN E1a-e 2011-01-16 Rapiscan backscatter x-ray machine in use at WN checkpoint for gates E1a-e - right hand lane feeds to Rapiscan, left lane feeds to magnetometer; but passengers from both lines randomly selected for scans BWI FL A/B 2011-01-16 Alternate checkpoint operating downstairs next to baggage claim 1. Virtually no waiting, and only walk-through metal detectors in use. Take note of the signs posted in the terminal and avoid both the pointlessly long lines and the body scanners if you're flying Airtran or Southwest. 1040a 1 sjc CO Terminal A 2011-01-14 Scanner used when free, then abruptly shut down. ewr US 2011-01-14 SNA n/a 2011-01-13 MKE FL Terminal C 2011-01-13 BWI US Terminal D 2011-01-13 Passengers picked at random for scanner. You can't predict the line as they have them crisscross to confuse you on purpose. DTW DL Main ticket level 2011-01-13 TSA personnel selected passengers "at random" to enter machines. Three machines on main ticket level security point, two at garage entrance level. sfo DL 1 2011-01-13 they are pretty forgiving here if you bitch them out unlike the TSA, but they STILL are being ridiculous with their AIT use. THIS IS NOT MY AMERICAN ANY MORE! IT IS TIME TO VOTE THE BAD GUYS WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN OUT OF OFFICE THIS YEAR!! SEA AS North checkpoint 2011-01-12 All the passengers were funneled through the leftmost lane, where no scanners were in use. It also looked as if no scanners were in use for the checkpoint nearest the C concourse; they appeared to be roped off and all passengers looked to be screened using the manometer. There was no scanner in the leftmost lane of the north checkpoint. PHL AA CheckPoints A East, B, C, D, E 2011-01-11 I surveilled A East, B, C, D, and E security  points. None has a naked scanner, just metal detectors. DO NOT GO TO Terminal F security, it has the naked scanners. Once through any security point, you can go to any gate. To go to Terminal F, they have shuttles—ask info if needed so you are not redirected back to a security line. They did have enhanced pat downs randomly, even for going through metal detectors. ADVICE: Get a metal detector with opposite sex agent—ou should get through without issue.  EWR CO Gates C70-C99 2011-01-11 Numerous Rapiscan backscatters in place. IMPOSSIBLE to avoid at 9 AM on 1/11, no other lanes open during busy times. DFW AA C Gate (3 zones) 2011-01-11 Had to go to another security zone that had a Metal Detector operational. You can get through, but need to work at it. Get to DFW early, scout out the entrances. There is slight risk they might close the metal detector line after you entered the security line. ALSO, could not tell if they forced people to one line or another. SAN VX Terminal B, gates 22-32 2011-01-10 Metal detectors present but off; only Rapiscan available. Unavoidable except by opt-out. RIC Terminal B 2011-01-10 MCO FL 2011-01-10 FLL All Concourse B 2011-01-10 Rapiscan in all lanes. Metal detectors turned off. CMH UA B concourse 2011-01-10 There are two lines one with the back scatter and one without. They are next to each other, they pick people between the two line. STL Terminal 1 2011-01-09 1 machine per 2 lines, they would pick people from the lines to get scanned LAS All All 2011-01-09 Machines were used randomly or every other passenger. One line was not using scanner. just metal detectors LAS UA D 2011-01-09 one scanner for each 6 lane, 18 lanes total...guards make a point to tell you you can choose what lane you want IAH CO Terminal C Elite 2011-01-09 Next in line chosen when scanner empty. EWR CO Terminal C Security Checkpoint 3 2011-01-09 EWR CO Terminal C Checkpooint 2 2011-01-09 DCA AA terminal b 2011-01-09 BOS FL Terminal C 2011-01-09 Alternating selection (one scanner, one metal-detector) BDL WN Main 2011-01-09 Backscatter machines are present but were roped off, passengers went through the metal detector instead. Did not see any pat downs. MHT WN B 2011-01-09 No scanners visible. Heard they were coming in Feb. FLL FL Concourse E - Airtran 2011-01-08 The Airtran set-up at this concourse is one of the most vexing - sort of a luck of the draw - depends on the agents, time of day etc. You can help your chances of getting the traditional metal detector by choosing certain lines, but no guarantee they won't wave you toward the scanner.   rsw AA main 2011-01-08 TSA worker claimed no immediate plans to install scanners RDU FL Terminal 1 2011-01-07 EWR All Terminal A-Gates A20-A22 2011-01-07 machines in one lane, furthest to left. hard to avoid the machine lane because there are people from gateway frontline that makes every one use the shortest line to keep the flow. BOS FL Terminal C, Gates 40-42 2011-01-07 Scanner in use for all passengers. ATL FL North 2011-01-07 Lane 2 (Far right)- MMW AIT in use Lanes 3 and 4 (Center/Center Right) using metal detectors.  Passengers select their own lane.  Same on Jan 5th, except lane 4 was closed at midday. SFO VX International terminal 2011-01-06 SEA All Checkpoint area 1 2011-01-06 Scanners appeared to be in and out of use. Opt-out pat down was required. MEM DL B Concourse 2011-01-06 I fly here weekly, and almost all passengers are sent through the backscatter. The pat downs here are VERY invasive. JAX WN All 2011-01-06 Passengers were being funneled through millimeter wave machines as they were available.  Looked to be about 1 out of every 3 or 4 people per security line. Each line (4 total) had a millimeter wave machine and they were all in operation. BOS VX Terminal B (Virgin checkpoint) 2011-01-06 Only metal detector at Virgin America checkpoint, no WBI/AIT. Checkpoint only provides access to Virgin gates, not rest of Terminal B. BTR DL 2011-01-06 BTR AA 2011-01-06 SEA DL checkpoint 1 2011-01-05 Pornoscanners were there, but completely blocked off. ORD AS Terminal 3 L concourse 2011-01-05 MCO WN Gates 59-120 2011-01-05 Machine was used for select passengers who set off traditional security machines.   