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<blockquote data-quote="HVYCHVY" data-source="post: 1374660" data-attributes="member: 827"><a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40318901/ns/travel-news/" target="_blank">From MSNBC</a>Valyria Lewis, local president of AFGE Local 555, which represents TSA screeners in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, said TSOs are trained to screen passengers who opt out of full-body scans.But wed like TSA to hand out pamphlets detailing what opt out means. When someone opts out of the X-ray scanners, theyre opting in for the pat-down, Lewis said. And once we explain what the pat-down is, you cant go back and change your mind and say OK, Ill go through the scanner. Wed like that explained so officers arent caught in that crossfire.The National Treasury Employees Union, which also represents TSA workers, has launched a campaign to educate the public about the critical role played by TSA officers in helping secure the safety of air travel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HVYCHVY, post: 1374660, member: 827"] [URL="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40318901/ns/travel-news/"]From MSNBC[/URL] Valyria Lewis, local president of AFGE Local 555, which represents TSA screeners in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, said TSOs are trained to screen passengers who opt out of full-body scans. [B]But wed like TSA to hand out pamphlets detailing what opt out means. When someone opts out of the X-ray scanners, theyre opting in for the pat-down,[/B] Lewis said.[B] And once we explain what the pat-down is, you cant go back and change your mind and say OK, Ill go through the scanner. Wed like that explained so officers arent caught in that crossfire.[/B] The National Treasury Employees Union, which also represents TSA workers, has launched a campaign to educate the public about the critical role played by TSA officers in helping secure the safety of air travel. [/QUOTE]

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