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Airline Pilots Urged to Boycott Body Scanners

(Nov. 9) -- The world's largest independent union of pilots, the Allied Pilots Association, is telling its members to boycott body scanners at airports due radiation exposure. Pilots and regular passengers have the option of refusing to enter the scanner, referred to as Advanced Imaging Technology scanners (AIT), and...

Full-Body Security Scanners: Coming Soon to an Airport Near You

(July 21) -- Modesty and air travel are two concepts that appear to be mutually exclusive these days, thanks to an increasing level of scrutiny at the security checkpoint. Exhibit A: the controversial full-body scanner, likely coming soon to an airport near you. In the U.S., 142 are currently in operation at 41 airports,...

Background on ait

An ait (or eyot) (pronounced /eɪt/, i.e., the same as 'eight') is a small island. It is especially used to refer to river islands found on the River Thames and its tributaries in England.

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