JFK DL 2011-01-05 There is one giant line, but it splits at the end. The right side goes to the MM Wave machine. The left goes through the metal detector. BOI All all 2011-01-05 Machines blocked off metal detectors used. HNL UA 2011-01-05 Body scanner not in use; just regular metal detectors bur AA 1 2011-01-05 still groping if set off metal detector YLW Other/N/a Line 4 2011-01-04 I didnt see any scanners there, but Ive heard there is one. Canadian security was friendly if unnecessary for my 45 minute flight. Taking my shoes off and other items was up to [me] meaning I could do whatever I want to ensure the metal detector didnt go off. EAU UA There's only one 2011-01-04 No scanners CPH International All security 2011-01-04 Only metal detectors CLT Other/N/a A 2011-01-04 There were two lines in use at Checkpoint A this day. The left-most lane was sent through the scanner only on a random basis, whereas the right lane (middle if the far-right lane is in use) always had to go through the scanner. MKE UA Concourse C 2011-01-04 CLE AA 2011-01-04 CLE AA 2011-01-04 All scanners seemed to be in use. Opted out. Pat down highly invasive. SMF WN Terminal A (currently used for all airlines) 2011-01-03 Six lanes were in operation yesterday and none had backscatter/radiation. I feel sort of dissed to not even have the option of getting offended. SJC UA terminal a 2011-01-03 SEA All D 2011-01-03 Scanners in use, but no scanner in the left lane. SEA AS C gates 2011-01-03 Sea-Tac airport had approximately 12 total visible backscatter scanners in place at the four security checkpoints for Gates A, B, C and D.  (Some checkpoints had 3 or 4, others just 2)  ONLY ONE scanner was actually being used (middle lane into A gates).  The other 11 scanners throughout the airport were completely shut down, roped off and blocked.  Of course, you can pick any of the four checkpoints as they all end up in the same place anyway...so just look for the checkpoint that's not using any of the scanners to avoid them. MKE Other/N/a 2011-01-03 LHR International Terminal 5 2011-01-03 Not in use on the main lanes, but when using the south security entrance, there was a full body scan after the normal xray machines which they were randomly selecting people for. DTW DL Main (lower level) 2011-01-03 All passengers in later-evening were being sent through metal detectors. DTW DL McNamara 2011-01-03 Passengers had the option of going through the metal detector or the backscanner. The TSA agent seemed surprised that when given the choice everyone opted for the metal detector lane. The agent encouraged passengers to try the backscanner with the enticement if you use the other lane, you can be FIRST in line!. The only people who were convinced were the German couple behind me who I'm fairly certain did not fully understand what was transpiring. CLT US D 2011-01-03 CLD UA there's only one 2011-01-03 Tiny airport with one gate. No sign of body scanners, doubt there will ever be. BOS UA Terminal C, gates 11-21 2011-01-03 SFO Int'l International 2011-01-03 Choose your own adventure. Took a few minute to figure out how to avoid the scanner because the lines are difficult to tell apart. DEN All main 2011-01-03 two nude scanners in use, can choose metal detector line ric 2011-01-03 MY SDOO Definition Got posted on urbandictionary!!! =) AVOID RIC!! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sdoo PVG International Terminal 2 International/Hong Kong-Macau-Taiwan 2011-01-02 It's China, right? PHX US checkpoint a 2011-01-02 lines 2 and 4 both led to a RAPE-I-scan that was roped off. the other machines were probably also roped off. LGA FL Concourse B 2011-01-02 No Backscatter or MMW observed, but the WTMD did randomly select a passenger for a secondary, as heard by the clerk saying, Male secondary; no alarm. DTW DL McNamara Terminal / International Arrival 2011-01-02 Opted out of going through the milimeter wave scanner and was told very crankily that the machine didn't use radiation, they couldn't save the naked photos, and I was wasting everyone's time.  But I got my groping in the end! DCA Other/N/a 2011-01-02 DCA DL Delta Conourse 2011-01-02 Delta Concouse - Three lines - two radiation baths - both out of service.  Easy to bypass.  Looks like they are trying to fix the one closest to the Shuttle Desk CVG DL main terminal, by starbux 2011-01-02 They didn't seem to be using the machines at all, and no groping was going on either. BOI DL Only one 2011-01-02 Leering men check boarding passes and IDs. Passengers are randomly selected to go through scanners. Pat downs are as efficient and professional as they can be, given the circumstances. BOI DL Only one 2011-01-02 Leering men check boarding passes and IDs. Passengers are randomly selected to go through scanners. Pat downs are as efficient and professional as they can be, given the circumstances. YYZ All US Customs Preclearance 2011-01-02 STL CO Terminal 1 2011-01-01 2 body scanners, not sure which type, both roped off not being used. SBN UA Gate A 2011-01-01 RNO Other/N/a Concourse C 2011-01-01 The airline was Horizon. PIT UA Alternate 2011-01-01 I don't remember seeing the BSRs, but it was super early. I only went through a standard metal detector. PHX US a 2011-01-01 PHF FL Terminal A 2011-01-01 OAK Other/N/a Terminal 2 2011-01-01 The lane at the end had a backscatter machine. I went through it and I was given a pat down. Double loss.. LAX VX Terminal 3 2011-01-01 KTN AS there's only one checkpoint 2011-01-01 JFK B6 Terminal 5 2011-01-01 DTW US North Terminal 2011-01-01 Both a metal detector and a backscatter machine were in use, one for each of two lines to go through the checkpoint. However, they closed the metal detector and forced everyone to go through the backscatter machines for a few minutes seemingly at random intervals. BZN All 2011-01-01 BOS VX B, American side 2011-01-01 BMI Other/N/a Main 2011-01-01 cha DL Only one 2011-01-01 GEG UA Main 2011-01-01 Magnetometers only in use during high volume times. SBA All 2011-01-01 dfw AA 2011-01-01 Scanner vs. Metal Detector determined by which line chosen for carry-on scan. TPA B6 Terminal A 2010-12-31 STL WN Terminal 2 2010-12-31 Scanners were installed and visible, but not in use. PHL WN Terminal E 2010-12-31 Did not see any backscatter machines. OMA Other/N/a gate 2010-12-31 MEM DL Main Check Point 2010-12-31 LAS DL D gates first class 2010-12-31 Of three scanners, only two in use and those were on the far left side. Completely avoidable if you are in first class line or stay to the far right. LAN 2010-12-31 DTW US 2010-12-31 Metal detector closed forcing everyone through the BSR. I opted out, and strangely they didn't have me go through the metal detector at all, just the pat down. DTW DL 2010-12-31 BWI UA D 2010-12-31 Four lines had AIT machine, two were metal detector only. BOS WN E 2010-12-31 Installed, but not in use BOS WN Gates E1x 2010-12-31 Backscatter machine sitting quietly in the corner,  all passengers sent through the old metal detectors BNA WN 2010-12-31 mm wave, not backscatter ATL DL Main 2010-12-31 Backscatter machines in the central and outside lines, but they didn't appear to be in use. You can self-select which line to go through, so just pick one with a magnetometer. ANC B & C gates 2010-12-31 dfw UA terminal E 2010-12-31 aggressive tsa with scanner use at times SLC DL Terminal 2 2010-12-31 Easy to choose a line without the MMW scanner. TPA DL First Class/Sky Elite Line 2010-12-30 Not as horrible of an experience as I thought. The only problem that I experienced was the lack of coordination by the TSA. They were communicating over radio, letting the person know who was free to go, yet the person was never quite sure if female 1 or female 2 was clear. TPA B6 Airside A 2010-12-30 Metal detector in use.  