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EPIC Files Lawsuit To Suspend Airport Body Scanner Use
nacturation writes "The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a petition for review and motion for an emergency stay, urging the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to suspend the Transportation Security Administration's full body scanner program. EPIC said that the program is 'unlawful, invasive, and ineffective' (PDF). EPIC argued that the federal agency has violated the Administrative Procedures Act, the Privacy Act, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the Fourth Amendment. EPIC cited the invasive nature of the devices, the TSA's disregard of public opinion, and the impact on religious freedom."
Civil liberties aside, these are necessary to protect us from our selves. People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. If ya wanna fly, deal with it. If not, get there another way. Not sure why so many replies are fixated on the pat down and junk touching though. Sounds like people are going to miss it if these scanners are put in place.
That lie right there is sufficient for the balance of your post to be regarded as null and void. Any moderators who stumble across your post would be well-advised to mark it down to -1, Troll.
(Yes, I realize IHBT. Reality deniers need to be smacked down hard. Repeating a lie over and over does not make it true. The weak-minded might start to believe it, but it doesn't make you any less mendacious.)
20 January 2017: the End of an Error.
Hahaha... you're kidding right?
Step one: Buy a VFR Cherokee 140 or similar for $20K
Step two: Find flight instructor and pay them $20/hr for lessons (that's a lot more than an FBO will pay them)
For less than the cost of a midrange sedan, you can have an airplane and your lessons. You can spend $10K later to upgrade your panel to IFR and get your instrument rating.
General Aviation is not the extravagant thing that class-warfare liberals and the big airlines would have you think it is.