Which airports exactly have these patdowns and new scanners?

[MetroStyles]

Neither my flights out of New York LGA nor Chicago O'Hare have featured either. If not the big airports...then where?

 

[Dewi]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

Neither my flights out of New York LGA nor Chicago O'Hare have featured either. If not the big airports...then where?

I know Atlanta has them, and that's your biggest airport. Generally, at least in Atlanta, you only go through them if they choose you for "extra screening". I think Phoenix has them as well, but I haven't been through there recently enough to see.

 

[acl1]

Think JFK has them, though it might depend on your destination. One trip to Greece resulted in a patdown and walking through this like 8-foot long scanner, which several other people ahead of me had to also do, another trip to China was like no security. ???

 

[scurvyfreedman]

It varies by terminal within the airports that do have them. Some do, some don't. It will be over a year before the new scanners are fully deployed.

 

[ter1413]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

Neither my flights out of New York LGA nor Chicago O'Hare have featured either. If not the big airports...then where?

Need someone to "pat you down?"

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by ter1413

Need someone to "pad you down?"

Kind of want a TSA tugjob.

 

[ter1413]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

Kind of want a TSA tugjob.

Got ya!

 

[gdl203]

LGA marine and O'Hare did when I traveled through them 2 weeks ago

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by gdl203

LGA marine and O'Hare did when I traveled through them 2 weeks ago

Weird. I was in those exact terminals. I wonder what changed?

 

[fwiffo]

I'm about to test it in a few hours but when I came back from Atlanta the week before Thanksgiving you had a choice of say 14 security lines and lines 1 and 2 had it but I was shuttled to 10+ so I went through the regular metal detector.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

Weird. I was in those exact terminals. I wonder what changed?

LGA Marine doesn't have the backscatter scanner on the right of the security line any more?

O'Hare had a couple at my checkpoint. You didn't see anyone raising their arms in the middle of an open machine ?

Not everyone goes through btw -only a small % of travelers - you not going through it doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't there.

 

[Manton]

DCA and SFO.

 

[mordecai]

LAX had them, but I don't think Dulles did. American had some goons that would randomly check carry ons on the gangway.

 

[fwiffo]

Queued up behind line 16 or something at Atlanta - no x-ray or pat down. But yesterday's airport was pretty empty. Flight was empty too.

The bloke in front of me went in and out a few times, insisting on carrying his mobile through the metal detector and was shocked it had metal in it.

 

[SpallaCamiccia]

No charlie this time eh?