Backscatter machine present but not in use. STL CO The security checkpoint for Terminal A 2010-12-30 SFO US terminal 1 gates 20-36 2010-12-30 same as others said - easy to avoid, just user the outside lines. its also easy to switch lines before the ProVision scanner. SAN AA TERMINAL 2 2010-12-30 ORD AA Terminal 3 2010-12-30 2 lanes with backscatter/radiation machines (2nd and 4th) and 2 with metal detectors (1st and 3rd). 4th lane was closed as line shortened with fewer passengers. LHR International Terminal 5 2010-12-30 Metal detectors only at Terminal 5 (British Airways). Also didn't pick out the pen knife in my bag... LGA AA CTB D Concourse 2010-12-30 Only one Backscatter machine between lanes one and two at the American Checkpoint. Usually other lanes open. LAX Terminal 5 2010-12-30 no scanners DCA F9 Terminal A 2010-12-30 CLT International C 2010-12-30 I noticed d had scanners in addition to b but not c XNA All 2010-12-30 Still safe to travel from Bentonville AR IAH CO Terminal E 2010-12-30 Int'l pax must be rescreened, but there are no AIT's here. Just the magnetometers. rdu DL 2 2010-12-30 lots of cancer machines rdu DL Terminal 2 of Death 2010-12-30 I won in the end. (Didn't get scanned my last visit here) Enjoying my diamond medallion benefits this year by avoiding ALL airports with scanners including RDU. I feel for everyone who has been hurt by them. YUL International Same (Scanners in use for some passengers flying to the US.) 2010-12-29 If they stop you to check your bag, seems they also want you to go through the scanner or be hand-patted down - your choice.  Using the scanner saves you a little time if you are late or in a hurry to catch your flight, but you get the radiation - what a choice!   TUL all all 2010-12-29 TUL was a test airport, everyone goes through scanners. TPA DL Metal Detector 2010-12-29 SYR AA All 2010-12-29 No machines in the airport whatsoever. Thank God. Support SYR free liberties and fly out here, rather than BUF and soon to be Albany who have the machines. SJC UA Terminal A Checkpoint 2010-12-29 Single line, left was metal detector, right was backscatter. I was polite and used conversation to allow me to choose my own line rather than be directed to the porno machines. Was easy and TSA lady was cheerful and polite. No grope, no pictures, no violation of our civil rights. Was about 60/40% in favor of metal detector by eyeball estimation. Easy. SEA AS 2010-12-29 Opt-out required pat-down SEA DL All 2010-12-29 There were AIT machines for each line, but only a few were even on, and from what I could see, they weren't being used at all SBY US main 2010-12-29 ORD all* Terminal 2 2010-12-29 The only scanner at Terminal 2 is to the far right; stay left to avoid it. *All domestic gates an be accessed by walkways from Terminal 2. ORD Terminal C 2010-12-29 Scanners gathering dust and not turned on MSP all Lindbergh/1, rental car/transit 2010-12-29 Scanners installed and in use for some passengers MSP all Lindbergh/1, checkpoint 6 2010-12-29 Scanners installed and in use for some passengers MSP all Lindbergh/1, checkpoint 5 2010-12-29 Scanners not installed MSP all Lindbergh/1, checkpoint 2 2010-12-29 Scanners installed, not in use MSP all Lindbergh/1, checkpoint 4 2010-12-29 Scanners not installed MSP all Lindbergh/1, checkpoint 1 2010-12-29 Scanners not installed MSP all Lindbergh/1, checkpoint 3 CREW ONLY 2010-12-29 Scanners not installed LGA DL 2010-12-29 LGA DL Metal detector 2010-12-29 LGA AA 2010-12-29 1 scanner, not roped off but not turned on either. LGA AA 2010-12-29 1 scanner, not roped off but not turned on either. LAX CO Terminal 6 2010-12-29 Some machines in the center, couldn't tell if they were in use. IAH UA Terminal B 2010-12-29 DFW AS Terminal E, near Virgin Air/Alaska checkin 2010-12-29 Just metal detectors CVG UA Terminal 2 2010-12-29 Alternating passengers CLT US Terminal C 2010-12-29 Only magnetometers.  No scanners.  TSA was benign, although person on the other side of the magnetometer was a little snotty.  I showed him my boarding pass like I always do, and he made a snide remark that he didn't need to see it. BOI UA only one 2010-12-29 scanners in use, apparently random selection. ABQ DL 2010-12-29 All passengers in ABQ go through one checkpoint, and all lanes have scanners.  There are usually many lanes open and lines are short.   RDU DL Terminal 2 2010-12-29 BOS AA For Gates 22-36- Terminal B 2010-12-28 One metal detector at far left, all others are backscatter machines. TUL AA only one available 2010-12-28 Tulsa is a tiny airport and they only have one security checkpoint. TPA Domestic terminal, blue 2010-12-28 Machines in use SBP US only one 2010-12-28 SAN DL Terminal 2 2010-12-28 20-25% of passengers sent through backscatter machine, rest through standard metal detectors. RAP All 2010-12-28 RDU WN main (only) checkpoint for Southwest 2010-12-28 one MMW machine installed on lane 4 (far right, next to windows); lanes 1-3 (on left) are metal detectors only. passengers aren't forced to use the body scanner. PVD DL 2010-12-28 Backscatter machines were installed and not blocked off, but did not see anyone using them.  