LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Officials at airports braced for security delays because some passengers said they would protest against full-body scans as part of National Opt-Out Day. But as of Wednesday afternoon, airports around the country did not report many delays and officials said waits at security were averaging only five minutes.
The protesters at the Los Angeles International Airport attracted a lot of attention, though. One passenger, Corinne Theile, had an unconventional way of opting out.
"When you come to the airport, they ask you to take off so much at the security screening, I ask myself, why do I even come to the airport dressed?"
Theile is worried about radiation from the new full-body scans, so she wore a bikini for her possible pat-down.
"If they want to see what's hidden under my bikini, they are welcome to," said Theile.
But they opted out. After she took off her coat, Theile only had to go through the metal detector-- no full-body scan, no pat-down...
[Full Article]Have Bikini, Will Travel
"I'm hoping by wearing a bikini they will see everything they need to see and we can avoid a pat-down"
Thousands of passengers were expected Wednesday at LAX, but only one left little to the imagination.
"I'm wearing my bikini," Corinne Theile said as she unbuttoned her overcoat outside the terminal to reveal a black two-piece. "It's not that I'm concerned, it's that I feel like the TSA is making travelers feel uncomfortable, and I feel like we can have security measures that don't make people feel uncomfortable.
"Every time I go through security I always say, 'I don't even know why I got dressed this morning.' I end up taking off belts, jewelry and everything else off anyway," Theile said.
"I don't want to do a body scan, and I'm hoping by wearing a bikini they will see everything they need to see and we can avoid a pat-down, as well," she said.
After arriving at her destination, Theile told NBCLA over the phone that the TSA agents got a laugh out of her outfit.
"The woman looked at me and said, 'Girl, you wearing a bikini. Come right through.' She had a big smile on her face," Theile said. "I think this might be the way I travel from here on out. So, we'll see."...
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Woman wears bikini for airport security screening !
"I'm wearing my bikini," Corinne Theile said as she unbuttoned her overcoat outside the LAX terminal to reveal a black two-piece. "It's not that I'm concerned, it's that I feel like the TSA is making travelers feel uncomfortable, and I feel like we can have security measures that don't make people feel uncomfortable."
