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Airport pat down wearing utilikilt
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:48 pm
by derail3
I found this video on You Tube of a man wearing a Utilikilt receciving a pat down by a TSA agent in a US airport. Do not know when it was filmed.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pmyi5B4KWTE
Re: Airport pat down wearing utilikilt
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:42 am
by melsav
The agent seemed to know what he was doing and went about it the right way.
Re: Airport pat down wearing utilikilt
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:10 pm
by Couya
But what a business!
Would it not have been easier just to take the garment off?
My kilts have never needed patting down, but if there are metal buckles, it usually means going through the gate two or three times.
Martin
Re: Airport pat down wearing utilikilt
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:54 pm
by Caultron
Yes, the buckles definitely seem to attract scrutiny. I suppose it's because the usual pattern is not to have any metal there, and the buckles might be masking a weapon.
Re: Airport pat down wearing utilikilt
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:40 pm
by melsav
Couya wrote:But what a business!
Would it not have been easier just to take the garment off?
Martin
Depends on if he was wearing on underneath
Re: Airport pat down wearing utilikilt
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:50 pm
by Zorba
I once told a TSA screener who was having me pose in various contortions to "just save us both a bunch of time and lift it up and look. Its all G-rated under there..."
"You can move along now, Sir..."
Re: Airport pat down wearing utilikilt
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 3:13 pm
by Max Caswell
Too good. Someone somewhere about 3 years ago suggested going regimental through TSA. The searching agent didn't seem to balk whatsoever, but the lady agent off camera sure was put off. The cameraman was the brave one here.
Re: Airport pat down wearing utilikilt
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:09 pm
by Caultron
I've gone regimental through TSA a number of times and it's never been a problem. They do a little more wanding and patting than when I'm wearing pants but no big deal.
And by, "wanding," I mean the handheld metal detector, not...
Re: Airport pat down wearing utilikilt
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:28 pm
by MrNaturalAZ
Caultron wrote:And by, "wanding," I mean the handheld metal detector, not...
I sometimes wear a piece of jewelry that might earn me a more, um,
thorough inspection, but OTOH, I rarely fly (have not done so in over 30 years) and prefer to avoid airports if at all possible.
Re: Airport pat down wearing utilikilt
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:25 pm
by Max Caswell
MrNaturalAZ wrote:
I sometimes wear a piece of jewelry that might earn me a more, um, thorough inspection, but OTOH, I rarely fly (have not done so in over 30 years) and prefer to avoid airports if at all possible.
That had to hurt. Unless you partook of a non-narcotic analgesic commonly sold in pubs everywhere.
Re: Airport pat down wearing utilikilt
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 2:51 pm
by MrNaturalAZ
Max Caswell wrote:MrNaturalAZ wrote:
I sometimes wear a piece of jewelry that might earn me a more, um, thorough inspection...
That had to hurt.
Perhaps a bit, but not especially more than any other piercing, surprisingly.