We were directed through a plain metal detector immediately adjacent to the backscatter machine. OMA AA 2010-12-28 MSP all Humphrey 2010-12-28 No scanners at Humphrey (Terminal 2), but no access to main terminal MSN DL 2010-12-28 MHK AA There's only one. 2010-12-28 No scanners MFE all all 2010-12-28 everyone through scanners IAH Terminal E 2010-12-28 Scanners installed, but not in use IND UA B Gates 2010-12-28 machines were installed, but due to light traffic none were in use. IAD AA Central checkpoint 2010-12-28 Passengers were randomly directed through either normal metal detector or scanner in all lines IAD Terminal B 2010-12-28 Scanners installed at all lanes, but none in use GSP DL Terminal B 2010-12-28 No scanners CVG all Terminal C 2010-12-28 All lanes equipped with backscatter machines, only one in use BWI WN B Concourse 2010-12-28 ATL DL T gates 2010-12-28 Scanners not in use at 6:45am YVR US US Terminal 2010-12-27 Only been through once. Saw only one person scanned in the 20 min I was in the security area. They have 3 machines, but only one was in use. SEA CO, UA all 2010-12-27 scanners in use randomly for the lines by UA/AS ticketing; I believe all lines in SEA lead to the same place. SAN all Terminal 2 2010-12-27 No scanners RDU AA terminal 2 2010-12-27 PVD All 2010-12-27 PVD US 2, Second line to the side 2010-12-27 Three lines, two out of the three had backscatter machines mandatory, one had just the metal detector. PHX UA Terminal 2 2010-12-27 PHX UA Terminal 2 2010-12-27 PHL US Terminal A/B 2010-12-27 ORD AA 2010-12-27 Scanners in use for some passengers; low volume at the time, furthest right line OKC 2010-12-27 No scanners at in-use checkpoint, but they may be installing them at the other, not-in-use checkpoint (nearest to DL and CO) MSY CO D Concourse 2010-12-27 Scanners in use, elite lane metal detector only MSP all Lindbergh, checkpoint 10 2010-12-27 No scanners at checkpoint 10 MKE FL Concourse C 2010-12-27 Only the metal detectors. No backscatter machines visible. MKE F9 Concourse D 2010-12-27 MIA AA D 2010-12-27 scanners not in use MCI DL, WN Terminal C 2010-12-27 Scanners in place, sometimes used for selected passengers, sometimes as secondary screening MCI CO, F9, AA 2010-12-27 No scanners MCI DL, WN 2010-12-27 No scanners MCI UA, US, FL 2010-12-27 No scanners MCI Terminal B 2010-12-27 Scanners in place, but may be choose your own adventure. GEG WN Terminal C 2010-12-27 There is typically one line for standard metal detector and another line for body scanner. On this day, the metal detector was broken or switched off, so all passengers went through the body scan line. Staff were quick to accommodate opt-out, however. GEG DL Concourse A/B 2010-12-27 Most passengers were sent through standard metal detectors with a few singled out for the x-ray backscatter machine. FLL FL 2010-12-27 The dreaded Backscatter is in use and in full view, but most can escape it. If anything in your bag peaks the interest of the TSA (even if it's harmless), they'll ask you to head through the Backsctatter before you head to where they go through your stuff. FLL US 2010-12-27 Choose your own adventure lanes FAR all 2010-12-27 No machines DEN WN 2010-12-27 DEN all skybridge to Terminal A 2010-12-27 Scanners installed at/near all lanes, none in use DAY all all 2010-12-27 scanners in use for some passengers BWI Terminal D 2010-12-27 Scaners in use for some ATL all South terminal 2010-12-27 Scanners installed in center lane, by choosing far right lane you are blocked by a conveyor belt (logically impossible to go through the line) and your chances of being scanned are quite low; you will be scanned in first class lines (shorter line, longer pat down) ATL all North terminal 2010-12-27 Scanners in use for some passengers (some reports of all passengers from Oct). ANC US 2010-12-27 PBI WN B 2010-12-27 There were 3 separate lines to check in for Terminal B, and one line for MMS. I chose line not going through MMS, but when you get to the metal detector, there was a TSA member randomly asking people to go through the MMS; fortunately, I wasn't chosen, but the person ahead of me did. YOW flights to US 2010-12-26 Scanners in place, not used. SJC 2010-12-26 Most scanners turned off SJC 2010-12-26 Scanners not in use SJC Domestic 2010-12-26 scanners in use for ~1/3 SEA 2010-12-26 Scanners not in use RSW both 2010-12-26 No scanners observed PDX 2010-12-26 no scanners (coming next year?) ORD AA 2010-12-26 Scanners in use for some passengers (due to volume) ORD UA Checkpoint 2 2010-12-26 OAK WN Terminal 2 2010-12-26 Every line had a scanner, none was in use. MSP all Lindbergh, main 2010-12-26 Scaners in use at checkpoint 1. MSP all Lindbergh, main 2010-12-26 Scaners installed but not in use. NO SCANNERS INSTALLED AT CHECKPOINT 1. LAS 2010-12-26 scanners used selectively KGN US THE checkpoint 2010-12-26 IAH AA Terminal A 2010-12-26 Scanners present, but roped off. haven't ever seen it active in last few months IAD International 2010-12-26 GEG All Main Term A/B 2010-12-26 Only leftmost lane has backscatter, easily avoided and visible from line. FAT All Only one security checkpoint for all gates 2010-12-26 Agent did not offer pat-down: options were be irradiated or don't fly. DTW DL McNamara (ABC) 2010-12-26 All metal detectors shut down, lines moving fairly well. DSM all all 2010-12-26 No machines DFW FL E33 2010-12-26 MMW installed for the lefthand lane, but roped off and turned off. Righthand lane seemed to be clear. DEN all main checkpoints 2010-12-26 Random selection COS all all 2010-12-26 no scanners yet BOS DL, CO Terminal A 2010-12-26 Scanners in use. BDL 2010-12-26 Some passengers used the machines, some did not BNA WN C 2010-12-26 Alternating selection (one backscatter, one metal detector) ATL all International checkpoint 2010-12-26 Scanners at left-most security line of int'l checkpoint AMA All There is only one 2010-12-26 No Backscatter machine installed.  Rumored to be in place mid spring 2011. JFK Int'l Terminal 4 2010-12-26 Scanners were blocked TUS WN A1-A9 2010-12-25 No machines installed SDF AA 2010-12-25 Only one checkpoint.  Two lines: backscatter & metal detector.  It was possible to choose.   PVC CO 2010-12-25 OAK AA 2010-12-25 OAK B6 Terminal 1 2010-12-25 All I saw was regular metal detectors.  Also no patdown. LAX International international terminal 2010-12-25 At this checkpoint, choice of two lines: backscatter or metal detector.  Those in wheelchairs steered to either line.   LAX Terminal 7 2010-12-25 Scanner primary, if backed up they'll use the metal detector IAH WN 2010-12-25 FNT DL 2010-12-25 FLL Other/N/a F 2010-12-25 DAL Secondary/parking checkpoint 2010-12-25 No scanners CLE 2010-12-25 scanner in place, roped off, enhanced patdowns used BUF UA Only one, right hand side 2010-12-25 BOS US Terminal B, US Airways side 2010-12-25 RDU US terminal 1 2010-12-24 No scanners observed PWM all all 2010-12-24 no scanners ORD UA Left checkpoint 2010-12-24 OKC DL West Side 2010-12-24 East side security checkpoint was closed.  No backscatter/radiation machines visible on West side. LIH Other/N/a 2010-12-24 passengers are routed through the 'old' screener while the backscatter is in use.  