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| Status | Airline | Checkpoint | Date | Notes | Time | Wait |
| UA | 2014-03-22 | Everyone except precheck sent to the body scanners. | ||||
| UA | C | 2014-01-18 | ||||
| UA | C | 2013-11-19 | WTMD and MMW side by side. WTMD was not roped off. TSO asked if my belt would set off the machine. After I indicated that it would not, I was let through thr WTMD. Seems as though most pax still directed to MMW. | 300p | 5 | |
| UA | 2013-10-18 | Everyone but precheck uses the body scanner. Opt out was relatively painless. I told them I would not out my stuff through until someone showed up. They didn't mind and the person in front of the scanner ended up doing it 20 seconds later. It's hard to see your stuff while waiting so I never send through until someone shows up. I just told the people behind me to go ahead. The person didnt mind changing gloves from the box but I still tested positivity for explosive, not cool. Please find a better test. They just tried the swab through all the machines and then I was allows to go. It's not fair that a test which has so many false positives is used. I wasn't wearing any lotion and do not go near anything explosive. I'm always worried about the false positive. | 500p | |||
| UA | C | 2013-09-17 | Oops, autocorrect changed IAH to Ian in my previous entry. I don't think Houston airport tsa like doing opt outs. The person I got did not seem comfortable doing a pat down. Sorry, if you don't like doing it, please get a new job. | |||
| UA | 2013-06-09 | |||||
| UA | don't remember | 2013-03-18 | all lanes MMW, with the WTMD blocked off; opted out. OK patdown. | |||
| UA | B | 2013-02-08 | One WTMD and one MMW--TSA forcing most through MMW. | 430p | 5 | |
| UA | B | 2013-02-08 | One WTMD and one MMW--TSA forcing most through MMW. | 430p | 5 | |
| AS | A South | 2013-01-24 | MMW only option even in Sky Priority | 340p | 5 | |
| UA | 2013-01-20 | a | ||||
| AA | A | 2012-12-29 | Some being sent through WMTD. I didn't get so lucky. Pat down by a middle eastern guy. | |||
| UA | C | 2012-12-04 | 650a | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |||
| 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 | |
| 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. | |||
| 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 | |
| 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. | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Int'l | D | 2011-12-23 | Sending through WTMD if line at scanner | |||
| AA | A | 2011-11-27 | Sending through WTMD if someone was in the scanner. | |||
| CO | Terminal B | 2011-11-06 | NoS for all! I opted out. | |||
| AS | A | 2011-09-22 | Only 1 MMW in use. If more than 3 people were queued up, the rest were sent through WTMD. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| CO | Terminal C | 2011-05-26 | Most passengers fed into MMW, overflow through WTMD; opt-out was hostile when change of gloves requested | |||
| All | Terminal A | 2011-05-18 | Most Pax sent through MMW | |||
| CO | Terminal E | 2011-05-18 | Every person through MMV | |||
| 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. | |||
| CO | Terminal B | 2011-04-23 | Almost all passengers were sent through MMW | |||
| CO | E | 2011-04-07 | In use at all lines, sometimes off and routing passengers through xray though | |||
| CO | Terminal E | 2011-04-01 | Most pax were sent through the MMW. | |||
| CO | Terminal E | 2011-04-01 | Most pax were sent through the MMW. | |||
| CO | international to domestic | 2011-02-25 | appeared to be in light use | |||
| CO | Terminal C, all airlines | 2011-01-19 | ||||
| CO | Terminal C Elite | 2011-01-09 | Next in line chosen when scanner empty. | |||
| CO | Terminal E | 2010-12-30 | Int'l pax must be rescreened, but there are no AIT's here. Just the magnetometers. | |||
| UA | Terminal B | 2010-12-29 | ||||
| Terminal E | 2010-12-28 | Scanners installed, but not in use | ||||
| AA | Terminal A | 2010-12-26 | Scanners present, but roped off. haven't ever seen it active in last few months | |||
| WN | 2010-12-25 | |||||
| CO | Terminal C - Economy | 2010-12-22 | ||||
| CO | Terminal C - Economy | 2010-12-22 | ||||
| CO | Terminal C | 2010-12-19 | Selective scanner use | |||
| CO | gate C-35 | 2010-11-27 | almost everyone got scanned, a few went through | |||
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