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| Lawrence |
Posted - 02/25/2011 : 12:19:00 PM
So has anyone here flown to/from the U.S. Mainland and Hawaii recently?
Did they make you go through the whole body scanner?
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| slipry1 |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 09:27:02 AM
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Originally posted by Retro
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Originally posted by slipry1
... neutron flux (which is the REAL thing to worry about ...
I don't worry about it any more, I take Nexium now. 
Won't help a bit. Dem neutron buggahs independent cusses. Jes' go about dere buisness. |
| slipry1 |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 09:25:19 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Not plastic, rather "composite" like an Ovation guitar.
Yes. "Plastic" is a (semi-derogtory) term used in the industry for composite structures. As for Ovation, just the body, in general. Maciaferri made plastic guitars and ukes back in the 50's. I got an Islander uke for my 14th birthday. Mark has an all-composite guitar, can't remember the name, but they were bought out by Peavy. |
| slipry1 |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 09:20:43 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
I thought aircraft had to have what was called "nuclear hardness" from back in my DoD quality assurance days. Maybe that was just military aircraft and weapons systems. But come to think of it, it was to protect the electronics in the aircraft, not the humans in the aircraft, if I remember correctly.
Putting on my aerospace hat.... Military aircraft, IMHO, are usually made of aluminum with parts of the body and wings made of titanium (my experience: SR-71 [all titanium], F-22, F-16, F-18). The avionics are all inside metal containers to protect them from radiation and the results of nukes going off in the vicinity. Those buggahs fly upwards of 60,000 ft.! So, they are more protected. |
| wcerto |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 12:27:59 AM
Not plastic, rather "composite" like an Ovation guitar. |
| wcerto |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 12:27:09 AM
I thought aircraft had to have what was called "nuclear hardness" from back in my DoD quality assurance days. Maybe that was just military aircraft and weapons systems. But come to think of it, it was to protect the electronics in the aircraft, not the humans in the aircraft, if I remember correctly. |
| Retro |
Posted - 02/27/2011 : 4:55:04 PM
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Originally posted by slipry1
... neutron flux (which is the REAL thing to worry about ...
I don't worry about it any more, I take Nexium now. |
| slipry1 |
Posted - 02/27/2011 : 10:51:05 AM
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Originally posted by Auntie Maria
We fly inter-island at least once a month -- and even though our airport here on Kaua`i has the new full-body scanner, it's rarely in use. Which is a bummer, because hubby has a pacemaker...so he has to be "frisked", since he can't go thru the x-ray thingy. His experiences have varied from a cursory pat-pat-pat, to what he described as a semi-invasive search between his legs (hey, I'm TRYING to keep it clean, folks!) 
Honolulu has no full body scanners for inter-island (yet), so x-ray is mandatory. Hubby has had no problem with the pat-downs there. Ditto for Kahului (Maui).
With my new knee, I get patted down, too. Hawiaan has installed the new machines for full body scan here in Seattle, and will be using them soon. btw, as someone who has done raditation effects analysis and testing on aircraft avionics, you get 3 times the amount of radiation flying to Hawaii than you get from the scanner. The highest level of neutron flux (which is the REAL thing to worry about, not x-rays) is at 42,000 feet, where 777's and Airbus 550's fly. What with plastic airplanes, like the 787, coming, there'll be no protection from radiation. |
| Auntie Maria |
Posted - 02/26/2011 : 8:43:40 PM
We fly inter-island at least once a month -- and even though our airport here on Kaua`i has the new full-body scanner, it's rarely in use. Which is a bummer, because hubby has a pacemaker...so he has to be "frisked", since he can't go thru the x-ray thingy. His experiences have varied from a cursory pat-pat-pat, to what he described as a semi-invasive search between his legs (hey, I'm TRYING to keep it clean, folks!)
Honolulu has no full body scanners for inter-island (yet), so x-ray is mandatory. Hubby has had no problem with the pat-downs there. Ditto for Kahului (Maui). |
| rendesvous1840 |
Posted - 02/26/2011 : 6:34:40 PM
Even Hawaiian Airlines won't come to Cleveland. We hafta use Continental, Delta or American, and listen to the engines. Most of the music ain't musical. Our hero is Halau Mohala Ilima-they come here every year, asking for Auntie Wanda's homemade soup. When folks travel from Hawai`i to Ohio for your home cooking, you're a Gold Plated Iron Chef!
Unko Paul |
| Konabob |
Posted - 02/26/2011 : 2:39:11 PM
Shirley and I took an early flight from LAX to Kona in December. First ones through TSA lines! They didn't even look twice at us. No scan, no pat down. But they were all yawning... |
| slipry1 |
Posted - 02/26/2011 : 10:14:58 AM
For good Hawaiian music and videos, fly Hawaiian. 5 channels of Hawaiian audio, and really good videos of music, interesting stories and music. They treat you real good, too. |
| PearlCityBoy |
Posted - 02/25/2011 : 9:08:23 PM
Howzit Lawrence,
Here's a video on what you can expect from the new TSA procedures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZM4Bpt3xZU . Hope it alleviates some of your anxiety.
Aloha,
Doug |
| thumbstruck |
Posted - 02/25/2011 : 4:27:59 PM
Slipy1 and I went throught the scanners. I mentioned the metal in my right ankle and Jack mentioned his "nu ni". The only thing they need is more chairs for us to sit down on when we put our shoes back on. Maybe that could become a place for buskers. |
| wcerto |
Posted - 02/25/2011 : 2:43:30 PM
I had to go through body scanner at Cleveland airport when we went on our Bahama cruise last week. It took no longer than going through the regular metal detector thingie, and no one could see anything. I wanted to see it mysef to see what I looked like under my clothes, but they don't let you see. Ratz. |
| Daryl |
Posted - 02/25/2011 : 1:55:10 PM
We went to Kona on the 29th of January leaving from Dulles and came back on 13 February. Didn't go through the body scanners. |