Screener says it takes 10sec/passenger to use the new system. JFK Terminal 1 2010-12-24 no scanners IAD all all 2010-12-24 scanners roped off HRL all all 2010-12-24 Everyone through scanners FLL WN Terminal 1 2010-12-24 No scanners DFW AA terminal b 2010-12-24 2 lines, metal detector or backscatter.  choose your own.   DFW Terminal A 2010-12-24 Scanners not observed CLT US B 2010-12-24 CLT US B 2010-12-24 CLE CO c 2010-12-24 BWI Terminal A 2010-12-24 Checkpoint A has lanes at each line, there is a scaner-free lane to the left of checkpoint B BOS B6 Terminal C 2010-12-24 BOI AA 2010-12-24 AVP All all 2010-12-24 No scanners, airport does not know when they will receive them SFO Int'l International A Wing 2010-12-24 3 lanes each with a walk-through metal detector and L-3 ProVision millimeter wave scanner. Incoming passengers randomly selected to one of the two screening devices; about 1 in 2 chance of being asked to walk through the scanner. SEA AA A 2010-12-24 There was no metal detector. Only a backscatter machine OR manual pat-down STL WN Terminal 2 2010-12-23 Machines were present and visible but not in use even with the short lines on this day. SJC UA Terminal C 2010-12-23 All passengers were directed through a single security line with backscatter. Attempts to opt out were met with TSA talking over you and ignoring you. Felt like cattle. SFO International 2010-12-23 RIC 2010-12-23 Mandatory scan or opt-out RDU 2010-12-23 Machines roped off, no one came within 4 feet of them PHL Other/N/a 2010-12-23 So far, only Terminal F (USAir Express) has the scanner. It is used sporadically. Avoid the scanner by entering the secure section through another terminal. It may require a shuttle to set to Terminal F departures, so allow extra time. OAK B6 Domestic 2010-12-23 MHT WN Main 2010-12-23 All clear IND DL 2010-12-23 We were directed to the family line. Each person was made to go through the metal detector. If you didn't set it off, you could go on to collect your things. If you set it off, I'm assuming you were sent to the body scanner. No one in our family set off the metal detector, so we went right through. There was a very friendly elderly TSA agent who went out of his way to make the families feel at ease. HOU all 2010-12-23 Scanners in use for every other passenger FLL DL Terminal 2 2010-12-23 Rightmost line at Delta terminal has no backscatter machine. Come in from right side of check-in to get to it, not left side. EWR UA Terminal A Gates 10-18 2010-12-23 No scanners, but my shampoo was stolen from me in front of my eyes because who knows what could be done with organic shampoo. The funny thing is that I still couldve gotten it past security. DFW AA 2010-12-23 CLT FL A 2010-12-23 CLE 2010-12-23 choose your own adventure BOS UA Terminal C, gates 11-21 2010-12-23 Scanners gathering dust with chairs and other stuff blocking them. ABQ 2010-12-23 Nearly everyone sent through scanners YYZ AC terminal 1 2010-12-23 Scanners roped off, unplugged, not in use YYZ n/a t3 2010-12-23 millimeter wave machines roped off SRQ all all 2010-12-22 scanners in place, three of them, but not in use SEA all all 2010-12-22 scanners installed, not in use ROC AA 2010-12-22 RDU AA terminal 2 2010-12-22 Machines were in use in certain lines, security personnel were directing people to whichever line was shortest. ONT AS all 2010-12-22 Only one of three lines has detectors, but you could pick the non-detector line MDW WN 2010-12-22 no scanners visible MDW WN 2010-12-22 MMW scanner at the right side of the main line has not been observered used in several months MCO DL 2010-12-22 MCI WN Gates 35-40 2010-12-22 3 lanes- two to the left (one visible ait machine), go to the right to use metal detector LGB B6 2010-12-22 no scanners LAX WN 2010-12-22 no scanners visible IAH CO Terminal C - Economy 2010-12-22 IAH CO Terminal C - Economy 2010-12-22 IAD all B-fifty-something 2010-12-22 Sorted in to lines pre-machine. Some scan, some metal detector FLL B6 Terminal 3 2010-12-22 Machines not in use (also on 12/19), Previously, machines in use, but option to pick non-machine line CRP all all 2010-12-22 scanners in use for all passengers YUL 2010-12-21 Scanners in use for some passengers flying to the US. SNA DL (maybe all?) 2010-12-21 No scanners PHX DL Terminal 3, Delta concourse 2010-12-21 I was an arriving passenger, and noted status as I was leaving; no scanner at that one.  no observation of other checkpoints PHL Terminal A (international) 2010-12-21 nearly everyone was scanned or groped ORD UA (and others) Terminal 1 2010-12-21 Scanners gathering dust and not turned on MSN All 2010-12-21 MDW all all 2010-12-21 scanners in use LHR International Terminal 3 2010-12-21 Flying with Jet Airways. All passengers at T3 must use it, or will not be allowed to fly. Not sure how it works for kids… LAX UA 2010-12-21 scanners in use, random selection. JFK International Terminal 4 2010-12-21 HNL DL 2010-12-21 EWR terminal A 2010-12-21 Scanners roped off, not in use DCA AS 2010-12-21 Several passengers ahead of me required to go through scanner. Then roped off and most went through regular metal detector only. No pat downs. BOS AA 2010-12-21 BOS Terminal E 2010-12-21 Scanners not in use. BNA All Left checkpoints, general/casual traveler lanes 2010-12-21 Roughly half the passengers in the queue fed by the General Traveler and Casual Traveler signs were given enhanced screening. The Expert Traveler sign fed a different queue with less frequent screening. YYZ terminal 1 2010-12-21 Scanners roped off, not in use AEX DL Only one 2010-12-21 lga DL DL 2010-12-21 i found lga's tsa to be respectful SJC 2010-12-20 scanners not in use SLC all Terminal 1 2010-12-20 scanners not in use SLC DL The family line 2010-12-20 There were two main lines, one that was very long (and may have branched off) and another family line, which we were directed to. We were only sent through metal detector, though there was an MMW, and it was being used, though none of us in the family line were directed toward it. SFO AA Terminal 3 2010-12-20 TSA was only letting 1st Class Passengers use Metal Detector.  ALL Coach travelers had to use body scanner or be patted down.   SEA all all 2010-12-20 no scanners SEA all all 2010-12-20 no scanners PVD WN All 2010-12-20 Only lanes open only had backscatter/radiation machine. MDW all all 2010-12-20 no scanners LEX DL none when I went through last week 2010-12-20 FWA All only one 2010-12-20 busy early (6 am) had 2 lines running - one thru backscatter, one metal detector.  