I’ve always gotten pat-downs due to my inability to walk through metal detectors. It’s never a pleasant experience, but the procedure’s always been performed by female employees (I’m female as well) and they’ve always used the backs of their hands. Much more, I can’t ask for.
[comicbook guy]Funniest song ever.[/comicbook guy]
NYC to DC is a completely drivable route; in non-rush hour times it probably takes less time to drive from one to the other than to get from Manhattan to downtown DC (or vice versa) than to get to one of the airports from same, check in, get through security, actually fly, get your baggage, get into central DC or NY…
A lot of people just take the Metroliner or Acela. That’s even easier and faster than driving, although a bit expensive.
We’re hoping to visit England next year, and the one thing I dread is the useless moronic airport “security”. I hope nothing happens that ends up with me in prison, because I’m not sure how much of that shit I can force myself to submit to.
Repeatedly, undercover agents testing the system have no trouble getting onboard airliners with guns and bombs. All we’ve done is inconvenience and humiliate millions of ordinary citizens on a daily basis.