Re: PASSENGERS REFUSING FULL BODY SCAN BARRED FROM FLIGHTS--UK

[Guest guest]

At 04:00 AM 2/4/2010, you wrote:

>Sheri,

>

>These people have it all wrong about these

>scanners. As an Airline Pilot, I will refuse to

>go through, NOT because I care about them seeing

>my body, but because I will not be x-rayed to

>death. Since I now fly internationally, I have a

>feel it will come to a head soon....

>

>

Hi

Tell us more - are more pilots and flight

attendants refusing? Have you flown through the UK since this was announced?

Are they more likely to let you refuse and not passengers?

Is there talk of any kind of protest?

Sheri

>

> >

> > vaccines are only part of the whole control of

> > the planet that is going on and ratcheting up big

> > time....................everybody better start

> > speaking out and doing all they can

> >

> > I wonder...what about pregnant women?

> >

> > Guess my traveling days are over.

> >

> > Good thing I moved back here - hibernating in the

> > Pacific Northwest and so glad I haven't had to

> > travel anywhere for the last 9 months..................

> > and won't be again, until this insanity is over (if it ever is)

> >

> > UK is as fascist as the US (more so I guess, as

> > haven't heard this from the US yet)

> >

> > Info coming out now is that the authorities

> > escorted the so-called bomber below through

> security.........................

> >

> > Sheri

> >

> >

> >

> > Air passengers who refuse a full body scan to be barred from their flights

> >

> > By

> >

>

<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y & authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\

>Daily

>

> > Mail Reporter

> > Last updated at 10:29 PM on 01st February 2010

> >

> > Air passengers who refuse to submit to

> > controversial full body scans will be barred from boarding their flights.

> >

> > The technology - which has been strongly

> > condemned by civil liberties campaigners - began

> > operating at Heathrow and Manchester airports yesterday.

> >

> > Birmingham will follow suit later this month

> > before the anti-terror devices are rolled out nationally.

> >

> >

> > Strict: Air passengers who refuse to submit to

> > the advanced imaging technology scans at airports

> > will be barred from boarding their flights

> >

> > The move - strongly criticised by civil liberties

> > campaigners who say the scanners are an invasion

> > of privacy - follows the attempted Detroit bomb attack on Christmas Day.

> >

> > Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is accused of trying to

> > detonate a bomb on a flight as it was about to land in the U.S. city.

> >

> > Transport Secretary Lord Adonis said: 'In the

> > immediate future, only a small proportion of

> > airline passengers will be selected for scanning.

> >

> > 'If a passenger is selected for scanning and

> > declines, they will not be permitted to fly.'

> >

> > He said a code of conduct would govern how images

> > were used and which passengers were checked.

> >

> > Campaigners say the scanners, which act like a

> > mini radar device 'seeing' beneath ordinary

> > clothing, are an invasion of privacy.

> >

> > The Equality and Human Rights Commission has

> > warned that the scanners breach privacy rules

> > under the Human Rights Act for their naked images.

> >

> > The exemption of under 18s from being scanned,

> > which was in place during the trial of the

> > machines in Manchester, has also been removed.

> >

> > The Department for Transport has published an

> > interim code of practice for the scanners. The

> > officer operating the machine never sees the

> > image, and the employee viewing the scan must be in another room.

> >

> > The scan cannot be saved, printed or transmitted.

> > Passengers can also demand that only officers of their sex see their image.

> >

> > BAA, which runs Heathrow, refused to comment on

> > how many scanners are in place and in which

> > terminals they will be used, although it is

> > believed they will be in Terminal 4.

> >

> > While only a small minority of travellers are

> > expected to be asked to undergo the scans, those

> > who decline will not be allowed to board their flight.

> >

> > Nowhere to hide: A Manchester airport employee demonstrates how

> >

> >

> > Baring all: A Manchester airport employee

> demonstrates how the scanners work

> >

> > Body scanners at Manchester airport will be

> > confined initially to terminal 2, where they have

> > been trialled since late last year.

> >

> > Additional scanners are planned for terminals

> 1 and 3 by the end of the month.

> >

> > The airport said that its previous exemption for

> > children had been overturned by the Government.

> >

> > Head of customer experience Barrett said

> > passengers had 'privacy concerns', but stressed

> > that the airport had put in 'strict procedures'.

> >

> > 'It will enhance security for everyone, which can

> > only be a good thing, without compromising people's privacy,' she said.

> >

> > 'The image generated by the body scanner cannot

> > be stored or captured, nor can security officers

> > viewing the images recognise people.

> >

> > 'Contrary to reports, the equipment does not

> > allow security staff to see passengers naked.'

> >

> > But Deane, a barrister and director of

> > campaign group Big Brother Watch, said such

> > measures meant 'the terrorists have won'.

> >

> > 'People are understandably afraid of terrorism,' he said.

> >

> > 'But we didn't allow the IRA to impede our

> > freedoms or change our way of life, and we shouldn't change now either.

> >

> > 'Those upset by the prospect of undergoing these

> > scans shouldn't be forced to choose between their dignity and their flight.

> >

> > 'What kind of a free society does the Government

> > think it is " protecting " , when it invades our privacy like this?

> >

> > 'When we are forced to expose ourselves at the

> > airport in order to go on holiday, the terrorists have won.'

> >

> >

>

<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1247715/Air-passengers-refuse-body-scan\

-barred-flights.html>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1247715/Air-passeng\

ers-refuse-body-scan-barred-flights.html

>

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > --

> > Regards,

> >

> > Eileen Dannemann

> > Standing director, National Coalition of Organized Women (NCOW)

> > <http://www.ProgressiveConvergence.com>www.ProgressiveConvergence.com

> > 917 804-0786

> >

> >

> > " It requires courage to utter truth; for the

> > higher Truth lifts her voice, the louder will

> > error scream, until its inarticulate sound is

> > forever silenced in oblivion " … Baker Eddy, Christian Science

> >

> > " Just Remember,

> > when the weeding process takes place,

> > you are the flowers. "

> >

> > - Charlie Lutes

> >

> >

> > To be removed from list, please hit reply and say " remove " .

> >

>

>

>

>

>------------------------------------

>

>