Pilot refusing body scan now suing
What’s the latest on the ExpressJet airline pilot who refused to go through a new full body scan at the Memphis airport?
He is filing a lawsuit against the government for violating his 4th amendment right, says NCB News.
1st Officer Michael Roberts refused to go through the new full body scans at the Memphis airport he has flown from for years. The TSA told him he could not fly if he did not go through the new scans and be subjected to a full body pat down.
Roberts says he was "outraged" and that the "4th Amendment is there for a reason."
He says he is filing the lawsuit "for his kids" because he’s scared of the world they are growing up in.
“The issue of crew screening is something I’ve written about several times,” said Patrick Smith, who writes the Ask the Pilot column.” I generally find it a tedious, insulting and occasionally bullying experience that does all but nothing to enhance safety.”
He added:
“On the contrary it pulls time and resources away from efforts that might actually be useful. It wastes the employee’s time and it wastes the passenger’s time, while airlines suffer the consequences of yet more frustrated, ticked-off customers.”
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