The Cellar - View Single Post - Nipple ring search procedures faulty, TSA admits

Cloud · 03-29-2008, 12:34 PM

This happens all the time, and has for years. If the rules get changed because this lady has the wherewithal to hire an attorney and make some noise about it, I'll be happy.

Most of the time, jewelry does not set off metal detectors, but occasionally it does. I've never set it off, and I have some fairly large heavy jewelry. Nevertheless, this is not the first credible story about piercees forcibly required to remove their jewelry before boarding a plane.

I think that the authorities are within their rights to confirm that what is setting the alarms off is jewelry, not weapons. Visible or tactile confirmation, performed with a modicum of respect for the passenger, is reasonable, and piercees should be prepared for that. If that means flashing your bits, so be it--it's part of the risk of getting pierced.

Requiring removal of the jewelry is not reasonable, imo. That nipple ring is not going to blow up the plane, sorry. Nor is conducting the process in a salacious or bullying manner.

03-29-2008, 12:34 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	This happens all the time, and has for years. If the rules get changed because this lady has the wherewithal to hire an attorney and make some noise about it, I'll be happy. Most of the time, jewelry does not set off metal detectors, but occasionally it does. I've never set it off, and I have some fairly large heavy jewelry. Nevertheless, this is not the first credible story about piercees forcibly required to remove their jewelry before boarding a plane. I think that the authorities are within their rights to confirm that what is setting the alarms off is jewelry, not weapons. Visible or tactile confirmation, performed with a modicum of respect for the passenger, is reasonable, and piercees should be prepared for that. If that means flashing your bits, so be it--it's part of the risk of getting pierced. Requiring removal of the jewelry is not reasonable, imo. That nipple ring is not going to blow up the plane, sorry. Nor is conducting the process in a salacious or bullying manner. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"