walked thru detector wearing watch, etc, no questions asked.  no hassle with bags, easy to see which line was which.  usually FWA is paranoid and had lots of pat downs in Oct/Nov - think We Won't Fly is making a difference. EWR International Terminal B, towards international departures 2010-12-20 CID 2010-12-20 no scanners BWI WN B 2010-12-20 machines roped off, everyone through metal detectors BOS DL, CO Terminal A 2010-12-20 Scanners not in use (early AM). YYZ 2010-12-20 friendly Canadian opt-out grope MSO all all 2010-12-19 No scanners IAH CO Terminal C 2010-12-19 Selective scanner use HNL UA gate 8 2010-12-19 first class line had the scanner on the left, people in the economy line went through the metal detector bc of long lines, many people went through the scanner in the first class line bc it was shorter TUS AA 2010-12-18 RDU AA Terminal 2 2010-12-18 MMW used as primary screening. TSA not happy with opt-outs ORD AS L gate 2010-12-18 ORD AS L gate 2010-12-18 MCO 2010-12-18 scanners in use for some LAS AC Terminal 2 2010-12-18 scanners used for all in a short line DEN UA 2010-12-18 Between both terminals, approx. 24 bag x-ray machines, 12 metal detectors and 5 porno scanners.  Only 3 were in use.  Very easy to avoid for now.  Colorado Springs, a short drive to the south, has no scanners. DCA Other/N/a Terminal A 2010-12-18 None seen DCA US 2010-12-18 Some passengers through machines, no rhyme or reason as to whom CWA AA 2010-12-18 BUR WN A 2010-12-18 no scanners BUR AS Terminal B 2010-12-18 LAS 2/D gates (domestic) 2010-12-17 scanners installed, not in use CLE WN 2010-12-17 machines roped off, everyone through metal detectors SRQ AA Terminal B (the only terminal) 2010-12-16 Single MMW machine installed, but roped-off; 3 metal detectors in use instead: 2 MD lines could have gone-through millimeter wave machine, 3rd line was physically separated and could not have gone through millimeter wave machine. SAN UA 2010-12-16 One checkpoint.  Split into two lines: Backscatter and Metal detector.  We could chose.  Metal detector line also labeled family line. MSY DL Gate D 2010-12-16 They had it out, but it didnt seem they were using it. MSP DL Lindbergh Terminal security checkpoint 6 2010-12-16 Most were obediently lining up to go through the microwave backscatter machine.  However, you could just join the metal detector line which is exactly what I did. MSP DL Lindbergh Terminal security checkpoint 6 2010-12-16 Most were obediently lining up to go through the microwave backscatter machine.  However, you could just join the metal detector line which is exactly what I did. MDW all all 2010-12-16 one scanner, not in use, several lines SJU B6 2010-12-15 SEA UA north checkpoint 2010-12-15 Scanner in use, opt-out sent through metal detector RIC 2010-12-15 About 50% of passengers were scanned OAK 2010-12-15 Scanners not in use. LHR DL Terminal 4 2010-12-15 I did not see anything other than metal detectors at London Heathrow Terminal 4. LGA Terminal B 2010-12-15 no scanners, lines suck, though LGA US US Airway Terminal 2010-12-15 no scanners. old airport. i bet plugging one in would cause a fuse to blow LGA US US Airway Terminal 2010-12-15 no scanners. old airport. i bet plugging one in would cause a fuse to blow LGA 2010-12-15 no scanners FAR UA Only Checkpoint 2010-12-15 No machines installed. VERY short lines. Total time was 12 minutes from curbside, to check-in, past security to gate. VERY nice airport. CMH AA B Concourse 2010-12-15 You had your choice of getting in the metal detector line or back scatter line.  People who realized this after going through the back scatter said they would have much preferred the metal detector. CMH AA B Concourse 2010-12-15 You had your choice of getting in the metal detector line or back scatter line.  People who realized this after going through the back scatter said they would have much preferred the metal detector. CHO 2010-12-15 no scanners BOS DL, CO Terminal A 2010-12-15 Scanners not in use. ALB WN magnitometer only - no scanners installed 2010-12-15 Airport still has puffers, but none were in use MSY WN Concourse B 2010-12-14 LHR B6 2010-12-14 no scanners LAX UA gate 76 2010-12-14 long lines, everyone went through metal detector iad UA Diamond 2010-12-14 Backscatter in operation around 11am this day. Had to opt-out; pat down was professional. GEG AS Gate C 2010-12-13 I read in the paper that the backscatter machine had been installed at Spokane International, but does not appear to be in use at Gate C. Gates A and B use a separate security checkpoint, so it may be there. EYW DL Main/only one 2010-12-13 Old fashioned metal detectors and xray scanning of carryons DFW Terminal A 2010-12-13 Scanners installed, not in use DFW Terminal A 2010-12-13 Scanners installed, not in use BUF US only one 2010-12-13 looks like there are scanning machines there but i couldn't be sure. any, none were used LAX Other/N/a Terminal 2 2010-12-12 Passengers seem to be sent through the backscatter machine only if they set off the metal detector repeatedly. LAS WN Concourse C 2010-12-12 Scanners were installed and being used in every security line.  People were directed to the metal detector or the scanner depending on which was available when you got to the front of the line.  Opt out required an invasive pat down that lasted at least 5 minutes and left me feeling violated. HAJ International 2010-12-12 DEN all all 2010-12-12 Scanners installed at all lanes, selective use AVL DL all 2010-12-12 OMA AA 2010-12-11 SAN 2010-12-10 Scanners in use LAX US Terminal 3 2010-12-10 No notes or signs describing any security measures (e.g. remove shoes, separate computers, no liquids).  Backscatter present, but roped off. LAX US Terminal 3 2010-12-10 No notes or signs describing any security measures (e.g. remove shoes, separate computers, no liquids).  Backscatter present, but roped off. BOS B6 Term. C 2010-12-10 Naked scan machine on the right (naturally).  ID checker was diverting people to the left to keep things moving.  Get in left lane from the start. ABI AA Main (Central Checkpoint) 2010-12-10 sfo UA T3-checkpoint F 2010-12-10 naked scanners not in use at the time STL A 2010-12-09 scanners not in use SBA AS Only 1 checkpoint 2010-12-09 LAX US, WN Terminal 1 2010-12-08 scanners in use RDU 2010-12-07 Mandatory scan or opt-out MSO all all 2010-12-07 No scanners JFK AA Terminal 8 2010-12-07 Scanners are now being used sporadically/randomly at all AA gates on Terminal 8.  (They were installed but roped off for a few weeks). ROA All Only one 2010-12-07 No machine in airport TPA All nice people 2010-12-06 SJC WN 2010-12-06 SFO US Terminal 1 2010-12-06 Machines in use, easy to avoid, especially outside lines MEM AA ALL 2010-12-06 Passengers were being randomly chosen to undergo body scans.  I was one of them.   MEM AA ALL 2010-12-06 Passengers were being randomly chosen to undergo body scans.  I was one of them.   IAD all all 2010-12-06 Scanners installed in black diamond lanes but not in use FAT all all 2010-12-06 Machines in use for selected passengers DLH all all 2010-12-06 No scanners installed BWI FL Terminal D 2010-12-06 Two normal X-rays and one millimeter wave in use. Millimeter wave scanner will be to the right side as you approach the checkpoint. HSV FL Only one checkpoint 2010-12-04 EWR international 2010-12-04 Scanners installed, not in use LNK all all 2010-12-03 IAD all all 2010-12-03 Scanners installed at all lanes, but none in use BOS UA Terminal C, gates 11-21 2010-12-02 Two scanners gathering dust TYS all all 2010-12-01 No machines SLC all Terminal 1 & 2 2010-12-01 Scanners installed but not used regularly. At terminal 2 (DL) the scanner is in the center of the screening area. Priority passengers can avoid it, and regular passengers can avoid it by staying to the right, dependent on passenger flow. SEA all all 2010-12-01 Scaners installed but not in use. Left lane of northernmost checkpoint has no scanner. HNL UA united terminal 2010-12-01 tsa agent tried to tell me that I would have to wait a long time for opt out since the pat down agent was in another location, he hinted that I would miss my flight, even though I was there 2 hours early!  guy bascially forced me into the machine.  Disgusting!!  Will never fly again until the TSA is gone.   DTW DL McNamara (ABC) 2010-12-01 Upper level has three lanes of security, scanner only at left two lanes; lower level has three lanes, scanner only on right two. Overstaffed/underused checkpoint from Westin has one lane and one scanner. DAY 2010-12-01 none present BUF all? 2010-12-01 TSA somewhat unprepared for opt-outs, it may be possible to choose your own line BUF all 2010-12-01 no machines installed BOS DL, CO Terminal A 2010-12-01 Scanners in use. YVR 2010-11-30 Scanners in use as secondary security SFO all but UA Terminal 1, some of 3, int'l 2010-11-30 UA/AC gates in terminal 3 do NOT have body scan machines installed SFO UA, AC Terminal 3, gates 70-90 2010-11-30 UA/AC have no machines installed; boarding area rather cramped, it does not appear they are being installed. There is a passage to the adjacent side of the International terminal which bypasses these machines. DFW AA B (B10? not sure) 2010-11-30 Metal detector only at this checkpoint, line moved very quickly.  After passing through, I noticed another (closed) checkpoint in B that had a crated scanner awaiting installation. ORD AA first class/EXP 2010-11-29 Two lane security check. When both lanes are open you can choose your own adventure.  The adventure that has the backscatter machine is shorter time wise, if you are ever in a rush. MDT US One 2010-11-29 Harrisburg MDT US Main 2010-11-29 Harrisburg airport's website brags that they are the 'first airport designed around post 9/11 security requirements'. There's one rapescan but it's set up to allow you to be diverted from any lane. When I went through there was no one running it. From talking to the girl at the newsstand, it seems like it's a crapshoot whether or not it's even turned on, but when it's operating most people are scanned due to the low volume. This is a hick ass airport with almost no direct flights to anywhere interesting. So instead of taking the shitty US Air turboprop to philly why not take the slow train (amtrak) and get there unmolested. SYR UA Main 2010-11-28 BOS AA Terminal B 2010-11-28 Scanners in use, but could choose metal detector line. AUS 2010-11-28 no scanners, word is that the floor is not strong enough to support them RDU DL 2010-11-27 All checkpoints have Backscatter machines in use. IAH CO gate C-35 2010-11-27 almost everyone got scanned, a few went through ORD UA (and others) Terminal 1 2010-11-26 Scanners in use, but could choose metal detector line. LBB all all 2010-11-26 Two lines, no machines LAS D 2010-11-26 scanner installed, not in use JFK DL Terminal 2 2010-11-26 no scanners OMA all all 2010-11-24 Scanners in use, in some lanes, you choose lane LAX CO gate 62 2010-11-24 slow time, no line, they had time to scan everyone, including the kids behind me DEN DL North 2010-11-24 The middle lanes has no porno-scanners SEA UA north checkpoint 2010-11-23 only one scanner, and off. If you go to the left line you can avoid it ORD most most 2010-11-23 Most had at least one scanner in use MEM all all 2010-11-23 scanners in use for randomly selected pax FWA 2010-11-22 Scanner in use on some lines ATL DL No clue 2010-11-21 I saw one person being patted down but the machines were all roped off. I came in on an international flight from Gatwick loaded w/ foreigners. TSA was pretty laid back from what I could tell. The most hassle was just waiting in line to go through the x-ray machines. LAS CO C/D all lines feed through same checkpoints 2010-11-20 There are machines at every other line at C/D gates.  Woman directly in front of me was scanned as was man in full military fatigues.  The line I saw was directly in front of the elite/1st Class document checker on the far right side of the CP.  They are definitely in use for random pax.   