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Status	Airline	Checkpoint	Date	Notes	Time	Wait
	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
	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
	WN		2013-03-11	using metal detectors only in all security lanes	500a	20
	WN		2013-03-11	using metal detectors only in all security lanes	500a	20
	WN		2013-03-11	WTMD only because of the long lines	510a	40
	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
	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
	WN	Main	2013-01-13		500p
	WN	Main	2013-01-13		500p
	WN		2012-11-08	go left.	1030a
	WN	main	2012-11-07	Multiple lines, right most had MMW where I was directed	500p
	WN	Main	2012-08-07	5 lanes, all the way right has MMW	150p
	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
	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
			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
	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
	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
	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
	WN	B	2011-11-23	Multiple lines, many without scanners; pick your line with WTMD or MMW
	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.
	WN	Only one checkpoint	2011-11-04	There is only one body scanner. This can easily be avoided by using the far left lane.
		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.
	WN	main terminal/Concourse B	2011-10-10	just metal detectors
	WN		2011-07-15	Four lanes open - only rightmost lane had MMW scanner which is easy to avoid
	WN		2011-07-12
	WN		2011-07-06	MMW in right lanes. Could not see if it was in use. Stayed in far left lane for obvious reasons.
	WN	Main	2011-06-24	Same as previous reports - just a few scanners to the righg
	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.
	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.
	DL		2011-03-19	Long Lines. Easy to choose a line without the MMW scanner.
	WN	There's only one security checkpoint.	2011-03-16
	WN	Main	2011-03-07
	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.
	WN		2010-12-22	no scanners visible
	WN		2010-12-22	MMW scanner at the right side of the main line has not been observered used in several months
	all	all	2010-12-21	scanners in use
	all	all	2010-12-20	no scanners
	all	all	2010-12-16	one scanner, not in use, several lines