It already sounds like even the pilots and flight attendants are also complaining about the scanners and groping. I wonder what the airlines themselves think about all this. More of these stories will only hurt their already dwindling bottom line if more people opt out of air travel because of this nonsense.
I’m beginning to wonder about “the tiny amount of radiation” involved. Yeah, it’s only some small fraction of an x-ray...but how many people get 1,000 x-rays during their lifetime? And I know that some (some) of these machines use non-ionizing radiation, but the jury is out on that too.
Furthermore, airline personnel are ALREADY exposed to more radiation than the general public, because of flying above most of the atmosphere - especially in over-the-pole flights, where the magnetic field dips down.
You can find plenty of scientists who will state that there is NO zero-risk dosage of radiation.
I wonder if you could get your money back for your trip from the airlines seeing how the obscene and disturbing actions of the TSA made it impossible to continue...