ATL DL T-Gates 2010-11-20 Far right lanes don't have dignity-stripping, cancer-causing scanners MCO 2010-11-19 no scanners MCI DL Terminal B 2010-11-19 No scanners AUS 2010-11-19 no scanners ABE AA 2010-11-19 YTZ All Main Entrance 2010-11-18 BWI 2010-11-16 all passengers. CVG 2010-11-15 Selective use of machines CAE 2010-11-15 No scanners BOS AA 2010-11-08 SJC 2010-11-05 No scanners LAX US 2010-11-04 ybi WN qK9JoC 2010-11-04 YghjbqvpSvuBH DCA DL, AS, CO Terminal B 2010-11-03 Machine roped off, all px thru metal detectors BZN F9 There is only one 2010-11-02 TSA is still interested in checking your junk though. JFK Terminal 5 2010-11-01 no scanners BOI 2010-10-16 DFW Terminal D 2010-10-07 Scanners installed, in use for some passengers PVD UA 2010-10-05 PHL 2010-10-03 OAK B6 2010-09-30 Scanners in use. KOA 2010-09-22 scanners everywhere, overzealous security MKE All Concourse C 2010-09-21 EWR CO C 2010-09-20 No machines visible or in use. ORD UA T1, United Airlines 2010-09-20 6:00 p.m., left to right, only three lanes were open. Lanes 1 and 2 they were cooking everyone, the third lane had the backscatter machine roped off. VBd UA Nucgfaae 2010-08-24 jZLMBTPSoKTRJKm LHR All Terminal 1 2010-08-23 If randomly selected there is no opting-out, you MUST be scanned (MMW) or you will be denied access to the sterile area. qoM FL nmYFqEZCYlhhvzTH 2010-07-27 ECoVBfElNRF TPA WN Terminal C 2010-06-21 Disgusting behavior by TSA and Tampa Airport Police when I opted outof the scanner. NY F9 DUyy6 2010-06-21 gycIfk http://aAQKOiop2iLyMpBz.biz DME 2010-06-05 GQL All nBtsgCatPcAKEV 2010-06-03 szceHpIcs mci WN 2010-06-01 Everyone goes through the scanner. No metal detector first SMF WN 2010-04-22 Sar UA fNtrmQyoT 2010-03-04 cYnziHlRYtnYspC TZW AA vAyUdiNrzg 2010-03-03 PdfQopjPBWTUEXjXkVP KDz FL GiGSJexWa 2010-02-22 fmMlOKMqWhI UA UA Terminal 1 2010-01-26 At around noon, all T1 checkpoints had exactly 1 machine in operation out of 2-3 open lanes. ORD UA Terminal 2 2010-01-26 At around noon, all machines roped off. DCA UA Gates 23-34 2010-01-22 UA, AA gates are safe. If taking US out of gates 35-45, use this checkpoint and take the US airside shuttle bus. Have an excuse ready for the ID checker (UA club, Potbelly, Five Guys, etc.) tul AA 2010-01-17 BDL US 2010-01-15 Only one gate, everyone being put through the backscatter fJN AS CzwQ5 2010-01-12 bgVrbvXpnU BOS US 2010-01-05 WMD and backscatter, targeted scanner of approx 75% of people, from observation seems young males and girls especially targeted. PHX WN 4C 0000-10-14 elp Other only one 0000-10-06 low volume, so sending most everyone through. Tus AA A 0000-08-28 No nude o scopes. Random hand swab but I can live with that. Nice people. pit main 0000-08-25 5am. BKXS and WTMD in use. You will get steered toward the shortest line, apparently regardless of whether you're traveling in a party. TSA goons split up our group, steered some toward BKXS. Pat-down TSO was respectful and courteous, all other TSOs were power-tripping assholes. LAX DL 5 0000-08-14 Managed to avoid scan by being in the family line. The lines are hard to predetermin were you'll be sent. Mia AA D3 0000-08-03 Long lines but not hassled. Polite bilingual screeners. Rdu DL 2 0000-07-28 Maybe screeners having a good day but did not witness barking or rudeness. RIC DL 0000-07-20 Everyone through MMW sfo DL t1 0000-07-00 EWR US Terminal A Gates 30-39 0000-06-14 dfw AA e16 0000-06-08 metal only Dfw DL E14 0000-05-29 One wtmd at e14 checkpoint Lax AA 4 0000-05-21 Scanners and metal detectors switch randomly. Got into a fight with the tsa douches because scanner picked up something. Got cop involved he was on my side , but powerless. Gotpat down in private. Filed complaint for innapropraite touching of genitals oak B6 1 0000-05-20 Backscatter came into operation while i was in line. Opted out, was sexuality assaulted. srq All all 0000-05-12 2 MMW in use, TSA attempts to herd as many pax as possible through them MCO 60-129 0000-05-05 Scanners on extreme left and right lanes; choose the middle lanes. Scanner use started at about 2:15pm. 2:15 Dtw DL North 0000-04-21 The TSa dork was choosing which person gets a dose of radiation . I refused and was taken back for getting groped. He had option to put you through metal but was doing 3 to xray and 1 metal. It took me an additional 20 minutes for private screening Dtw DL North 0000-04-21 The TSa dork was choosing which person gets a dose of radiation . I refused and was taken back for getting groped. He had option to put you through metal but was doing 3 to xray and 1 metal. It took me an additional 20 minutes for private screening San AS 11-18 0000-04-01 Scanners primary for all lanes SFO DL Delta (Terminal 1, I think) 0000-03-18 ALB Other 0000-03-00 YYC 0000-00-00 Scanners in use but not in operation YEG 0000-00-00 Scanners in use but not in operation VLD all all 0000-00-00 advantage of a tiny, local airport: no scanners TPA 0000-00-00 Machines in use with regularity STL 0000-00-00 no scanners STL 0000-00-00 scanners not in use STL Terminals 1 and 2 0000-00-00 Scanners in place, but roped off and not in use SNA DL (maybe all?) 0000-00-00 Scanners not in use SMF all Terminal A 0000-00-00 No machines SFO VS International terminal 0000-00-00 Machines in use SDF all all 0000-00-00 Metal detectors only ROC 0000-00-00 Sent through metal detector if machine is occupied PSC all all 0000-00-00 No scanners PIT 0000-00-00 Main line has machines installed and in use, as does the alternate (mainly used by crew) PHX all 0000-00-00 Machines installed, not in use PHX all Terminal 4 0000-00-00 One machine installed, doesn't seem to be in use. If you fail the metal detector you get a grope PHX UA 0000-00-00 machine in use PIT 0000-00-00 Three lines, two with machines, one without PHL 0000-00-00 Machines in use but used sporadically ORF 0000-00-00 No scanners OMA all all 0000-00-00 Scanners in use at some times. ONT all all 0000-00-00 Scanners in use for every other passenger. OAK 0000-00-00 Scanners in use. MSY 0000-00-00 Scanners not in use. MSP all Lindbergh, skyway (from rental car/transit) 0000-00-00 Scaners installed and in use for some. (fyi, if there's a long line at main security, this checkpoint rarely has a line and you can take the tram to it in about 2 minutes. It's convenient to high-G gates and A B and C gates.) MKE 0000-00-00 no scanners MIA 0000-00-00 no scanners visible MIA E, int'l 0000-00-00 scanners not in use MIA AA 0000-00-00 some passengers MEM 0000-00-00 scanners not in use MCI 0000-00-00 Scanners in place for flight to dallas (airline unknown) MCI DL 0000-00-00 Scanners in use, (only at gate 55-60?). LRD 0000-00-00 In use for all passengers MBL all all 0000-00-00 no scanners LNK all all 0000-00-00 No scanners LGA US, F9 0000-00-00 no scanners LAX Terminal 2 0000-00-00 scanners in use LAX VS 0000-00-00 Scanners not in use, very fast and casual, no pat downs or anything—quite LAX, as it were LAS C and D 0000-00-00 not consistently used LAS B and C 0000-00-00 installed but not in use JFK Terminal 1 0000-00-00 not in use but installed JAX 0000-00-00 Scanners in place, roped off IND all A and B 0000-00-00 Scanners in use GRR all all 0000-00-00 Machines in use for selected passengers HLN all 0000-00-00 No scanners GEG all 0000-00-00 Machines always active, standard sometimes active EWR terminal C 0000-00-00 No scanners EML all all 0000-00-00 No machines ELP all all 0000-00-00 3 backscatter machines, usually in use for all passengers DAY 0000-00-00