November 28th, 2005 @ 10:48 am
Why is the metal detector beeping?
More complaints - PittsburghLIVE.com
At least one passenger who traveled through Pittsburgh learned this the hard way. She had to remove her piercings in a restroom after airport security told her she couldn’t get on a plane with her hardware intact.
The pierced passenger filed a complaint with the Transportation Security Administration, which logs all claims against its personnel at airports across the country. Along with passengers seeking to retrieve lost items or replace damaged luggage, the complaint forms contain some unusual insights from travelers:
I like to err on the side of caution and i take my piercings out as well, just easier that way than to have to deal with what she had to deal with
well, i guess what i do is just replace them with plastic ones for the trip
