----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Carolyn Stoughton" <carlyn@ont.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 9:41 PM Subject: Re: Passengers uneasy with pat-downs > Re Roger James forwarding USA Today's report of inappropriate security > searches. Why this search? How many hidden bombs in bras have downed = an > aircraft? >=20 <snip> Maybe they're looking for an equally unlikely object like a knife. Actually, just following orders. Don't pass anything magnetic unless = you know what it is. Gerry K8EF http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley/ http://www.geocities.com/gerryf.geo/eclipseindex.html http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html