They're Grabbing and Groping: Pilot Says

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Michael Roberts, 35, a pilot for
ExpressJet Airlines, said, "No"
to a full-body scan last week at
a Transportation Security Administration
check-point at Memphis International
Airport- Memphis, Tennessee.

He's the pilot who refused to submit to
a full body scan, or the pat down going
through airport security.

"Pat down is misleading," Roberts explained.
"They concentrate on the area between the
upper thighs and torso, and they're not just
patting people's arms and legs, they're
grabbing and groping and prodding pretty
aggressively."

Roberts pointed-out that the Transportation
Security Administration's measures are
ineffective, and cited concerns for his
rights and privacy in refusing the procedures.

Roberts said he had been going through security
at Memphis without incident for 4 ½ years. Friday
was his first time at the check-point since new
scanning equipment was installed.

"I'm not trying to throw down the gauntlet with
the federal government per se," he said. "I just
want to be able to go to work and not be harassed
or molested without cause.... I'm just not
comfortable being physically manhandled by a
federal security agent every time I go to work."

The incident was the first of its kind at the
Memphis airport since the agency began advanced
imaging technology, or full body X-ray scanners,
at the airport in September, Transportation
Security Administration's spokesman Jon Allen.

Roberts is waiting to find out whether his protest
would cost him his job.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20101021051949writ.nb/topstory.html