Our controversy of the week in the airline industry is apparently this photo, right, of a little baby getting patted down by a Transportation Security Administration officer as Little Baby was going through a Kansas City International Airport checkpoint.
According to published reports, something set off a detector that hinted at traces of explosives, so officers made sure nobody was hiding anything.
Having raised two children, I can attest that baby diapers can conceal some pretty dangerous stuff, evident from several feet away.
In any case, the Independence, Mo., pastor who took the photo and posted it on Twitter now regrets doing so and has apologized to the mother, who contacted him after seeing the photo.
I'm getting these details from an Associated Press story. To learn more, read it yourself.
When I flew on the special AirTran flight to Atlanta last week, I had to submit to the enhanced TSA patdown before being allowed on the airplane. The TSA official was very pleasant, but thorough, and I felt one of us should have sent the other some roses the next morning.
Source: http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/05/the-baby-photo-that-upset-some.html
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