TSA forces breast cancer survivor and flight attendant to whip out prosthetic breast - Polidicks

[url=http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13536352]Source - WISTV[/url] [quote]CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A Charlotte-area flight attendant and cancer survivor said she was forced to show her prosthetic breast during a pat-down. Cathy Bossi lives in south Charlotte and has been a flight attendant for the past 32 years, working the past 28 for U.S. Airways. In early August, Bossi was walking through security when she says she was asked to go through the new full body-scanners at Concourse "D" at Charlotte Douglas International. She reluctantly agreed. As a 3-year breast cancer survivor she says she didn't want the added radiation through her body. But, Bossi says she did agree. "The TSA Agent told me to put my I. D. on my back," she said. "When I got out of there she said because my I. D. was on my back, I had to go to a personal screening area." She says two female Charlotte TSA agents took her to a private room and began what she calls an aggressive pat down. She says they stopped when they got around to feeling her right breast… the one where she'd had surgery. "She put her full hand on my breast and said, 'What is this?'. And I said, 'It's my prosthesis because I've had breast cancer.' And she said, 'Well, you'll need to show me that'." Cathy was asked to show her prosthetic breast, removing it from her bra. "I did not take the name of the person at the time because it was just so horrific of an experience, I couldn't believe someone had done that to me. I'm a flight attendant. I was just trying to get to work." Since then, Cathy has contacted the Legislative Affairs Team, a group through the flight attendant union. She says she wants to see a crackdown on these personal pat downs.[/quote] Obviously a terrorist and the freedom of the nation definitely requires victimizing fucking [b]breast cancer survivors.[/b]

Fuckers.

sick

And this security does nothing.

Only in America

It could've been anything, do you really blame the security agents? They don't want to risk their job and other people's lives to do someone a favor by taking their word for it.

[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;26163698]It could've been anything, do you really blame the security agents? They don't want to risk their job and other people's lives to do someone a favor by taking their word for it.[/QUOTE] No one's blaming the agents so much as the system itself.

Well that's one way to keep abreast of the situation.

I'm totally in favour of the security forces, If they let things like that go then terrorists could easily use that to their advantage. The woman was dumb anyway, If she didn't wan't more radiation going into her body, why the flying fuck is she flying.

[QUOTE=Kingy_who;26163854] If she didn't wan't more radiation going into her body, why the flying fuck is she flying.[/QUOTE] What?

[QUOTE=Chilean;26163748]No one's blaming the agents so much as the system itself.[/QUOTE] What's wrong with the system. On balance the life of a planeload of people is more important than the feelings of one person.

[QUOTE=Kingy_who;26163854]The woman was dumb anyway, If she didn't wan't more radiation going into her body, why the flying fuck is she flying.[/QUOTE] What the fuck? Going through the scanner doesn't magically decrease the amount of radiation you'll get on the flight; it's in addition. Also, xrays are much more dangerous than the type of radiation you get on the flight.

I bet that officer felt like a real tit.... [QUOTE=faze;26163893]What?[/QUOTE] X-ray radiation is much, much higher at cruising altitude than that which comes from the scanners.

[QUOTE=faze;26163893]What?[/QUOTE] When you fly, you get exposed to quite a bit of radiation, this is why pilots and air stewards have regular radiation tests. She probably was absorbing more radiation flying than in a scanning machine.

Blame Osama

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;26163929]I bet that officer felt like a real tit.... X-ray radiation is much, much higher at cruising altitude than that which comes from the scanners.[/QUOTE] You don't have x-ray machines in flight genius.

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;26163929] X-ray radiation is much, much higher at cruising altitude than that which comes from the scanners.[/QUOTE] Isn't it a different type of radiation? I don't see why you'd get more xrays from the sun at altitude as you would on the ground, you're still under the earth's magnetic field.

[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;26163925]What the fuck? Going through the scanner doesn't magically decrease the amount of radiation you'll get on the flight; it's in addition. Also, xrays are much more dangerous than the type of radiation you get on the flight.[/QUOTE] Maybe, but don't cry when someone wants to protect the lives of a planeload of passengers.

I guess she could've had some explosive tits. You never know these days. Bombs in shoes bombs in underwear bombs, bombs everywhere.

[QUOTE=faze;26163945]You don't have x-ray machines in flight genius.[/QUOTE] No x-ray scanners in flight? WHO THE FUCK WOULD HAVE GUESSED! [QUOTE=ZekeTwo;26163947]Isn't it a different type of radiation?[/QUOTE] Nope, albeit, the x-ray radiation is intermingled with many other forms of radiation. So, if you are really a radiophobe, never fly in a plane.

Like the robot tits in Austin Powers that shot at him. :smug:

[QUOTE=Kingy_who;26163975]Maybe, but don't cry when someone wants to protect the lives of a planeload of passengers.[/QUOTE] There's a difference between using tried and tested security procedures and going overboard to build up the security theatre. You need to find a balance between freedoms and safety.

[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;26163947]Isn't it a different type of radiation?[/QUOTE] Gamma and UV-rays. In higher quantities UV can be just as dangerous as lower quantities of gamma and x-rays.

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;26163995]No x-ray scanners in flight? WHO THE FUCK WOULD HAVE GUESSED! Nope, albeit, the x-ray radiation is intermingled with many other forms of radiation. So, if you are really a radiophobe, never fly in a plane.[/QUOTE] Re-read what you said, you just said there were. [QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;26163929] X-ray radiation is much, much higher at cruising altitude than that which comes from the scanners.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;26163995]Nope, albeit, the x-ray radiation is intermingled with many other forms of radiation. So, if you are really a radiophobe, never fly in a plane.[/QUOTE] If you discount the other forms of radiation, how much exposure to xrays are you receiving on a flight? Xrays DO occur naturally, faze.

Tits or GTF - OH GOD EW EW PUT THOSE BACK FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY

I dislike these pat downs as much as anyone, but nobody is forcing you to take a plane. Don't like them? Drive or take a train. This situation is obviously different because she's a flight attendant.

[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;26164068]I dislike these pat downs as much as anyone, but nobody is forcing you to take a plane. Don't like them? Drive or take a train. This situation is obviously different because she's a flight attendant.[/QUOTE] Take a train across the ocean?

[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;26164068]I dislike these pat downs as much as anyone, but nobody is forcing you to take a plane. Don't like them? Drive or take a train. [/QUOTE] Anyone who wants to travel overseas is forced to take a plane.

[QUOTE=Kingy_who;26163897]What's wrong with the system. On balance the life of a planeload of people is more important than the feelings of one person.[/QUOTE] Whereas our fourth amendment rights are more important than a hundred plane loads of passengers. If you want to trade freedom for safety, move to the UK. It's a perfectly valid desire, but it is not the basis for the United States.