Last week I shared information about finding scanners at airports and commented that not all airports have them. Yesterday, I went through security at the Nashville, TN airport and was surprised to see several scanners - and guess what? NOT ONE OF THEM WAS OPERATIONAL!!
There had to be 20+ TSA agents attending the security area, so I figure it wasn't an issue of staffing. When I asked one of the TSA agents why none of the scanners were working he said "I'm not sure - maybe they shut them down because this isn't our busy time".
I have no idea if it costs more money to operate a scanner vs. a metal detector but if each scanner costs $170,000, that's almost $700,000 of equipment sitting idle. I'd also assume it requires more manpower to conduct all the "patdowns" that were being done since the scanners weren't working.
Our tax dollars at work (or not at work).
Side note: I'm curious why Nashville has so many scanners and why they search cars before you are allowed to park in the parking garage (found that out when returning a rental car).
Here's the government's website if you want to check out scanner availability before you fly. There's a list of airports http://www.tsa.gov/
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ReplyDeleteYou are right, Its well known issues about body scanner harm at airport, yet at the airport we are supposed to stand idly by and watch it happen and call it right. Tsa should take care of in that kind of severe issues. gatwick meet and greet
ReplyDeleteThat is odd actually all the scanners going down at once. People would have to wait quite a lot to get the security checks done manually. It also makes the scanners look unnecessary if the job can be done manually anyway. gatwick chauffeur parking
ReplyDeleteHow did the airports suddenly became so secure that it was OK If all the scanners were sitting idle??? Manual searches must have taken ages. meet and greet gatwick
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