Surely Not

[fiat_knox]

They Removed What?

With Pliers?

Good job I'm not boarding a plane any day soon. I'll have a hell of a time trying to get my Prince Albert through Customs ...

Comments

[jesshartley.livejournal.com]

Because many of us who have nipple rings use a captive ball jewelry (basically a solid ring with a single ball held captive in it), it's necessary to use something (pliers or really strong fingers) to bend the rings out of alignment with each other sideways in order to remove the ball and give enough "leeway" to remove the jewelry. Pliers are actually preferable (and how they do it at piercing shops) because when you use your fingers, you're more likely to pull the two ends away from each other rather than twisting them apart. Pulling them away makes it harder to return the jewelry to its original ring-shape, in my experience.

Still, the idea of having to take out your semi-permanent jewelry is a bit ridiculous. I hope mine doesn't ping when I fly. It hasn't in the past.

[heyokah49.livejournal.com]

hopefully you won't have to.... this is one of the first times i've heard of someone insisting that jewelry be removed. she did offered to be checked by a female screener (which apparently went ignored). Also the article said procedure usally would be a pat down by a female officer if questionable, which was never offered in this case, and the Ms Hamlin is quoted as saying she would have subjected to and preferred to the way she was treated.

"On its Web site, the TSA warns that passengers "may be additionally screened because of hidden items such as body piercings, which alarmed the metal detector."

"If you are selected for additional screening, you may ask to remove your body piercing in private as an alternative to a pat-down search," the site says.

Hamlin would have accepted a "pat-down" had it been offered, Allred said.

this was part of a larger version of the article on the Los Angeles Times website LATimes (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tsa29mar29,0,5741026.story?track=mostviewed-storylevel)

I'm usually not one to suggest litigation but if she doesn't receive some kind of real apology I think she should sue for damages.

[rhionnach.livejournal.com]

I don't understand why they did this. What is the difference between earrings and nipple rings as far as airport scanners are concerned?