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| Status | Airline | Checkpoint | Date | Notes | Time | Wait |
| DL | Terminal A | 2013-05-20 | 1240p | 10 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| DL | A | 2013-05-05 | All WTMDs roped off. | 420a | 0 | |
| B6 | C11-C36 | 2013-04-10 | MMW/ATR in use for all pax. | |||
| 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 | |
| UA | 2013-03-30 | MMW in use. Pat-down was thorough but good-natured. | 510a | 10 | ||
| 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 | ||
| US | B 4-14, US Air side | 2013-03-14 | Good old WTMDs, no scanners in sight! | 150p | ||
| US | B, 15-21 | 2013-03-14 | All WTMDs at US Airways in BOS. Can access gates 4-21 from either checkpoint. | 200p | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Int'l | E | 2012-12-19 | All passengers going through nudeoscope | 950a | 4 | |
| 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 | |
| DL | A | 2012-12-10 | All WTMDs were roped off. | 1230p | 5 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |||
| UA | A | 2012-12-04 | All lanes using "backscatter/mm wave" scanners. "Chat Downs" also in place at ID check. | 12p | 20 | |
| 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 | |
| DL | Terminal A | 2012-11-08 | All metal detectors roped off, not in use. | 830a | ||
| Int'l | E central | 2012-10-26 | Backscatter roped off on rightmost lane. | 630p | 10 | |
| AA | B22-36 | 2012-10-20 | MMW roped off on right | 800a | 10 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| AS | A | 2012-10-07 | No scanners in use on any line. All WTMD. Long lines though. | 500p | 15 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| B6 | C | 2012-07-31 | No cancer boxes during the peak departure rush. All lines using WTMD. Not bad! | 730a | 15 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| Int'l | E2A-E8B | 2012-07-28 | BKSX in use on the right. WTMD-only lane open on the left side. Easy SDOO. | 430p | ||
| 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 | |
| Int'l | E2-E8 | 2012-06-23 | Checkpoint all the way to the right was using the WTMD for 90% of passengers. | 620p | 7 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| AS | A | 2012-06-16 | Premium line went to a lane with closed BKSX. | |||
| UA | A | 2012-06-08 | Far left BKSX was roped off, easy SDOO | 840a | 20 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| FL | E1 | 2012-05-24 | Far left for SDOO. Others are NoS. | 500p | 10 | |
| 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 | |
| DL | A | 2012-05-23 | Got lucky and went thru WTMD. Massive lines though | 500p | 30 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| DL | A | 2012-05-12 | BKSX were roped off on the Elite side. I didn't pay attention to the other lanes | 1230p | 7 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| DL | A | 2012-04-19 | 300p | 10 | ||
| UA | C | 2012-04-19 | Dodged the smurf gauntlet... stay left towards the frequent flyer line if possible - no porn scanners there | 420p | 10 | |
| UA | C | 2012-04-13 | Right side had Xrays roped off. | 550a | 10 | |
| UA | C | 2012-04-13 | Right side had Xrays roped off. | 550a | 10 | |
| 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 | |
| DL | A | 2012-03-23 | 940a | 10 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| FL | E/ E1 Gates | 2012-03-17 | 340p | 10 | ||
| 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 | |
| DL | A | 2012-03-04 | Funneling basically everyone through AIT in all lanes | 1200p | 10 | |
| 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 | |
| DL | A | 2012-02-23 | Attempted sdoo and failed. TSA at chkpt a piece of work. Pat down was quite cursory however. | 530p | 5 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| UA | C | 2012-02-11 | Not many people and very quiet. Scanners not in operation | 1130a | 0 | |
| DL | A | 2012-02-09 | Most passengers directed through rapiscan. | 1230p | 10 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| B6 | Terminal C gates 40-42 | 2012-01-08 | Only one line, funnels to BKSX which was mandatory | 440p | ||
| B6 | Terminal C--main | 2012-01-08 | One line has only WTMD--all others have WTMD and scanners | 4p | ||
| WN | E1A-E | 2012-01-03 | Stayed left for WTMD only | 800a | 5 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| UA | C | 2011-12-25 | A few people through WTMD but vast majority through x-rays. Opt | 120p | ||
| UA | C | 2011-12-22 | Not all lanes have X-rays, and those that exist were roped off. | 820a | 10 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |||
| DL | A | 2011-11-29 | Xrays all roed off | |||
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