{"id":124943,"date":"2009-12-31T15:44:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T20:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/northwestvoices\/2010653143_baringitallforairplanesecuritynecessaryorintrusive.html?syndication=rss"},"modified":"2009-12-31T15:44:39","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T20:44:39","slug":"baring-it-all-for-airplane-security-necessary-or-intrusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/124943","title":{"rendered":"Baring it all for airplane security: Necessary or intrusive?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luggage check and hospital gowns<\/strong><\/p>\n

Editor, The Times:<\/p>\n

Regarding the article \u201cTerrorism and planes: Is it time to bare all?\u201d [page one, Dec. 30], the airlines should be required to provide everyone with hospital gowns at check in.<\/p>\n

The gowns should be modified to have a chest pocket for the boarding pass, and perhaps an airline logo. No other modifications should be allowed in order to facilitate security checking by the canine on duty at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening point.<\/p>\n

This policy might also have the side benefit of reducing the obesity epidemic in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Earl Hunt, Bellevue<\/em><\/p>\n

Colonoscopies for one and all!<\/strong><\/p>\n

For some time, I\u2019ve been saying that soon we\u2019ll all fly naked, for better airline security, of course.<\/p>\n

With the latest terror threat, we\u2019re moving toward that goal at a rapid rate. There is good news and bad news associated with the upcoming security rules: The bad news is that for the most part, it won\u2019t be a pretty sight.<\/p>\n

The good news is that we all get a free colonoscopy for flying \u2014This may be tough on frequent fliers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Of course this all ignores the fact that passengers, themselves, are the first line of defense aboard any plane. But let\u2019s ignore reality in the name of security.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bruce Barnbaum, Granite Falls<\/em><\/p>\n

Traveling with your birthday suit<\/strong><\/p>\n

I say yes \u2014 it is time to bare all.<\/p>\n

I think airports should have two lines: one for those of us who don\u2019t mind and don\u2019t care whether someone would see us electronically naked, and one line for those who would rather take off their shoes, be poked and prodded by strangers, and inspected like meat in a plant.<\/p>\n

I have been in hospitals and doctor\u2019s offices and made to wear those ridiculous gowns that allows everyone to see everything somewhere along the line. I have been scanned and X-rayed and find it less invasive than other technologies.<\/p>\n

If the line is longer for scanning, it will allow more thorough physical inspections of those few who go through the other line, increasing our safety.<\/p>\n

I will submit to unobtrusive scans anytime. It\u2019s not like the people running the scanners, or any of the rest of us, haven\u2019t seen it all before.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Gary S. Silverstein, Olympia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luggage check and hospital gowns Editor, The Times: Regarding the article \u201cTerrorism and planes: Is it time to bare all?\u201d [page one, Dec. 30], the airlines should be required to provide everyone with hospital gowns at check in. The gowns should be modified to have a chest pocket for the boarding pass, and perhaps an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}