Misuse of Airport Scanners

It is altogether understandable that concern for security has led to an introduction of procedures for passengers in order to ensure that air travel is as safe as possible. This concern with security has gone to such ridiculous levels that all reason has been abandoned in the quest to show that someone is doing something to protect vulnerable travellers. I think this need to strip belts, take off shoes and undergo a number of searches is just beginning to speak for itself. And all it says is that there is the the introduction of rules every now and again without much thought about whether it really reduces the security risks.

Right after an incident during a flight to the US in December, a number of airports rachetted upwards the security processes. Among the new rules was the full introduction of scanners that can see through clothing. Well, a case in the United Kingdom here shows that airport security officials who use the scanners have been using it to amuse themselves at the expense of passengers and their female colleagues. My purpose is to show that security thinking needs to be based on more sense than the fear.